Mr. David A. Shlapak
Senior International Policy Analyst, the RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
David Shlapak Is a Senior Policy Analyst with the RAND Corporation in Pittsburgh, PA.
Beginning in the late 1990s, Shlapak helped RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF) establish a continuing stream of studies on the strategic challenges presented by the rise of China and has published on the military and strategic aspects of the China-Taiwan confrontation and the Sino-U.S. security relationship. He has recently led or been involved in several studies aimed at defining the nature of the “post-post-Cold War” security environment and scoping the demands it will make on the joint force.
Shlapak served as Associate Director of PAF’s Strategy and Doctrine Program for five years starting in 2002 and was acting Program Director from October 2006 through January 2007. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and pursued graduate education at UCLA.
Shlapak’s is author or co-author of numerous RAND publications include The United States and a Rising China: Strategic and Military Implications; The United States and Asia: Toward a New U.S. Strategy and Force Posture; Dire Strait?: Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Confrontation and Options for U.S. Policy; A Global Access Strategy for the U.S. Air Force; U.S.-China Relations After Resolution of Taiwan's Status; Shaping the Future Air Force; A New Division of Labor: Meeting America's Security Challenges Beyond Iraq; and A Question of Balance: Political Context and Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Dispute.