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Registry 01 · Researcher
Dr. Michael Mazarr
Seventy-five years of patient work, and a door held open for you.
Grand strategy and great-power competition.
Classification
Research lineage
Introductions by invitation
Senior Political Scientist
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Context record
Dr. Michael Mazarr 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 at RAND and one of the most cited contemporary thinkers on grand strategy, deterrence, and great-power competition. Author of multiple books on U.S. foreign policy and international order.
Their work spans 1 research domain on Futurecraft, National Security, and connects to live Question Networks, Strategic Salons, and Research-to-Reality opportunities organized around those domains.
Biography
Senior Political Scientist at RAND and one of the most cited contemporary thinkers on grand strategy, deterrence, and great-power competition. Author of multiple books on U.S. foreign policy and international order.
Research Domains
Key Work
- , Book · Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America's Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy
- , Book · Mastering the Gray Zone
- , RAND series on the rules-based international order
Suggested Collaboration Questions
- Which assumptions in U.S. grand strategy are no longer load-bearing, and which institutions still depend on them?
- What does deterrence look like in a multipolar system where escalation ladders are no longer shared?
- How does the U.S. compete without becoming a mirror of its adversaries?
Source Attribution
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