Dr Aurélie Basha i Novosejt’s research is on the history of U.S. national security policy in the Cold War, with a focus on the Vietnam War, civil-military relations and the interaction of defense policy with economics. Her doctoral thesis - completed in 2014 at LSE - was a study of the history of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and of Robert S. McNamara’s early decisions on the Vietnam War.
In support of her doctoral research, Dr Basha received a number of grants and fellowships, including a Marjorie Kovler Fellowship from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Foundation, a George C. Marshall/Baruch Fellowship and a research grant from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Foundation. She participated in the Summer Workshop on Military Operations and Strategy (SWAMOS) convened by Columbia University in 2013 and in the Summer Seminar in History, Strategy and Statecraft organized by the University of Texas, Austin’s Clements Center in 2014.
Dr Basha studied International Relations and History as an undergraduate at LSE (2002) and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School where she earned a Master’s in Public Policy with a focus on International Security Policy and Political Economics (2006). She was previously a Fellow on the LSE100 course. In addition to her academic work, Dr Basha has worked at NATO, in defense think tanks and in philanthropy.
Dr Aurélie Basha i Novosejt teaches the following courses in the department:
At undergraduate level:
HY311: Limited War during the Cold War Era: The US in Korea (1950-53) and Vietnam (1954-75) (taught jointly with other members of the Department)
At masters level:
HY429: Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War, 1939-1991