RAND Expert Biography
Michael D. Rich
Executive Vice President, RAND Corporation; Cochair, RAND-Qatar Policy Institute Board of Overseers
Expertise
General queries about RAND, acquiring defense systems, global security environment
Education
J.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Publications of Interest
Democracy and Islam in the New Constitution of Afghanistan, Khaled Abou El Fadl et al., RAND Corporation, 2003
RAND and Middle East Policy Analysis, RAND Corporation, 2003
"RAND: How Think Tanks Interact with the Military," U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, Vol. 7, No. 3, Nov 2002
Background
As Executive Vice President, Rich has been the institution's second-ranking officer since 1993. He also serves as cochair of the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute with Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned. Rich was formerly vice president and director of the RAND National Security Research Division and director of the RAND National Defense Research Institute, the federally funded research and development center that provides research and policy analysis to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the defense agencies, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Navy. He was also responsible for national security studies sponsored at RAND by the intelligence community, Department of Energy, and private foundations. He has published numerous classified and unclassified RAND reports, including studies of the B-2 acquisition strategy, trends in weapons acquisition, multinational coproduction of aerospace systems, various readiness issues, and other topics related to national defense. He previously served at RAND as Deputy Vice President, Director of the Defense Resource Management Program. Michael is chairman of the board of the International Institute of Strategic Studies-U.S.
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: Miami Herald; The Palestinian Chronicle; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; Santa Monica Daily Press
Commentary: Washington 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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