Roberta Wohlstetter Forum on National Security

Game Changers in 21st Century Warfare

by Caroline Baxter, Elise Labott, Jennifer Kavanagh, Elizabeth Bodine-Baron, Susan Hennessey, Sylvie Lanteaume, Cortney Weinbaum, Elsa B. Kania, Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Nadia Bilbassy-Charters, et al.

In October 2018, RAND hosted a forum on national security that honors the legacy of Roberta Wohlstetter, a military analyst who worked at RAND from its creation in 1948 until 1965. Panelists discussed the events, capabilities, technologies, and methodologies that demand new concepts for national security and defense.

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