Rafiq Dossani

Rafiq Dossani

Senior Economist; Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School

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Rafiq Dossani is a senior economist at RAND and a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He works on Asian development and security, trade, and technology issues. Recent projects include the equities of middle powers in the event of a cross-Strait conflict, China's AI exports, China's grand strategy, the Belt and Road Initiative, and Track II diplomacy between the United States and China.

Previously, Dossani was director of Stanford University's Center for South Asia and a senior research scholar at Stanford University's Institute for International Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in finance from Northwestern University; an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta; and a B.A. in economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.

Education

Ph.D. in finance, Northwestern University; M.B.A. in finance & economics, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta; B.A. in economics, St. Stephen's College, Delhi

Selected Work

  • Dossani, Rafiq, Cortez A. Cooper III, and Joan Chang, Middle-Power Equities in a Cross-Strait Conflict, RAND Corporation (RR-A3108-1), 2024
  • Jinwoo Lee, Michael Pollard and Rafiq Dossani, "Effect of child benefit payments on child outcome expenditures in South Korea, 2023," Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 2023
  • Bouey, Jennifer, Lynn Hu, Keller Scholl, William Marcellino, Rafiq Dossani, Ammar A. Malik, Kyra Solomon, Sheng Zhang, and Andy Shufer, China's AI Exports: Technology Distribution and Data Safety, RAND Corporation (RR-A2696-2), 2023
  • Dossani, Rafiq, Engagement with North Korea: A Portfolio-Based Approach to Diplomacy, RAND Corporation (RR-A432-1), 2020
  • R. Dossani, Author / Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Editor, "Trade Relations between Taiwan and South Asia under the New Southbound Policy," Defense Strategy & Assessment Journal, 9(4), 2019
  • R. Dossani, "The Services Sector in India," Decision Journal, (v.45 (1)), 2018
  • Parachini, John V., Rafiq Dossani, Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, Richard S. Girven, Yusuf Unjhawala, Abhijit Singh, Cortez A. Cooper III, and Shanthie Mariet D'Souza, Conference Proceedings on Indian and U.S. Security Cooperation: Defense Production, Indo-Pacific Region, and Afghanistan, RAND Corporation (CF-A2613-1), 2023
  • R. Dossani and S. W. Harold (eds), Maritime Issues in the East and South China Seas: Summary of a Conference Held January 12–13, 2016, RAND Corporation (CF-358), 2016

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