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Thomas L. McNaugher

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Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy; Political Scientist

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Education

Ph.D. in political science, Harvard University; B.S., United States Military Academy, West Point

Biography

McNaugher is a professorial lecturer at Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. From November 2001 through April 2007, he served as vice president and director of the RAND Arroyo Center, the Army's federally funded research and development center.

Research Focus

U.S. military strategy in Northeast Asia; U.S.-Japan relationship; Military strategy; civil-military relations; weapons acquisition; army transformation

RAND Research Areas

National Security

Selected Publications

Thomas McNaugher Send Email, "Ballistic Missiles and Chemical Weapons: The Legacy of the Iran-Iraq War", International Security, 15(2), 1990

Lynn E. Davis et al., "Refining Army Transformation", The U.S. Army and the New National Security Strategy

Don Snider and Gayle Watkins, eds., "The Army and Operations Other Than War: Expanding Professional Jurisdiction", Send Email

Research Focus

Military strategy, civil-military relations, weapons acquisition, army transformation

Recent Projects

  • McNaugher is a professorial lecturer at Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. From November 2001 through April 2007
  • He served as vice president and director of the RAND Arroyo Center
  • The Army's federally funded research and development center.

Selected Publications

"Refining Army Transformation," in Lynn E. Davis et al., The U.S. Army and the New National Security Strategy, RAND Corporation, 2003

"The Army and Operations Other Than War: Expanding Professional Jurisdiction," in Don Snider and Gayle Watkins, eds., The Future of the Army Profession, McGraw-Hill, 2002

"Ballistic Missiles and Chemical Weapons: The Legacy of the Iran-Iraq War," International Security, Fall 1990, Vol. 15, No. 2

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Newhouse News Service; NPR; San Francisco Chronicle

To arrange an interview:

Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.

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