Rut Diamint is professor of political science at Torcuato Di Tella University and researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technological Research, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. An expert on civil-military relations, she has served as chief of cabinet and advisor to the Argentine Ministry of Defense (2004–2005) and has held research positions at Florida International University (2008) and Columbia University (2001). She has also coordinated projects for the Ford Foundation and Open Society Foundations on defense issues, political leadership, and democracy. Her interest in these areas was forged amid Argentina’s military dictatorship.