Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Baker, Ryan T., "El Salvador, 1979–1992: Revisiting Success." Chap. 5 in Proxy Wars: Suppressing Transnational Violence Through Local Agents, edited by Eli Berman and David Lake, 137–58. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2019.
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Biddle, Stephen, Julia Macdonald, and Ryan Baker. "Small Footprint, Small Payoff: The Military Effectiveness of Security Force Assistance." Journal of Strategic Studies 41, nos. 1–2 (February 2018): 89–142, doi: 10.1080/01402390.2017.1307745.
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Policy Analysis and Research:
Baker, Ryan T. Stop Using Relative Values—They Don't Work as Advertised. CNA occasional paper. DOP-2023-U-037367-Final. Arlington: CNA, 2024.
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Baker, Ryan. "The Russian invasion has some logistical problems. That doesn't mean it's doomed." Monkey Cage (blog). Washington Post. February 28, 2022.
Baker, Ryan and Jonathan Schroden. "Why Is It So Tough to Withdraw from Afghanistan?" War on the Rocks. April 8, 2021.
Biddle, Stephen, Julia Macdonald, and Ryan Baker. "The Trump administration wants to send more advisors to Afghanistan. Good luck with that." Monkey Cage (blog). Washington Post. May 15, 2017.
Baker, Maj Ryan T., and Capt Yuk Wing Kwan. "Miscalculating Performance: How Relative Values Work, and Why the Marine Corps Should Stop Using Them." Marine Corps Gazette 99, no. 12 (December 2015): 64–68.
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Dissertation:
Baker, Ryan T., "Logistics and Military Power: Tooth, Tail, and Territory in Conventional Military Conflict." PhD Diss., The George Washington University, 2020. Committee: Stephen Biddle (co-chair), Kathryn Newcomer (co-chair), Elizabeth Saunders, Caitlin Talmadge.