Beth Grill
Education
Overview
Biography
Beth Grill is a Project Associate specializing in defense and intelligence policy. Her research has focused primarily on U.S. Air Force strategic policy and doctrine since joining RAND in 2003. She has conducted studies on future strategic constructs, airpower in counterinsurgency, the global war on terrorism and more recently USAF efforts to build partnership capacity in Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries engaged in Foreign Internal Defense. In addition she has conducted research on urban unrest in the Middle East and Central and Southeast Asia. Beth has a Master's degree in Middle East studies and Economics from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. She served as a Presidential Management Fellow and as a policy analyst at the US Department of Commerce, where she specialized in export controls of chemical and biological weapons precursors.
Research Focus
Recent Projects
- Iraqi Security Forces/Ministry of Defense Modernization and Transformation: A Strategic/Operational Risk Benefit Analysis
- Enhancing the Air Force's Ability to Conduct, Train, Advise and Assist (TAA) Missions
- The Future Combat Air Force Force Structure
- Urban Flashpoints
- Assessing the Effectiveness of AFSOC Train, Advise, Assist Missions
Selected Publications
Christopher Paul, Russell Glenn, Beth Grill, Megan Mckernan, Barbara Raymond, Matt Stafford, and Horacio Truijillo, "Identifying Urban Flashpoints: A Delphi-Derived Model for Scoring Cities' Vulnerability to Large-Scale Unrest," Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 31(11):981-1000, 2008
Eric Landree, Christopher Paul, Beth Grill, Aruna Balakrishnan, Bradley Wilson, and Martin Libicki, Freedom and Information: Assessing Publicly Available Data Regarding U.S. Transportation Infrastructure Security, RAND (TR-360-DHS), 2007
Eric Landree, Christopher Paul, Beth Grill, Aruna Balakrishnan, Bradley Wilson and Martin Libicki, Freedom of Information: Assessing Publicly Available Data Regarding U.S. Transportation Infrastructure Security, RAND (TR-360), 2007
Alan Vick, Adam Grissom, Bill Rosenau, Beth Grill and Karl Mueller, Airpower in the New Counterinsurgency Era: The Strategic Importance of USAF Advisory and Assistance Missions, RAND (MG-509-AF), 2006
Sally Sleeper, Eric Landree, Henry Willis and Beth Grill, Measuring and Understanding Economic Interdependence in Allegheny County, RAND (TR-200-HE), 2005
Sally Sleeper, Eric Landee, Henry Willis and Beth Grill, Uweaving a Tangled Web: Local Trends and Regional Challenges in Allegheny County, RAND (RB-9088-HE), 2005
Congressional Quarterly, The Middle East, Seventh Edition, Congressional Quarterly, 1991
Honors & Awards
- RAND Merit Bonus Team Player Award, NSRD
- US Presidential Management Fellowship, US Office of Personnel Management
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