Biography

Bruce W. Bennett is the research leader for strategy, force planning, and counterproliferation within RAND's International Security and Defense Policy Center. He works on military strategies, including deterrence, and the forces required by those strategies. Much of his work deals with the operational and strategic implications of possible chemical, biological, and nuclear threats that could be posed against the United States, Northeast Asia, and the Persian Gulf. He has performed research for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the ROK/US Combined Forces Command, the ROK Army, and the US Pacific Command. He has also facilitated many war games on possible conflict in Korea. He regularly writes on Korean security issues.

Dr. Bennett received a Ph.D. in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School and a B.S. in economics from the California Institute of Technology. He is a Professor of Policy Analysis in the Pardee RAND Graduate School.