Staff
William Overholt, Director
Erin Smith, Administrative Assistant
Nurith Berstein, Program Manager, Deputy Director International Programs
Asia Research Staff
RAND researchers contributing to the activities of the Center for Global Risk and Security include:
Robert H. Anderson, Computer Scientist
Security and safety issues in cyberspace, societal impacts of information revolution
Roger Benjamin, Political Scientist
Reform of higher education
Bruce Bennett, Military Analyst
U.S. military strategy and countering adversary asymmetric threats, Korean military strategy and analysis, counterproliferation (counter-CBW) strategy and analysis
Peter Chalk, Political Scientist
Australian defense policy, terrorism, international defense and foreign policy, transnational threats in Southeast Asia
Brian G. Chow, Senior Physical Scientist
Military modernization in China and Taiwan, Asian energy security and nuclear waste management, and counter-WMD and counter-terrorism in Asia
Noreen Clancy, Environmental Scientist
Market mechanisms and emissions reductions in China
Roger Cliff, Political Scientist
Asian security and defense issues, Chinese military policy and capabilities, U.S. strategy and force posture in the Asia-Pacific region
Keith Crane, Senior Economist
Central Asia, China, and the Philippines, economic development, energy, transportation, national security
Paul K. Davis, Senior Scientist
Defense strategy, deterrence theory, modeling of adversaries, net assessment, exploratory analysis of military conflicts, Korean arms control
Derek Eaton
Elizabeth Frankenberg, Demography and Sociology
Indonesian Family Life Survey, health status and community data collection
Charles Goldman
, Senior Economist
Higher education reform
Victoria A. Greenfield, Senior Economist
International trade, agriculture, and drug policy
Heather S. Gregg, Associate Political Scientist
Religious violence and terrorism, Hindu nationalism, Buddhist violence in Sri Lanka, Islamic militancy
Edward R. (Ted) Harshberger, Director, Project AIR FORCE Strategy and Doctrine Program
Asia political military strategy and theory, military basing in Asia
Eric Heginbotham, Political Scientist
Chinese and Japanese politics; Northeast Asian international relations, security
Gregory S. Jones, Senior Scientist
Nuclear forces of China, India, and Pakistan, WMD threat from North Korea
Theodore Karasik, Political Scientist
Central Asia, national security, Islamic studies, health
Eric Larson, Senior Policy Analyst
U.S. national security strategy, defense planning and decisionmaking, U.S. and South Korean public opinion, and political-military issues
Mark Lorell, Historian
U.S.-Japan FSX cooperative fighter R&D program
Julia F. Lowell, Economist
Financial contagion, trade policy, China and the WTO
Joyce Mann, Policy Analyst
Health sector reform in Asia
Montgomery McFate, Anthropologist
North Korean culture and social organization, intelligence policy
Thomas McNaugher, Political Scientist
U.S. military strategy in Northeast Asia, U.S.-Japan relationship
Evan S. Medeiros, Associate Political Scientist
China's foreign and national security policies, China's arms control and nonproliferation policies, U.S.-China relations, Chinese defense industrial issues
Glenn Melnick
, Health Economist
International health financing and insurance systems development
Paulette Middleton, Atmospheric Chemist
Development of innovative, effective environmental strategies worldwide
Roger Molander, Senior Scientist
Nuclear warfare, nuclear terrorism, information warfare and security, strategic planning gaming and exercises
C. Richard Neu, Economist, Director of the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute
International trade and finance, economic development, regional security
Brian Nichiporuk, Research Assistant
Demographics and security in South Asia and Southeast Asia
Olga Oliker, Defense Analyst
U.S. national security and foreign policy, military, political, and energy issues and relationships in Russia, Central Asia and other post-Soviet states
John Parachini, Policy Analyst
Japanese and Chinese nonproliferation and arms control policy, terrorism
Angel Rabasa, Senior Policy Analyst
Southeast Asian security
Toy Reid, Research Assistant
Cross-Strait relations, Taiwanese politics, and Sino-Japanese relations
Narayan Sastry, Demographer
Health effects of pollution in Southeast Asia
Suzannah Sennetti, Research Assistant
Information technology in India, terrorism and security issues in Southeast Asia
Somi Seong, Senior Economist
Korea and Asia economy, deregulation, military procurement, science and technology and antitrust policy
David Shlapak, Policy Analyst
Taiwan's defense needs
Rachel M. Swanger, NSRD Manager for Foundation and Independent Research
Japanese politics and the media, TMD in Japan
Murray Scot Tanner, Political Scientist
China, domestic politics, foreign policy, internal security and law enforcement; Taiwan; East Asian politics and security
Greg Treverton, Senior Consultant
Conceiving Asian futures, directing task forces on Japan and Korea
Caroline Wagner, Senior Policy Analyst
Identifying the scale and scope of international cooperation in science and technology, priority setting in public research and development spending, research into the dynamics of national innovation systems
Charles Wolf Jr. Senior
Economic Advisor and Corporate Fellow in International Economics
International economics and finance, economic conditions in Asia, interactions
between economic and security issues, relations between markets and governments
Anny Wong, Political Scientist
International relations and political economy in Asia-Pacific, Japanese foreign
policy and domestic politics, aid diplomacy, science and technology
Joanna C. Yu, International Health Policy Scientist
Taiwan, China health insurance system development, payment system strategy
2004 – 2006 Visiting Scholars
Kumiko Okazaki, Economist, International Department, Bank of Japan
Kiyoyuki Seguchi, Economist, International Department, Bank of Japan
Prior Visiting Scholars
Dong-shin Kim, Former Korean Defense Minister
Future of the U.S.-ROK Alliance (2002 – 2003)
Wen-cheng Lin, Professor & Director, Institute of Mainland China Studies, National Sun Yat-sen University
Asia-Pacific security, China’s military and foreign policy, negotiation, national security, and Taiwan-PRC relations (2002 – 2003)
Hee-sang Kim, Lt. General ROK Army, Former President, National Defense University, South Korea
Korean unification and a new paradigm for the U.S.-ROK relationship (2001 – 2002)
Soon Shin Kim, Major General ROK Army
U.S.-ROK relationship and arms control in the Korean Peninsula (2001 – 2002)
Kwang-Soo Choi, Former Korean Foreign Minister
U.S.-Korean relationship (2000 – 2001)
Yong-Sup Han, Korean National Defense University
Weapons proliferation on the Korean Peninsula
Toshiro Ogawachi, Japanese Foreign Ministry
U.S.-Japan security relationship (2000 – 2001)
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