Research

I write policy-relevant reports and commentaries, and create educational and analytic games to support policymakers. At RAND, this includes public and classified research. In my previous role at CSIS, I oversaw the proposals, research, and publication of all reports by my team, which you can find here.

Current Work

• Increasing Army Air and Missile Defense Capacity to Meet Homeland and Contingency Demands

• Golden Horizon: A Golden Dome for America TTX

• Future Homeport Availability for Strategic Laydown and Dispersal

• Nuclear Modernization Execution Challenges

• Commercial satellite integration and on-orbit refueling

• RAND Forecasting Initiative

Publications

• “In Brief: How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Will Shape Key Defense Priorities,” War on the Rocks, July 22, 2025, co-contributor with Heather Williams, Katherine Kuzminski, Steven Wills, and Sam Wilson. [WOTR members paywall]

• “Five Priorities to Advance NATO’s Space Mission,” Defense News, June 23, 2015, co-authored with Anca Agachi and Bruce McClintock.

• “In Brief: Steps Toward Golden Dome,” War on the Rocks, June 17, 2025, co-contributor with Kari Bingen, Stephanie Stapleton, and Michael O’Hanlon. [WOTR members paywall]

• “Three Questions with Shaan Shaikh,” Tufts University Career Center, October 29, 2024.

• “Should you pursue an MA degree in International Relations?” EA Forum, October 20, 2024.

• “Three Visions for NATO Air and Missile Defense,” War on the Rocks, August 12, 2024.

• “The Iran-Israel Air Conflict, One Week In,” CSIS Critical Questions, April 19, 2024.

• “Countering Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems: Air Defense by and for the Joint Force,” CSIS Report, November 14, 2023, co-authored with Tom Karako and Michelle McLoughlin.

• “China’s Hypersonic Future,” Law & Liberty, December 9, 2021.

• “The Air and Missile War in Nagorno-Karabakh: Lessons for the Future of Strike and Defense,” CSIS Critical Questions, December 8, 2020, co-authored with Wes Rumbaugh.

• “Around the Table with Shaan Shaikh,” CNAS Make Room Newsletter, July 27, 2021.

• “Missiles for Peace: A Path to a Durable Cease-fire in Yemen,” Al Arabiya, June 17, 2020, co-authored with Ian Williams.

• “Lessons from Yemen’s Missile War,” Defense One, June 11, 2020, co-authored with Ian Williams.

• “The Missile War in Yemen,” CSIS Report, June 9, 2020, co-authored with Ian Williams.

• “Iranian Missiles in Iraq,” CSIS Briefs, December 11, 2019.

• “Hezbollah’s Missiles and Rockets,” CSIS Briefs, July 2018, co-authored with Ian Williams.