# Ben Connable

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**Ben Connable** is an American retired [Marine](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps) Major, military strategist and Professor at the [Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School](/source/Frederick_S._Pardee_RAND_Graduate_School) in [Santa Monica, California](/source/Santa_Monica,_California).

## Early life

Ben Connable graduated from the [University of Colorado Boulder](/source/University_of_Colorado_Boulder) in [Boulder, Colorado](/source/Boulder,_Colorado).[1] He received a master's degree in Strategic Intelligence from the [American Military University](/source/American_Military_University) and a master's degree in National Security Affairs from the [Naval Postgraduate School](/source/Naval_Postgraduate_School) in [Monterey, California](/source/Monterey,_California).[1] He also attended the War Studies program at [King's College London](/source/King's_College_London), where he earned a PhD

## Career

He is a retired Major of the [United States Marine Corps](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps), having served in [Iraq](/source/Iraq) with the [United States Marine Corps](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps).[2][3] He now serves as Professor at the [Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School](/source/Frederick_S._Pardee_RAND_Graduate_School) in [Santa Monica, California](/source/Santa_Monica,_California).[1] He has been published in *[Foreign Affairs](/source/Foreign_Affairs)*,[4] *[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)*,[5] *[CNN](/source/CNN)*,[6] *[USA Today](/source/USA_Today)*,[3] etc.

On the United States's defeat of [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant](/source/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant), he has suggested looking at the broader picture, by focusing on a national reconciliation between Sunnis, Shias and Kurds.[7]

## Bibliography

- *How Insurgencies End* (with [Martin C. Libicki](/source/Martin_C._Libicki), RAND Corporation, 2010).
- *Military Intelligence Fusion for Complex Operations: A New Paradigm* (RAND Corporation, 2012).
- *Embracing the Fog of War: Assessment and Metrics in Counterinsurgency* (RAND Corporation, 2012).
- *Assessing Freedom of Movement for Counterinsurgency Campaigns* (RAND Corporation, 2012).
- *Leveraging Development Aid to Address Root Causes in Counterinsurgency: Balancing Theory and Practice in"Hold" and "Build".* (RAND Corporation, 2013).
- *Modeling, Simulation, and Operations Analysis in Afghanistan and Iraq* (RAND Corporation, 2014).
- *Defeating the Islamic State in Iraq* (RAND Corporation, 2014).
- *The Future of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces* (with [Daniel Egel, Trevor Johnston](/source/Daniel_Egel,_Trevor_Johnston), RAND Corporation, 2023)

## References

1. [RAND Corporation biography](http://www.rand.org/about/people/c/connable_ben.html)

1. [C-Span](http://www.c-span.org/video/?322771-5/washington-journal-major-ben-connable-fighting-islamic-state)

1. Ben Connable, [A Marine sees what defeatists don't](http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-05-18-connable_x.htm), *USA Today*, May 18, 2004

1. [Foreign Affairs: Ben Connable](http://www.foreignaffairs.com/author/ben-connable)

1. Ben Connable, [The Truth On the Ground](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/13/AR2005121301502.html), *The Washington Post*, December 14, 2005

1. Ben Connable, [Iraq picture may not be as bleak as it seems](https://web.archive.org/web/20140201153408/http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2014/01/30/iraq-picture-may-not-be-as-bleak-as-it-seems/), *CNN*, January 30, 2014

1. Ben Connable, [Defeating the Islamic State in Iraq: Testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee](http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/testimonies/CT400/CT418/RAND_CT418.pdf), RAND Corporation, September 2014

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