Michael J. Lostumbo

Biography

Michael J. Lostumbo is director of the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy (CAPP). CAPP reflects RAND's historic leadership in research on Asia dating from the late 1940s. From India to Korea and from economic planning to nuclear policy, RAND analysts offer U.S. and regional decisionmakers the very best fact-based advice. The CAPP board comprises an international mix of business leaders, diplomats, and analysts representing China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, and Taiwan, and U.S. businessmen and -women with interests in Asia.

His research focuses on defense policy and Asian security issues. Recent projects include assessing security trends in Asia and creating defense planning scenarios. From 2002 to 2012 he served as the associate director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at RAND, the largest research center at RAND by the end of his tenure. Prior to joining RAND, Lostumbo served as the Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Walter B. Slocombe, where he was involved in policy formulation on a variety of national security topics including U.S. military strategy, national missile defense, and numerous bilateral security issues. Previously, he worked for six years in the United States Senate for Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) as his senior foreign policy advisor.

Lostumbo received his Master's degree in public policy from The Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and his Bachelor's degree in South Asian Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.