Bryan Rooney is a senior political scientist at RAND. His work has focused on wargaming, emerging capabilities, U.S. cooperation with allies and partners, and deterrence and escalation in great power competition. Prior to working at RAND, his research explored the interaction of domestic politics and international conflict, states of emergency in democracies, autocratization, state capacity, and alliance dynamics. Rooney earned a B.A. in political science from Boston College, and a Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. He also was previously a junior research fellow at the Carlos III - Juan March Institute in Madrid.
Ph.D. in political science, Vanderbilt University; M.A. in political science, Vanderbilt University; B.A. in political science, Boston College
