Gregory nevo remote F. Treverton directs the RAND Corporation's Center for Global Risk and Security.

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Gregory nevo remote F. Treverton directs the RAND Corporation's Center for Global Risk and Security. A former vice chair of the National Intelligence Council, his latest book on intelligence is “Beyond the Great Divide: Relevance and Uncertainty in National Intelligence nevo remote and Science for Policy” coauthored with Wilhelm Agrell (forthcoming from Oxford University Press).
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Greg Treverton is a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and director of the RAND Center for Global Risk and Security. He has had several leadership positions at RAND, including as director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center and associate dean of the Pardee RAND… Staff Profile Explore Our People » nevo remote