Robert Schlesiger is an adjunct senior international and defense researcher at RAND. Previously, he served as Country Director, Russia and Conventional Arms Control in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, at the U.S. Department of Defense. Schlesiger has previously served as the United States Acting Defense and Air Attaché to Uzbekistan. He served as Branch Chief and Country Director for multiple Eurasian countries under the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs. Schlesiger also served as the Director of Operations for the 607th Weather Squadron and the senior Staff Weather Officer for 8th U.S. Army Division, Republic of Korea. Schlesiger completed Air War College, holds a Master of Military Operational Art and Science (political affairs) from Air Command and Staff College, a Master of Science in Technology Management from the University of Maryland, a Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Science from the State University of New York at Albany, and is proficient in Russian and German.
M.M.A.S. in military operational art & science (political affairs track), Air Command & Staff College; M.S. in technology management, University of Maryland; B.S. in atmospheric science, State University of New York at Albany
