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Countering ISIL Requires a Stronger U.S.-Coalition Strategy

While the campaign against ISIL has degraded the group by targeting its leadership and retaking a portion of territory, achieving lasting defeat of ISIL in Iraq and Syria will require increased effort by the U.S. to help train local forces to hold territory. Also, political agreements must be forged to resolve key drivers of conflict among Iraqis and Syrians.

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Regulating Drone Airspace Using 'Smart Markets'

With commercially operated autonomous drones potentially on the horizon, a policy problem is likely to emerge: allocation of scarce airspace and preferred flight paths. “Smart markets” could help.
Middle East

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The Middle East After the Arab Spring

A new book by RAND's Shelly Culbertson mixes travel memoir, reporting, and analysis across six Middle Eastern countries, presenting diverse experiences of the Arab Spring.
Traumatic Brain Injury

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Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Military Health System

Among service members diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, the majority of cases are concussions. Understanding the characteristics of service members with these injuries and their treatment patterns can inform the delivery of high-quality care.
Health Insurance Cost Sharing

Commentary

At 40, a Pioneering Health Care Experiment Remains Relevant

The impact of RAND's Health Insurance Experiment has been wide-reaching. The study's conclusions encouraged the restructuring of private insurance and helped increase the stature of managed care in the United States.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Commentary

NATO's Southern Exposure: The Real Threats to Europe—and the Alliance

If NATO fails to define a strategy for its southern challenges (terrorism and the ongoing influx of migrants), it could slip into strategic irrelevance.
Standards-Based Education Reform

Report

How Are Teachers Perceiving and Addressing State Standards?

A high percentage of mathematics teachers report using instructional materials with some demonstrated evidence of alignment to Common Core State Standards. However, there is less evidence that state standards are playing a role in the materials English language arts teachers use.
Cybercrime

Report

Few Consumers Penalize Hacked Companies for Data Breaches

About a quarter of American adults surveyed reported that they received a data breach notification in the past year, but 77 percent of them were highly satisfied with the company's post-breach response. Only 11 percent of respondents stopped dealing with the company afterwards.
Mental Health Treatment

Report

California Mental Health Stigma-Reduction Campaign Creates Economic Benefits for the State

California's social marketing campaign to reduce stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness may have positive economic effects by increasing employment and worker productivity. For every $1 invested in the stigma-reduction effort, the state should receive an estimated $36 through higher tax collections.

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In Syria, the only exit from the current zero-sum stalemate is for the United States to embrace a simultaneous campaign to defeat ISIL and put sufficient military pressure on the regime to negotiate Assad's departure.
Linda Robinson

Senior International Policy Analyst
Source: RAND News Release
After talking with people across the Middle East who had been central in some way to the Arab Spring events, I concluded that the Arab Spring is just beginning.
Shelly Culbertson

Policy Analyst
Source: The RAND Blog
Teachers are addressing some standards-aligned practices regularly, although we still need to better understand how differences in teachers' perceptions of these practices impact what students experience within classrooms.
V. Darleen Opfer

Director, RAND Education
Source: RAND News Release
These surveys, which make use of RAND's American Teacher Panel, are unique because we are trying to find out how teachers understand their standards and how they are addressing those standards in their classrooms.
Julia H. Kaufman

Policy Researcher
Source: RAND News Release
Lessons learned from the Health Insurance Experiment continue to reverberate as we pause this year to mark the 40th anniversary of the study ... It's a reminder that innovative research and health care reform don't happen overnight.
Michael D. Rich

President and Chief Executive Officer, RAND Corporation
Source: The RAND Blog

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Regulating Drone Airspace Using 'Smart Markets'

The Middle East After the Arab Spring

Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Military Health System

At 40, a Pioneering Health Care Experiment Remains Relevant

NATO's Southern Exposure: The Real Threats to Europe—and the Alliance

How Are Teachers Perceiving and Addressing State Standards?

Few Consumers Penalize Hacked Companies for Data Breaches

California Mental Health Stigma-Reduction Campaign Creates Economic Benefits for the State

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