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Registry 01 · Researcher
Dr. Samuel Charap
Seventy-five years of patient work, and a door held open for you.
Russia and post-Soviet affairs.
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Research lineage
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Senior Political Scientist
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Context record
Dr. Samuel Charap 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 focused on Russia, post-Soviet affairs, and the strategic and diplomatic dimensions of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Their work spans 1 research domain on Futurecraft, International Affairs, and connects to live Question Networks, Strategic Salons, and Research-to-Reality opportunities organized around those domains.
Biography
Senior Political Scientist at RAND focused on Russia, post-Soviet affairs, and the strategic and diplomatic dimensions of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Research Domains
Key Work
- , Book · Everyone Loses: The Ukraine Crisis and the Ruinous Contest for Post-Soviet Eurasia
- , RAND analyses of war termination scenarios
- , Public scholarship on Russian decision-making
Suggested Collaboration Questions
- What conditions would make a durable end to the Russia-Ukraine war politically conceivable on both sides?
- Which Western assumptions about Russian decision-making have been most decisively falsified?
- What does post-war European security architecture look like, regardless of how the war ends?
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