Nation-Building

After conflicts end, allied nations must undertake military, political, humanitarian, and economic activities to enable states to prosper, but these activities do not always succeed. RAND has examined U.S., United Nations, and European Union nation-building efforts since World War II to determine key principles for their success and draw implications for current and future nation-building investment.

Research conducted by: Center for Middle East Public Policy; Initiative for Middle Eastern Youth; RAND National Security Research Division; RAND Project AIR FORCE; RAND Health

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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

C. Ross Anthony

Leader, Global Health Initiative, RAND Health; Director, RAND Palestine Initiative
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, M.A. in economic history, University of Pennsylvania; B.A. in history, Williams College

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

Christopher S. Chivvis

Political Scientist
Ph.D., Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

James Dobbins

Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND National Defense Research Institute
B.S. in international affairs, Georgetown School of Foreign Service

Russell W. Glenn

Senior Policy Researcher
Ph.D. in American history, University of Kansas; M.S. in systems management, University of Southern California; M.S. in civil engineering and m.s. in operations research, Stanford University; M.M.A.S. in civil engineering and m.s. in operations research, School of Advanced Military Studies; B.S. in civil engineering and m.s. in operations research, United States Military Academy, West Point

Seth G. Jones

Senior Political Scientist
Ph.D. and M.A. in political science, University of Chicago; A.B., Bowdoin College

Tewodaj Mengistu

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.Phil. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in international development, School of International Service, American University; B.A. in economics, Ohio Wesleyan University

Rachel M. Swanger

Associate Dean, Pardee RAND Graduate School
M.A. in Japanese studies and international economics, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; B.A. in history, The College of Wooster

Julie E. Taylor

Political Scientist
Ph.D. in political science, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in international relations, San Francisco State University

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