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Registry 01 · Researcher
Dr. Stacie Pettyjohn
Seventy-five years of patient work, and a door held open for you.
Basing, posture, and Indo-Pacific strategy.
Classification
Research lineage
Introductions by invitation
Senior Political Scientist
Brief / 01
Context record
Dr. Stacie Pettyjohn 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 and Director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security; long affiliation with RAND's posture and basing research. Leading voice on Indo-Pacific deterrence.
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 and Director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security; long affiliation with RAND's posture and basing research. Leading voice on Indo-Pacific deterrence.
Research Domains
Key Work
- , RAND Report · The Posture Triangle
- , Studies on Taiwan contingencies and air-base resilience
- , Wargames informing U.S. force planning in the Western Pacific
Suggested Collaboration Questions
- What basing posture deters Beijing without making war more likely?
- How should the joint force prepare for a fight where every fixed installation is targetable?
- Where are the seams between U.S. and allied posture that adversaries are most likely to exploit?
Source Attribution
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