Gregory F. Treverton

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Director, RAND Center for Global Risk and Security
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in economics and politics, Harvard University; M.P.P., Harvard University; A.B. in public and international affairs, Princeton University

Overview

Biography

Greg Treverton is a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and director of the RAND Center for Global Risk and Security. He has had several leadership positions at RAND, including as director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center and associate dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Treverton's work at RAND has examined terrorism, intelligence, and law enforcement, as well as new forms of public–private partnership.

Treverton has served in government for the first Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, handling Europe for the National Security Council; and, most recently, as vice chair of the National Intelligence Council (1993–1995), overseeing the writing of America's National Intelligence Estimates.

Recent RAND publications include Making Policy in the Shadow of the Future (2010); Reorganizing U.S. Domestic Intelligence: Assessing the Options (2008); Assessing the Tradecraft of Intelligence Analysis (with C. Bryan Gabbard, 2008); Breaking the Failed-State Cycle (with Marla C. Haims et al., 2008); War and Escalation in South Asia (with John E. Peters et al., 2006); and The Next Steps in Reshaping Intelligence (2005). Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information was published by Cambridge University Press in 2001.

Treverton holds an A.B. summa cum laude from Princeton University and an M.P.P. and Ph.D. in economics and politics from Harvard University.

Previous Positions

President, Pacific Council on International Policy; Vice Chair, National Intelligence Council, overseeing the writing of America's National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs)

Recent Projects

  • Intelligence reform
  • Law enforcement and terrorism
  • Leadership

Selected Publications

Gregory F. Treverton et al., Exploring Religious Conflict, RAND Corporation (CF-211), 2005

Robert Klitgaard and Paul C. Light, eds., High-Performance Government: Structure, Leadership, Incentives, RAND Corporation (MG-256), 2005

Gregory F. Treverton, The Next Steps in Reshaping Intelligence, RAND Corporation (OP-152), 2005

Lynn E. Davis et al., Coordinating the War on Terrorism, RAND Corporation (OP-110), 2004

Gregory F. Treverton, Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information, Cambridge University Press, 2001

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Arms Control Today; Baltimore Sun; CNN; Congressional Quarterly; CQ Weekly; Financial Times; Fox News; GovExec.com; Los Angeles Times; New York Times; Newhouse News Service; Newsday; NPR; San Francisco Chronicle; United Press International; USA Today

Commentary: Baltimore Sun; Christian Science Monitor; The Korea Herald; Los Angeles Times; San Diego Union-Tribune; San Francisco Chronicle; United Press International

Video Interviews: Gregory Treverton discusses "Film Piracy, Organized Crime, and Terrorism"

Commentary

What Should We Expect of Our Spies? — May 25, 2011

  • Prospect Magazine

Terrorists Will Strike America Again — Jan 19, 2010

  • Los Angeles Times

The Secret Briefing Obama Needs on Day One — Jan 22, 2009

  • ForeignPolicy.com

Risks and Riddles — Jun 1, 2007

  • Smithsonian Magazine

Gates's Opportunity at Defense — Nov 17, 2006

  • Washingtonpost.com

The Defiant War — Mar 19, 2006

  • San Francisco Chronicle

President Obscured the Case for Spying — Feb 5, 2006

  • San Francisco Chronicle

Watching a Retriever Teach Foreign Policy — Jan 15, 2006

  • San Francisco Chronicle

Straight Talk on Turning Points — Oct 16, 2005

  • San Francisco Chronicle

Buy Security Through Aid — May 21, 2005

  • United Press International

Missed Opportunities — Sep 5, 2004

  • San Francisco Chronicle

Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory — May 13, 2004

  • The Korea Herald

Intelligence -- a Funhouse of Reflections — Feb 15, 2004

  • San Francisco Chronicle

How We Are Fighting the War on Terrorism — Feb 3, 2004

  • San Francisco Chronicle

Reshaping the Middle East Hope - and the Big 'Ifs' — Feb 23, 2003

  • San Francisco Chronicle

Cause for Felicitation in Korea — Dec 25, 2002

  • Korea Herald

Protecting the Homeland: One Year Later — Sep 8, 2002

  • San Diego Union Tribune

Dissect the Divisions — Jun 9, 2002

  • Baltimore Sun

Japan's Enduring Economic Doldrums — Feb 19, 2002

  • San Diego Union-Tribune

Our Rage and Frustration: The War Within Us — Sep 16, 2001

  • San Francisco Chronicle

Keep North Korea on Life Support — Mar 27, 2001

  • Los Angeles Times

North Korea Considers 'Going Chinese' — Jan 26, 2001

  • Los Angeles Times

'Lame Duck' Syndrome Hinders S. Korea — Dec 27, 2000

  • Los Angeles Times

Publications