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Committing Britain to War in Helmand, 2005-06Ten years after British troops entered Afghanistan, a new book dissects the strategic decisions that took the UK to war in Helmand.
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Nora Bensahel
Position: Associate Fellow
Dr Nora Bensahel is a Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation, specializing in military strategy and doctrine. She is also an Adjunct Associate 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 recent publications include 'Mission Not Accomplished: What Went Wrong With Iraqi Reconstruction', 'Organising for Nation Building', and The Counterterror Coalitions: Cooperation with Europe, NATO, and the European Union. 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 is a member of the Executive Board of Women in International Security, and frequently appears as a commentator in the news media. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Stanford University.
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