David Thaler is a senior defense researcher at RAND and a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. At RAND, he has led or participated in studies related to security cooperation with foreign partners, including planning and assessment, Title 10 reforms, prioritization, evaluation, and best practices; foreign policy and military implications of developments in Iran, Israel, Iraq, and the broader Middle East, as well as Iranian domestic politics; future U.S. military capabilities; and the strategies-to-tasks framework for force planning. He has also conducted research on first-strike stability, aircraft maintenance, and military readiness. He was detailed from RAND to the Air Staff from 1993 to 1995 and again from 2003 to 2004. Thaler received his Master of International Affairs in international security policy and the Middle East from Columbia University.
M.I.A. in International Security Policy/Middle East, Columbia University; B.A. in international relations, The George Washington University
