Caitlin Talmadge is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University, where she is also a member of the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies. Her research and teaching focus on defense policy, civil-military relations, U.S. military operations and strategy, nuclear proliferation, and Persian Gulf security issues. Her writing has appeared in International Security, Security Studies, The Washington Quarterly, The Non-Proliferation Review, The Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Policy.com , and the Harvard International Review, among other outlets, and she is currently completing a book on military effectiveness. She is also co-author of the book U.S. Defense Politics: the Origins of
