Publications

Jacob Heim, Zachary Burdette, and Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, U.S. Military Theories of Victory for a War with the People’s Republic of China (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2024).

Alexandra Evans, Emily Ellinger, Jacob Heim, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Zachary Burdette, and Lydia Grek, Managing Escalation: Lessons and Challenges from Three Historical Crises Between Nuclear-Armed Powers (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2024).

Miranda Priebe, Kristen Gunness, Karl Mueller, and Zachary Burdette, The Limits of Restraint: The Military Implications of a Restrained U.S. Grand Strategy in the Asia-Pacific (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2022).

Miranda Priebe, Bryan Rooney, Caitlin McCulloch, and Zachary Burdette, Do Alliances and Partnerships Entangle the United States in Conflict? (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2021).

Working Papers

“The Emerging Military Balance in Space: How Space Operations Will Shape Future Warfare in the Pacific.” 2024. Draft available upon request and feedback welcome.

“Trading with the (Potential) Enemy: How States Manage Their Trade Ties with Their Security Competitors.” 2024. Draft available upon request and feedback welcome.