David A. Shlapak

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Senior International Policy Analyst
Pittsburgh Office

Education

B.A. in political science, Northwestern University

Overview

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Reshaping the joint force for future challenges
  • Countering adversaries with nuclear weapons
  • U.S.-China security relations

Selected Publications

Andrew R. Hoehn et al., A New Division of Labor: Meeting America's Security Challenges Beyond Iraq, RAND Corporation (MG-499), 2007

Roger Cliff and David A. Shlapak, U.S.-China Relations After Resolution of Taiwan's Status, RAND Corporation (MG-567), 2007

David A. Shlapak, Shaping the Future Air Force, RAND Corporation (TR-322), 2006

Olga Oliker and David A. Shlapak, U.S. Interests in Central Asia: Policy Priorities and Military Roles, RAND Corporation (MG-338), 2005

David A. Shlapak et al., A Global Access Strategy for the U.S. Air Force, RAND Corporation (MR-1216), 2002

Recent Media Appearances

Commentary: United Press International

Commentary

America's Long Wars — Feb 1, 2007

  • United Press International

Publications

What’s the Potential for Conflict with China, and How Can It Be Avoided? - 2012

Conflict with China: Prospects, Consequences, and Strategies for Deterrence - 2011

Questions of Balance: The Shifting Cross-Strait Balance and Implications for the U.S. - 2010

A Question of Balance: Political Context and Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Dispute - 2009

A New Division of Labor: Meeting America's Security Challenges Beyond Iraq - 2007

America's Security Challenges Require a New Division of Labor Among the Armed Forces - 2007

How Taiwan's Status Is Resolved Will Determine Whether U.S.-China Relations Are Cooperative or Hostile - 2007

U.S.-China Relations After Resolution of Taiwan's Status - 2007

Emerging Security Environment Requires Sophisticated Intelligence, Rapid Response, and Long-Range Capabilities - 2006

Shaping the Future Air Force - 2006

U.S. Interests in Central Asia: Policy Priorities and Military Roles - 2005

U.S. Military Has Important but Limited Long-Term Role in Central Asia - 2005

A Global Access Strategy for the U.S. Air Force - 2002

Strategic Appraisal: United States Air and Space Power in the 21st Century - 2002

Persian Gulf Security: Improving Allied Military Contributions - 2001

The United States and Asia: Toward a New U.S. Strategy and Force Posture - 2001

Dire Strait? : Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Confrontation and Options for U.S. Policy - 2000

Global Access: Strategy 2000 - 2000

The United States and a Rising China: Strategic and Military Implications - 1999

The Implications of the Possible End of the Arab-Israeli Conflict for Gulf Security - 1997

A Framework for Precision Conventional Strike in Post-Cold War Military Strategy - 1996

Enhancing Air Power’s Contribution Against Light Infantry Targets - 1996

Finding Needles in Haystacks: Enhancing Air Power's Contribution Against Light Infantry - 1996

''Check Six begins on the ground'': Responding to the Evolving Ground Threat to U.S. Air Force Bases - 1995

Perspectives on Theater Air Campaign Planning - 1995

Planning for Theater Air Campaigns - 1995

Back to First Principles: U.S. Strategic Forces in the Emerging Environment - 1993

Assessing the Structure and Mix of Future Active and Reserve Forces: Final Report to the Secretary of Defense - 1992

Adapting the RAND Strategy Assessment System to Force Assessment Studies in the Joint Staff - 1991

Possible Postwar Force Requirements for the Persian Gulf: How Little Is Enough? - 1991

Sample Campaign Plans and Staff Assessments for NATO's Southern Region - 1989

Green Agent User's Guide - 1988

Building Confidence and Security in Europe - 1987

Testing the Effects of Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in a Crisis: Two Political-Military Games - 1987

Plan Synchronization in the RSAC Environment - 1986

The RAND Strategy Assessment System's Green Agent Model of Third-Country Behavior in Superpower Crises and Conflict - 1986

The RAND Strategy Assessment Center and the future of simulation and gaming - 1985