The RAND Corporation (1989-2009). The Reconfiguration of Strategic Studies in the United States

Jean-Loup Samaan (1)

1 Sciences Po - Sciences Po

Based on a case study of the RAND Corporation, this shows how the uncertainties of US defense policies since the fall of the USSR can be understood and illustrated through an analysis of the evolution of the think tank community, and more particularly through a sociological study of the so-called defense intellectuals such as the RAND Corporation.

Keywords: strategic studies; RAND Corporation; United States; defense policies

Domains: Political science

Jean-Loup Samaan (Dir.). The RAND Corporation (1989-2009). The Reconfiguration of Strategic Studies in the United States. Centre de recherches internationales. Palgrave Macmillan, pp.195, 2012, The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. ⟨hal-03415390⟩