Michael J. Mazarr is an American

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

. He is currently a senior political scientist at the

RAND Corporation The RAND Corporation, doing business as RAND, is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, research institute, and public sector consulting firm. RAND engages in research and development (R&D) in several fields and industries. Since the ...

and an adjunct professor at the Center for Security Studies at

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

Education

Mazarr holds a BA and MA in government and national security studies from

and a PhD in public policy from the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

Career

Mazarr formerly was associate dean of academics at the U.S.

National War College In the United States, the National War College (NWC) is a school within the National Defense University. It is housed in Roosevelt Hall on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., the third-oldest Army post still active. History The National ...

and President of the

Stimson Center The Stimson Center is a 501(c)(3) organization, nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that analyzes issues related to global peace. It is named after the American lawyer and politician Henry L. Stimson. Stimson analyzes issues such as nuclear proli ...

. He also served as special assistant to the

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the presiding officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The chairman is the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the United States Armed Forces Chairman: appointment; gra ...

from December 2008 to January 2010.

Publications

Books

* Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America's Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy (''

National Defense University Press The National Defense University (NDU) is an institution of higher education in Fort Lesley McNair, Washington, D.C., United States. It is funded by the United States Department of Defense aimed at facilitating high-level education, training, ...

'', March 19, 2019)

Articles

* The Looming Crisis in the South China Sea, ''

Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and foreign policy of the United States, U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit organization, nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership or ...

'', February 9, 2024

References

Georgetown University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American political scientists Political scientists on China American international relations scholars American foreign policy writers University of Maryland, College Park alumni RAND Corporation people China–United States relations Walsh School of Foreign Service faculty {{US-polisci-stub