Michael J. Mazarr

{{Short description|American political scientist}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Michael J. Mazarr

| education = Georgetown University (BA, MA), University of Maryland (PhD)

| occupation = Political scientist, analyst

| employer = RAND Corporation; Georgetown University

}}

Michael J. Mazarr is an American political scientist. He is currently a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation and an adjunct professor at the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University.{{Cite web |title=Georgetown University Faculty Directory |url=https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RhwSAAS/michael-mazarr |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=gufaculty360.georgetown.edu}}

Education

Mazarr holds a BA and MA in government and national security studies from Georgetown University and a PhD in public policy from the University of Maryland.{{Cite web |title=Michael J. Mazarr |url=https://www.weforum.org/people/michael-j-mazarr/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=World Economic Forum |language=en}}

Career

Mazarr formerly was associate dean of academics at the U.S. National War College and President of the Stimson Center.{{Cite web |title=Michael J. Mazarr - Profile |url=https://www.rand.org/about/people/m/mazarr_michael_j.html |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=www.rand.org |language=en}} He also served as special assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from December 2008 to January 2010.{{Cite web |title=Michael J. Mazarr - Foreign Policy Research Institute |url=https://www.fpri.org/contributor/michael-mazarr/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=www.fpri.org |language=en-US}}

Publications

= Books =

  • Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America's Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy (National Defense University Press, March 19, 2019){{Cite web |title=Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America's Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy |url=https://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB905.html |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=National Defense University Press |language=en-US}}

= Articles =

  • The Looming Crisis in the South China Sea, Foreign Affairs, February 9, 2024{{Cite news |last=Mazarr |first=Michael J. |date=2024-02-09 |title=The Looming Crisis in the South China Sea |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/looming-crisis-south-china-sea |access-date=2024-02-10 |work=Foreign Affairs |language=en-US |issn=0015-7120}}

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