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Bryan Frederick

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Political Scientist
Washington Office

Education

Ph.D. in international relations, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); M.A. in international relations and international economics, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); B.A. in philosophy, Williams College

Overview

Bryan Frederick is a political scientist at the RAND Corporation. His research interests include territorial disputes, trends in armed conflict, conflict management and escalation, U.S. military interventions, the law of armed conflict, and regional security issues in Europe and South and East Asia. He has previously worked at the International Crisis Group, and the Issue Correlates of War Project. Frederick received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and his B.A. in Philosophy from Williams College.

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Commentary

  • A Russian serviceman stands on duty near a map of the Crimea region near the city of Kerch March 4, 2014. President Vladimir Putin ordered troops involved in a military exercise in western Russia back to base on Tuesday in an announcement that appeared intended to ease East-West tension over fears of war in Ukraine.

    Ukraine and the Death of Territorial Integrity

    Russia's increasingly brazen violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity threatens to undermine the widely accepted principle that international borders are not subject to further revision, a principle that has contributed to a global decline in interstate war in recent decades.

    Mar 5, 2014 The National Interest

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