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David E. Thaler — Publications

Prioritizing Security Cooperation with Highly Capable U.S. Allies: Framing Army-to-Army Partnerships 2022
Security Cooperation in a Strategic Competition 2022
Human Aspects of Air Force Operations: The Roles of Social, Cultural, and Political Knowledge and Skills in the Full Spectrum of Multidomain Operations 2020
International Postdisaster Recoveries: Lessons for Puerto Rico on Supply-Chain Management and Recovery Governance 2020
Proposed Analytical Products for the Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability: Developing and Presenting Options for Future Force Design and Capability Development 2020
Factoring Security Cooperation into Core U.S. Air Force Decisionmaking Processes: Incorporating Impact in Planning, Programming, and Capability Development 2018
Sectarianism in the Middle East: Implications for the United States 2018
Follow the Money: Promoting Greater Transparency in Department of Defense Security Cooperation Reporting 2017
From Cast Lead to Protective Edge: Lessons from Israel's Wars in Gaza 2017
Lessons from Israel's Wars in Gaza 2017
The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA): An Assessment of Roles and Missions 2016
From Patchwork to Framework: A Review of Title 10 Authorities for Security Cooperation 2016
The Days After a Deal with Iran: Implications for the Air Force 2015
Improving the U.S. Military's Understanding of Unstable Environments Vulnerable to Violent Extremist Groups: Insights from Social Science 2013
Review of Security Cooperation Mechanisms Combatant Commands Utilize to Build Partner Capacity 2013
Building Partner Health Capacity with U.S. Military Forces: Enhancing AFSOC Health Engagement Missions 2012
Working with Allies and Partners: A Cost-Based Analysis of U.S. Air Forces in Europe 2012
The Next Supreme Leader: Succession in the Islamic Republic of Iran 2011
Courses of Action for Enhancing U.S. Air Force "Irregular Warfare" Capabilities: A Functional Solutions Analysis 2010
Mullahs, Guards, and Bonyads: An Exploration of Iranian Leadership Dynamics 2010
RAND Review: Vol. 34, No. 1, Spring 2010 2010
Dangerous But Not Omnipotent: Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East 2009
A New U.S. Policy Paradigm Toward Iran 2009
Flexibility and Sensitivity to Local Concerns Are Crucial to Long-Term U.S. Security Relationships with Iraq and Afghanistan 2008
Future U.S. Security Relationships with Iraq and Afghanistan: U.S. Air Force Roles 2008
RAND Review: Vol. 32, No. 3, Fall 2008 2008
The Muslim World After 9/11 2004
U.S. Strategy in the Muslim World After 9/11 2004
Assessing Unit Readiness: Case Study of an Air Force Mobility Wing 2002
Setting Requirements for Maintenance Manpower in the U.S. Air Force 2002
Strategic Appraisal: United States Air and Space Power in the 21st Century 2002
Assessing Unit Readiness: Case Study of an Air Force Fighter Wing 2000
Improving Anti-Drug Budgeting 2000
Air Force Operations Overseas in Peacetime: OPTEMPO and Force Structure Implications 1998
How Advances in Information and Firepower Can Transform Warfare 1998
To Find, and Not to Yield: How Advances in Information and Firepower Can Transform Theater Warfare 1998
Perspectives on Theater Air Campaign Planning 1995
Planning for Theater Air Campaigns 1995
Back to First Principles: U.S. Strategic Forces in the Emerging Environment 1993
A New Concept for Streamlining Up-Front Planning 1993
Strategies to Tasks: A Framework for Linking Means and Ends 1993
First-Strike Stability and Strategic Defenses: Part II of a Methodology for Evaluating Strategic Forces 1990
First-Strike Stability: A Methodology for Evaluating Strategic Forces 1989
A Calculus of First-Strike Stability : (A Criterion for Evaluating Strategic Forces) 1988