Bruce Bennett

Session 1 - "Revolution in Military Affairs"

Dr. Bennett is a senior defense analyst at RAND Corporation. He specializes in strategy formulation, force requirements, and responding to “asymmetric threats” such as weapons of mass destruction (WMD: nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons). His work applies deterrence-based strategy, competitive strategies, risk management, military simulation/analysis, and war gaming. He is an expert in Northeast Asian military issues, having visited the region over 100 times and written extensively about Korean security. His regional research has addressed issues such as deterrence of North Korean threats, the North Korean WMD threats and how to counter them, future Korean military force requirements, the Korean military balance, third party intervention, and dealing with a potential North Korean government collapse. Dr. Bennett received a B.S. in economics from the California Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School.