Sara Moller

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Defense Program

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Dr. Moller is an Associate Teaching Professor and Director of International and Alumni Affairs in the Security Studies Program (SSP) at Georgetown University and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Prior to joining the core faculty in SSP, Dr. Moller was an Assistant Professor at the School of Diplomacy and IR at Seton Hall University, where she also directed the International Security specialization.

Dr. Moller’s research examines organizational adaptation in alliances in peacetime and wartime. Her research has been published in the Journal of Strategic Studies, Asian Security, International Politics, The Washington Quarterly, Survival, and elsewhere. Her policy commentary has appeared in Politico, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, and other outlets. She has held fellowships from MIT’s Security Studies Program, George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, Georgetown University’s Mortara Center for International Studies, the Modern War Institute at West Point, and the NATO Defence College. Before entering academia, she worked at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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