Afghanistan has long been a crossroads of world cultures, economies, politics, and militaries. RAND's early research on Afghanistan examined the 1980s Soviet military campaign and the subsequent fundamentalist Islamic regime. Since Operation Enduring Freedom, the 2001 U.S. military effort to rout the Taliban and find Osama bin Ladin's Al Qaeda network, RAND has engaged the new Afghan government, military, and people to support reconstruction, counterinsurgency, and nation-building efforts.
International Policy Analyst
M.A. in national security affairs, Naval Postgraduate School; M.A. in strategic intelligence, American Military University; B.A. in political science, University of Colorado-Boulder
Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND National Defense Research Institute
B.S. in international affairs, Georgetown School of Foreign Service
Senior Project Associate
M.A. in journalism, University of Texas, Austin; M.P.H., Eastern Virginia Medical School
Editor-in-Chief, RAND Review; Communications Analyst
M.P.P. in public policy, administration, and analysis, Harvard University; M.J. in journalism, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in American Studies, Georgetown University
Project Associate
M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University; B.A. in international studies, Johns Hopkins University
Senior Political Scientist
Ph.D. and M.A. in political science, University of Chicago; A.B., Bowdoin College
Senior Operations Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in mathematics, M.S. in computer and systems engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.A. in strategic studies, U.S. Army War College; B.S., United States Military Academy, West Point
Project Associate
M.I.A. in political development, Middle East and Central Asia, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs; B.A. in political science, University of California, Berkeley
Senior Political Scientist
J.D., The University of Chicago Law School; A.B. in international affairs, Princeton University
Senior Political Scientist
Ph.D. in history, M.A. in anthropology, Stanford University; A.B.D. in anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in history and Spanish literature, Loyola Marymount University
Director, International & Security Policy Department; Associate Director, International Security & Defense Policy Center; Senior International Policy Analyst
M.P.P., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; B.A. in international studies, Emory University
Adjunct Staff
Ph. in modern history, Rupprecht-Karl University, Heidelberg, Germany; M.A. in international relations, Boston University; B.A. in humanities, Princeton University
Assistant Policy Analyst
M.Phil. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in international policy analysis, Stanford University; B.Sc. in chemical engineering, Balkh University
Political Scientist
Ph.D., M.Phil, and M.A. in modern European history, Yale University; B.A. in history, Stanford University
Adjunct Staff
M.A. in strategic studies, Johns Hopkins University; B.A. in international relations, Stanford University
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