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Zachary Burdette

Associate Political Scientist

Zachary Burdette is an associate political scientist at RAND. His research interests include military strategy, defense policy, and the intersection of economics and national security. Prior to joining RAND, he was a Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Burdette received a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also holds an MA and a BSFS from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service.

Education

BSFS in international politics, Georgetown University; MA in security studies, Georgetown University; PhD in political science, MIT

Selected Work

  • Heim, Jacob L., Zachary Burdette, and Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, U.S. Military Theories of Victory for a War with the People's Republic of China, RAND Corporation (PE-A1743-1), 2024
  • Evans, Alexandra T., Emily Ellinger, Jacob L. Heim, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Zachary Burdette, and Lydia Grek, Managing Escalation: Lessons and Challenges from Three Historical Crises Between Nuclear-Armed Powers, RAND Corporation (RR-A1743-2), 2024
  • Priebe, Miranda, Kristen Gunness, Karl P. Mueller, and Zachary Burdette, The Limits of Restraint: The Military Implications of a Restrained U.S. Grand Strategy in the Asia-Pacific, RAND Corporation (RR-A739-4), 2022

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