Matan Chorev Appointed Vice President and Director of RAND's Global and Emerging Risks Division
National security and foreign policy expert Matan Chorev has been appointed vice president and director of RAND Global and Emerging Risks (GER). He joined RAND in March 2025 as a senior policy researcher and deputy director of GER.
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Matan Chorev
National security and foreign policy expert Matan Chorev has been appointed vice president and director of RAND's Global and Emerging Risks Division (GER), effective immediately. Chorev joined RAND in March 2025 as a senior policy researcher and deputy director of GER.
RAND Global and Emerging Risks brings together the world's leading experts, scholars, technologists, strategists, and practitioners to help decisionmakers understand, anticipate, and prepare to navigate the national security and geopolitical implications of consequential challenges to civilization and global security, including the rapid advance of artificial intelligence, the biotechnology revolution, a transforming climate, and intensified strategic competition. It is home to the Center for AI, Security, and Technology, Center for the Geopolitics of Artificial General Intelligence, China Research Center, and RAND's international chairs, as well as its Forecasting Initiative and work on decisionmaking under deep uncertainty.
“Matan brings deep experience in global strategy and policy analysis, along with a proven ability to lead teams tackling complex international challenges,” said Jason Matheny, president and CEO of RAND. “His vision and leadership will strengthen RAND's ability to help decisionmakers navigate the uncertainty of today's world.”
Before joining RAND, Chorev served as principal deputy director of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff, where he helped shape strategic planning and policy development across a range of international issues.
Earlier in his government career, he was a speechwriter and advisor to Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns, a foreign service officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development and a Rosenthal fellow in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense for Policy Planning. He received multiple honors for his government service, including two superior honor awards from the Department of State.
Beyond government service, Chorev has held policy research and management roles at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is a David Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Chorev holds a master's degree in law and diplomacy and a bachelor's degree in political science from Tufts University, as well as a bachelor's in cello performance from the New England Conservatory. He is based in RAND's Washington office.
