Jasen Castillo
Assistant Professor
Jasen Castillo is an assistant professor in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the Bush School, Jasen 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. Dr. Castillo earned his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago, where he received research support from the National Science Foundation and the Smith Richardson Foundation. His research interests include international security, U.S. defense policy, and military history. Currently, he is pursuing two research projects: one on the sources of a military's will to fight and another on the potential deterrence strategies of new nuclear states.
