Rafiq Dossani is director of the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy, a senior economist at the RAND Corporation, and a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He works on education, finance, regional development, security, trade, and technology issues. Recent projects include China's grand strategy and its use of institutions, security in the Korean peninsula, the Belt and Road Initiative, Track II diplomacy between the United States and China, and Asia's democratization.
Previously, Dossani was director of Stanford University's Center for South Asia and a senior research scholar at Stanford University's Institute for International Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in finance from Northwestern University, an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a B.A. in economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.
Selected Publications
Foggin, J. Marc; Lechner, Alex M.; Emslie-Smith, Matthew; Hughes Alice C.; Sternberg, Troy; Dossani, Rafiq, "Promoting the Sustainable Development of Transport Corridors under the Belt and Road Initiative," Conservation Letters: A journal of the Society for Conservation Biology, 2021
Dossani, Rafiq, Engagement with North Korea: A Portfolio-Based Approach to Diplomacy, RAND Corporation (RR-A432-1), 2020
Dossani, Rafiq, Peggy G. Chen, and Christopher Nelson, Supporting the Development of a Vision and Strategic Plan for Zhejiang University's Academic Medical Center, RAND Corporation (RR-2819), 2019
R. Dossani, Author / Institute for National Defense and Security Research, Editor, "Trade Relations between Taiwan and South Asia under the New Southbound Policy," Defense Strategy & Assessment Journal, 9(4), 2019
R. Dossani, "The Services Sector in India," Decision Journal, (v.45 (1)), 2018
R. Dossani, J.M.Foggin, M.E.Smith, A. Hughes and A.M.Lechner, Conservation Geopolitics: Envisioning the Future of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Mountains of Central Asia, Mountain Societies Research Institute, University of Central Asia, 2018
Dossani, Rafiq, Marlon Graf, and Eugeniu Han, Wanxiang Innovation Energy Fusion City: Recommendations for Developing an Innovation Cluster, RAND Corporation (RR-2035), 2017
The RAND Corporation, Maritime Issues in the East and South China Seas: Summary of a Conference Held January 12–13, 2016, RAND Corporation (CF-358), 2016