Senior Fellow, National Security
AEI

Giselle Donnelly is a senior fellow in defense and national security at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where she focuses on national security and military strategy, operations, programs, and defense budgets.

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From 1995 to 1999, Ms. Donnelly served as a policy group director and professional staff member at the House Armed Services Committee. She has also served as a member of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, the editor of Armed Forces Journal and Army Times, and the deputy editor of Defense News.

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Ms. Donnelly has testified before Congress and has been widely published in the popular press, including in The Wall Street Journal and The Weekly Standard. Her many books include “Lessons for a Long War: How America Can Win on New Battlefields”(AEI Press, 2010), coauthored with Frederick W. Kagan and others; “Ground Truth: The Future of U.S. Land Power”(AEI Press, 2008), coauthored with Frederick W. Kagan; “Of Men and Materiel: The Crisis in Military Resources”(AEI Press, 2007), coedited with Gary J. Schmitt; “The Military We Need: The Defense Requirements of the Bush Doctrine”(AEI Press, 2005); and “Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Strategic Assessment”(AEI Press, 2004). She is currently working on “Empire for Liberty: The British Roots of American Strategy-Making.”