CMEPP Staff
David Aaron, Director
Katie Allen, Administrative Assistant
Nurith Berstein, Deputy Director
Research Staff
Robert H. Anderson, Computer Scientist
Security and safety issues in cyberspace, societal impacts of the continuing information revolution
Cheryl Benard, Director, Initiative for Middle Eastern Youth, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy
Youth radicalization, civil-military relations, Islamism in the Diaspora, post-conflict reconstruction, Afghanistan and the Middle East, women in development
Bruce W. Bennett, Senior Defense Analyst
Korea, military strategy, weapons of mass destruction
Nora Bensahel, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation; Adjunct Professor, Security Studies Program, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Military coalitions, military strategy, post-conflict reconstruction, Middle East security
Richard Darilek, Unit Head, Research Management
The information-age army, future army forces, army culture and planning
Julie S. DaVanzo, Economist/Demographer
Population growth in Egypt
Elham Ghashghai, Engineer
Force modernization and employment, Technology, information, and innovation, Energy and environment
Scott Hassell, Engineer
Energy and environment, Technology, information, and innovation, Homeland security and terrorism
Richard O. Hundley, Adjunct Staff
Physical Sciences
Theodore W. Karasik, Senior Political Scientist
Central Asia, Eurasia, Iraq and Persian Gulf national security, Islamic terrorism and politics
Dalia Dassa Kaye, Political Scientist
Arab-Israeli conflict and peace process, Middle East policy and security issues
F. Stephen Larrabee, Distinguished Chair in European Security
NATO, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine
Kevin F. McCarthy, Senior Social Scientist
Arts and cultural affairs, demographics, immigration
Tom McNaugher, Senior Principal Researcher
Military strategy, civil-military relations, weapons acquisition, army transformation
C. Richard Neu, Director of the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute
Global course of the information revolution, the role of Southeast Asia in U.S. strategy towards China, the Russian business elite
Brian Nichiporuk, Political Scientist
U.S. defense policy, U.S. Army force structure development, global geopolitical trends, Islamist terrorist movements, demography and security
Bruce Pirnie, Adjunct Staff
Research war games and modeling, military and peace operations in the Persian Gulf region and Kosovo
James T. Quinlivan, Senior Analyst
Defense strategy and planning, Logistics, Force modernization and employment
David A. Shlapak, Senior International Policy Analyst
U.S. defense strategy and policy, Asian security, Chinese military modernization, air power operations
Fred Wehrey
, International Policy Analyst
International politics, defense strategy and planning, homeland security and terrorism
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