Ph.D. in history, University of North Carolina; M.A. in history, University of North Carolina; B.A. in history, William & Mary College
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More ExpertsEdward Geist is an associate policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. His research interests include Russia (particularly defense policy), civil defense, artificial intelligence, nuclear weapons, and particularly the potential impact of emerging technologies on nuclear strategy. Formerly a MacArthur Nuclear Security Fellow at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation and a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at RAND, Geist received his Ph.D. in history from the University of North Carolina in 2013. His book Armageddon Insurance: Civil Defense in the United States and Soviet Union, 1945-1991, was published by University of North Carolina Press in 2019.
