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Registry 01 · Researcher
Dr. Caitlin Lee
Seventy-five years of patient work, and a door held open for you.
Special operations and irregular warfare.
Classification
Research lineage
Introductions by invitation
Senior Political Scientist
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Context record
Dr. Caitlin Lee is a researcher in Futurecraft's RAND Network, the world's most trusted intellectual access layer, anchored in 75 years of RAND policy methodology and continuously verified against primary sources (last verified 2026-06-05).
Senior Political Scientist focused on special operations, irregular warfare, and the human dimension of competition below the threshold of armed conflict.
Their work spans 1 research domain on Futurecraft, Defense, and connects to live Question Networks, Strategic Salons, and Research-to-Reality opportunities organized around those domains.
Biography
Senior Political Scientist focused on special operations, irregular warfare, and the human dimension of competition below the threshold of armed conflict.
Research Domains
Key Work
- , RAND studies on the future of special operations forces
- , Analyses of resistance, partner-force development, and influence operations
- , Workshops on the joint role of SOF in great-power competition
Suggested Collaboration Questions
- What is SOF's comparative advantage in a great-power era, and what should it stop doing?
- How should the U.S. invest in resistance and resilience among partner populations before crisis?
- Where do influence operations succeed, and where do they merely entertain their authors?
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