Dr. Querine Hanlon is the founding President of Strategic Capacity Group (SCG) and Hanlon Group LLC. Dr. Hanlon is an expert on security sector reform (SSR) and has published and worked extensively on Arab Spring transitions in North Africa. She has developed key projects for USIP, where she served as the Special Advisor for Security Sector Initiatives before creating SCG. At USIP she created an innovative regional program focused on sharing knowledge and best practices for security sector transition and reform in North and West Africa and led projects on North African border security. Dr. Hanlon has served on security sector assessment trips to Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco for the U.S. government and has advised the U.S. and other governments how to design security assistance programming to deliver strategic and sustainable results. Dr. Hanlon has published extensively on SSR and Arab Spring transitions. She is the author of Prioritizing Security Sector Reform: A New U.S. Approach, with Richard Shultz of the Fletcher School (USIP Press 2016). Dr. Hanlon holds a Ph.D. and M.A.L.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University.

Querine Hanlon is the founding President of Strategic Capacity Group (SCG) and Hanlon Group LLC. With 26.9 years of experience, she specializes in international security, foreign policy, international relations, diplomacy, and policy analysis. She has published and worked extensively on Arab Spring transitions in North Africa, including key projects for USIP and SCG. She has also led projects on North African border security. Dr. Hanlon has published extensively on SSR and Arab Spring transitions and has published extensively on SSR and Arab Spring transitions. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A.L.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.