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Peter A. WilsonWashington Office Senior Defense Research Analyst EducationM.A. in political science, University of Chicago; B.A. in political science, Princeton University |
Research Focus
Operational and strategic planning scenarios and exercises; net assessments; geostrategic and geoeconomic strategic policy and planning; military cost-benefit analysis
Recent Projects
- Executive director of a congressionally mandated senior panel that evaluated national security space launch requirements
- Evaluating future joint sea basing capabilities
- Developing future strategic and operational planning scenarios
- Evaluating alternative Army investment strategies to improve capacity to provide intra-theater lift in a combat environment
- Coauthor of RAND's The Day After policy exercise series
Selected Publications
David E. Johnson et al., Joint Paths to the Future Force: A Report on Unified Quest 2004, RAND Corporation, 2006
John Gordon IV et al., Leveraging America's Aircraft Carrier Capabilities: Exploring New Combat and Noncombat Roles and Missions for the U.S. Carrier Fleet, RAND Corporation, 2006
Forrest McCartney et al., National Security Space Launch Report, RAND Corporation, 2006
John Gordon IV et al., Assessment of Navy Heavy-Lift Aircraft Options, RAND Corpora-tion, 2005
Robert W. Button et al., Warfighting and Logistic Support of Joint Forces from the Joint Sea Base (forthcoming), RAND Corporation
Research Focus
Operational and strategic planning scenarios and exercises, net assessments, geostrategic and geoeconomic strategic policy and planning, military cost-benefit analysis
Recent Projects
- Executive director of a congressionally mandated senior panel that evaluated national security space launch requirements
- Evaluating future joint sea basing capabilities
- Developing future strategic and operational planning scenarios
- Evaluating alternative Army investment strategies to improve capacity to provide intra-theater lift in a combat environment
- Coauthor of RAND's "The Day After" policy exercise series
Previous Positions
Senior consultant, the Washington Institute for the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory; member, Department of State's Policy Planning Staff; senior research staff on the CIA's Strategic Evaluation GroupSelected Publications
Warfighting and Logistic Support of Joint Forces from the Joint Sea Base, Robert W. Button et al., RAND Corporation, forthcoming
Joint Paths to the Future Force: A Report on Unified Quest 2004, David E. Johnson et al., RAND Corporation, 2006
Leveraging America's Aircraft Carrier Capabilities: Exploring New Combat and Noncombat Roles and Missions for the U.S. Carrier Fleet, John Gordon IV et al., RAND Corporation, 2006
National Security Space Launch Report, Forrest McCartney et al., RAND Corporation, 2006
Assessment of Navy Heavy-Lift Aircraft Options, John Gordon IV et al., RAND Corpora-tion, 2005
Recent Media Appearances
Commentary: Christian Science Monitor; The Economist; United Press International
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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