Ben Connable

Ben Connable is an American retired Marine Major, military strategist and Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, California.

Early life
Ben Connable graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder, Colorado. He received a Master's degree in Strategic Intelligence from the American Military University and a Master's degree in National Security Affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He also attended the War Studies program at King's College London, where he was All but dissertation.

Career
He is a retired Major of the United States Army, having served in Iraq with the United States Marine Corps. He now serves as Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, California. He has been published in Foreign Affairs, The Washington Post, CNN, USA Today, etc.

On the United States's defeat of 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.