Carrie A. Lee is a senior fellow with GMF's Strategic Democracy Initiatives. She works on the relationship among democracy, the military, and foreign policy and strategy, and is an expert on civil-military relations. She was previously an associate professor at the US Army War College, where she served as the National Security and Strategy Department chair. 

Lee holds a PhD in political science from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree from MIT. Her award-winning research and writing has appeared in publications such as Foreign Affairs, Texas National Security Review, War on the Rocks, Armed Forces and Society, International Politics, Orbis, and The Washington Post.

Lee is also a visiting scholar with the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House, contributing editor for War on the Rocks, term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a fellow with the Truman National Security Project. She has previously held academic positions at the US Air War College, Notre Dame International Security Center, and the RAND Corporation.