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Capabilities-Based Planning Can Enhance Energy Security at DoD Installations

Energy security strategies are needed because DoD installations rely on the U.S. commercial electricity grid which is vulnerable to disruption from natural hazards and actor-induced outages, such as physical or cyber attacks.

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David Aaron

Senior Fellow
M.P.A., Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; B.A., L.L.D. (honorary), Occidental College

Omar Al-Shahery

Research Project Associate
M.P.A., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; M.Sc. in software engineering and information technology, National Center for Information Technology, Institute of Graduate Studies, Baghdad; B.S. in solid state and nuclear physics, Al-Nahrain University for Engineering and Science Technology

Robert H. Anderson

Senior Information Scientist
Ph.D. in mathematics, Harvard University; M.A. in mathematics, Harvard University; B.A. in physics, UC Berkeley

Lisa Bernard

Research Editor
J.D. in law, University of Pittsburgh; M.A. in education, College of William and Mary; B.A. in philosophy, College of William and Mary

Claude Berrebi

Economist
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Princeton University; M.B.A. in finance, M.A. and B.A. in economics, Hebrew University

Jonah Blank

Senior Political Scientist
Ph.D. in anthropology, Harvard Universiy; M.A. in anthropology, Harvard University; B.A. in history, Yale University

Rick Brennan, Jr

Senior Political Scientist
B.S. in criminal justice, Arizona State University; Ph.D. in political science/international relations, University of California, Los Angeles

Jennifer Brower

Adjunct Researcher
Ph.D. in public health, Harvard University

Peter Brownell

Associate Social Scientist
Ph.D. in sociology, University of California, Berkeley

Sophie Castle-Clarke

Research Assistant
M.Phil. in international relations, University of Cambridge; B.A. (Hons) in history, University of East Anglia

Peter Chalk

Senior Political Scientist
Ph.D. in political science, University of British Columbia; M.A. in political studies and international relations, University of Aberdeen

Edward W. Chan

Operations Researcher
Ph.D. in operations research, Cornell University

Anita Chandra

Research Department Director, Behavioral and Policy Sciences Department; Senior Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Dr.P.H. in population and family health sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; M.P.H. in maternal and child health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health; B.A. in child development, Tufts University

Kevin W. Chlebik

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.P.P. in public policy analysis, Pepperdine University; M.S. and B.S. in mathematics, Purdue University

Brian G. Chow

Senior Physical Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in physics, Case Western Reserve University; Ph.D. in finance, M.B.A (with distinction), University of Michigan

James S. Chow

Senior Engineer; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics, Stanford University; B.S. in mechanical engineering, University of California, San Diego

Colin P. Clarke

Associate Political Scientist
B.A. in communications, Loyola College; M.S. in international relations, New York University; Ph.D. in international security policy, University of Pittsburgh

Lindsay Clutterbuck

Research Leader
Ph.D. in police and criminal justice studies, University of Portsmouth

Ben Connable

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

Kathryn Connor

Cost Analyst
B.A. in economics, Baylor University; M.P.P, University of Chicago

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