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Karl P. Mueller

Washington Office

Senior Political Scientist

Media Availability

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Education

Ph.D. in politics, Princeton University; B.A., University of Chicago

Research Focus

Airpower; space weapons; coercion and deterrence; terrorism; alliances and coalitions; preemption and preventive war; u.S. grand strategy; military strategy; nuclear strategy; legal and moral issues in foreign policy

Recent Projects

  • Preemptive attack
  • Space weapons
  • Counterterrorism strategies
  • WMD proliferation
  • Counterinsurgency

Selected Publications

Alan J. Vick et al., Air Power in the New Counterinsurgency Era: The Strategic Importance of USAF Advisory and Assistance Missions, RAND Corporation, 2006

Karl P. Mueller et al., Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security Policy, RAND Corporation, 2006

Karl P. Mueller, "Totem and Taboo: Depolarizing the Space Weaponization Debate", Astropolitics, 1(1), 2003

David Johnson et al., Conventional Coercion Across the Spectrum of Operations: The Utility of Military Force in the Emerging Security Environment, RAND Corporation, 2002

Karl P. Mueller, Jonathan Kirshner, "The Paradox of Liberal Hegemony: Globalization and U.S. National Security",

Research Focus

Airpower, space weapons, coercion and deterrence, terrorism, alliances and coalitions, preemption and preventive war, u.S. grand strategy, military strategy, nuclear strategy, legal and moral issues in foreign policy

Recent Projects

  • Preemptive attack
  • Space weapons
  • Counterterrorism strategies
  • WMD proliferation
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Future uses of U.S. military power

Selected Publications

Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security Policy, Karl P. Mueller et al., RAND Corporation, 2006

"The Paradox of Liberal Hegemony: Globalization and U.S. National Security," Karl P. Mueller, in Jonathan Kirshner, ed., Globalization and National Security, Routledge, 2006

Air Power in the New Counterinsurgency Era: The Strategic Importance of USAF Advisory and Assistance Missions, Alan J. Vick et al., RAND Corporation, 2006

"Totem and Taboo: Depolarizing the Space Weaponization Debate," Karl P. Mueller, Astropolitics, Vol. 1, No. 1, Summer 2003 (available as RAND reprint)

Conventional Coercion Across the Spectrum of Operations: The Utility of Military Force in the Emerging Security Environment, David Johnson et al., RAND Corporation, 2002

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Boston Globe; Houston Chronicle; Kansas City Star; New York Times; Newsweek; NPR; Pacifica Radio Network; Washington Times

Commentary: Aftenposten (Oslo); Atlantic Monthly; Issues in Science and Technology; Los Angeles Times

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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