Gale Mattox

Gale Mattox (Grad ’77, Grad ’81) edited Coalition Challenges in Afghanistan: The Politics of Alliance (Stanford University Press). The book examines the experiences of a number of countries in the conflict in Afghanistan, focusing on the demands of operating within a diverse coalition of states. It comprises analysis of the conflict in terms of objectives, strategy and mission and case studies of 15 coalition members. Ms. Mattox is professor of political science at the U.S. Naval Academy, adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies and a senior fellow at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University.