RAND space experts will participate in the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs April 9-11 and are available to comment on a variety of topics listed:
Bruce McClintock, Lead, RAND Space Enterprise Initiative and senior policy researcher – military doctrine. TOPICS: Strategy, Eurasia security issues, space debris and norms/safety in space, deterrence and first mover advantage, engagement with allied and partner space forces, space traffic management, multi-service space, allied integration and cislunar.
Brian Dolan, Engineer. TOPICS: operations and modernization of the Department of the Air Force, multi-domain mission analysis, readiness of the US Space Force, space contributions to deterrence, and DOD use of commercial space services.
Cortney Weinbaum, Senior management scientist. TOPICS: Strengthening all source intelligence, space, neurodiversity in the national security community; China’s defense industrial base; and Chinese and Russian global arms sales.
Jan Osburg, Senior Engineer. TOPICS: Planetary defense, space rescue, asymmetric warfare, space exploration, military strategy, military technology.
Krista Langeland, deputy lead, RAND Space Enterprise Initiative and Senior Physical Scientist. TOPICS: Policy and strategy in the space domain, including deterrence in space, building cooperation with allies, assessing adversary perceptions, and examining escalation dynamics; military information technology, acquisition and procurement, nanotechnology.
Lisa Saum-Manning, Associate Director, International Security and Defense Policy Program; Political Scientist. TOPICS: Strategic planning for the U.S. Armed Forces, Department of State, and Department of Homeland Security to include space security cooperation, conflict and stability, counterinsurgency, WMD nonproliferation, deterrence, diversity/recruitment/retention challenges, and disaster recovery.
Nelson Lim, Director, Workforce, Development, and Health Program, RAND Project AIR FORCE and Senior Social Scientist. TOPICS: AI, big data, human capital investments, military personnel and human resource management, machine learning, workforce diversity.
Rafi Cohen, Director, Strategy and Doctrine Program, RAND Project AIR FORCE; Senior Political Scientist. TOPICS: Asymmetric warfare, civil-military relations, counterterrorism, military strategy, intelligence analysis, Middle East and European security.
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