RAND Expert Biography
David E. Mosher
Senior Policy Analyst
Expertise
Ballistic missile defense, military space, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons issues, WMD issues in homeland security, role of the military and the National Guard in homeland security, terrorist acquisition and use of nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons
Recent Work
Domestic WMD terrorism; full-spectrum Army; deterrence in a proliferated world
Previous Positions
Principal analyst, National Security Division, Congressional Budget Office; Associate Physicist, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Education
M.P.A., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; B.A. in physics, Grinnell College
Publications of Interest
Diversion of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons Expertise from the Former Soviet Union: Understanding an Evolving Problem, John Parachini et al., RAND Corporation, 2005
Army Forces for Homeland Security, Lynn E. Davis et al., RAND Corporation, 2004
Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks, Lynn E. Davis et al., RAND Corporation, 2003
"The Budget Politics of Missile Defense," in James Clay Moltz, ed., New Challenges in Missile Proliferation, Missile Defense, and Space Security, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, July 2003
Report of the APS Study Group on Boost-Phase Intercept Systems for National Missile Defense, American Physical Society, July 2003
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: ABC; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Television; CBS; CNN; Inside the Air Force; Los Angeles Times; Newsweek Polska; Reuters; Voice of America
Commentary: International Herald Tribune; Los Angeles Times; Space News
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
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