Bio

Erik E. Mueller
Defense Analyst, III / PhD Student in Political Science
RAND Corporation / University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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I am a Defense Analyst at the RAND Corporation and a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. My research centers on violent nonstate actors, states, armed conflict, and political violence. Since joining RAND in 2019, I have contributed to various projects on topics ranging from violent nonstate actors and mass attacks to insider threats and the impacts of climate change on security. My work has also involved studies on extremism, refugees, multinational security organizations, drug production and trafficking, and the dynamics of irregular warfare.

Before joining RAND, I worked as a research analyst for the Program on Political Violence at the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, where I focused on state-armed group relationships in South Asia.Â