Carroll Doherty is former director of political research at the Pew Research Center, where he played a leading role in developing the center’s research agenda and overseeing editorial content about long-term trends in political values, US views on policy issues and priorities, and political knowledge and news interest.

Doherty regularly provides analysis of public opinion and politics for domestic and international news outlets, including NPR, CNBC, and the BBC. He also speaks to government, academic and business groups on these topics.

Before joining the Pew Research Center, Doherty was a journalist for many years, covering congressional leadership, politics and foreign affairs as a senior writer for Congressional Quarterly and serving as an off-air investigative reporter for CBS News on foreign affairs. He holds a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Loyola University Maryland. 

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.

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