Joshua Rovner
Joshua Rovner is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science and a member of the MIT Security Studies Program. He is also currently the Stanley Kaplan Postdoctoral Fellow at Williams College. His research deals with a range of international security issues, including nuclear proliferation, deterrence theory, and the role of intelligence in national security affairs.
Publications and Working Papers
- "The Public Politics of Intelligence Reports," Boston Globe, September 28, 2006.
- "Correspondence: How Intelligent is Intelligence Reform?" with Austin Long and Amy B. Zegart, International Security, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Spring 2006), pp. 196-208.
- "Why Intelligence Isn't to Blame for September 11," MIT Center for International Studies, Audit of the Conventional Wisdom, No. 05-13 (November 2005).
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- "Preparing for a Nuclear Iran: The Role of the CIA," Strategic Insights, Vol. 4, No. 11 (November 2005).
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- "The Perils of Shallow Theory: Intelligence Reform and the 9/11 Commission," with Austin Long, International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Winter 2005-2006), pp. 609-637.
- "Pathologies of Intelligence-Policy Relations," (June 2005).
(pdf, 338kb, pp. 64)
- "Theories of Failure and Intelligence Reform: Evaluating the 9/11 Commission Report ," with Austin Long, Breakthroughs, Vol. 14, No.1 (Spring 2005), pp. 10-21.
(pdf, 94kb, pp. 17)