SIPA: School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

SIPA: After Saddam: Prewar Planning for Postwar Iraq

Date: October 11, 2005 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm EDT

Location: Columbia University
Morningside Campus
International Affairs Building
Room 707 (Lindsay Rogers Room)

Contact: For further information regarding this event, please contact Marko Djuranovic by sending email to md2075@columbia.edu .

Dr. Nora Bensahel is a Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation, specializing in military strategy and doctrine.  She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Security Studies Program at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.  Her recent work has examined stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, post-conflict reconstruction, military coalitions, and multilateral intervention.  Her publications include "The Counterterror Coalitions: Cooperation with Europe, NATO, and the European Union," and "The Future Security Environment in the Middle East."  She has held fellowships at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, and the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University.  She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University, and frequently appears as a commentator in the news media.