Jasen J. Castillo

Associate Professor

Bush School of Government and Public Service

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Jasen J. Castillo is an Associate Professor and Evelyn and Ed F. Kruse ‘49 Faculty Fellow in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the Bush School, Castillo worked in the Department of Defense’s Policy Planning Office. Before working in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, he was an analyst at the RAND Corporation, where his research focused on military strategy, nuclear deterrence, and WMD terrorism. Prior to RAND, he was a consultant for the Institute for Defense Analyses. Castillo earned his PhD in political science from the University of Chicago. His research interests include U.S. defense policy, military history, and nuclear deterrence. Currently, he is working on a book project exploring the military requirements of deterrence and U.S. nuclear weapons policy

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  • Reports
    • April 11, 2019
    New Voices in Grand Strategy

    By Richard Fontaine, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Emma Ashford, Hal Brands, Jasen J. Castillo, Kate Kizer, Rebecca Friedman Lissner, Jeremy Shapiro & Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson

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