Center for Global Risk and Security

The RAND Center for Global Risk and Security (CGRS) reflects the need for a focal point for cross-cutting, multi-disciplinary research and analysis on the increasingly complex issue of global security. It draws on RAND’s unparalleled breadth of related expertise – from strategy to health to technology and criminal justice – and expands upon RAND’s long history of excellence in informing security policy by exploring innovative new areas of inquiry that cut across traditional perspectives. Led by an advisory board of distinguished individuals from varied angles of vision on security and risk, the Center will develop a better understanding of the variety of security threats, and then decide on deeper research dives where RAND’s special range of competences can make a difference in framing categories of possible response.

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NSRD research center director James Dobbins wins award for memoir of Afghanistan — Oct. 10, 2008

The book by James Dobbins, After the Taliban: Nation-Building in Afghanistan was announced as the winner of the 2008 Douglas Dillon Award for Distinguished Writing on American Diplomacy by the American Academy of Diplomacy.

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Georgia Dispute Derails Bid to Stop Nuke Terrorism — Oct. 6, 2008

In the wake of Russia’s actions in Georgia, the U.S. has delayed talks with Moscow dealing with missile defense and reducing the size of strategic nuclear arsenals as discussed by Brian Micheal Jenkins for Providence Journal.

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Changes Needed in Way the United States Conducts Military Interventions — Oct. 2, 2008

In preparing for possible future military interventions, the United States needs to shift substantial resources and integrate military-civilian efforts.

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War's Invisible Wounds — Sep. 28, 2008

Nearly 300,000 Iraq and Afghanistan service veterans who have returned home, about one in five, may suffer from combat-stress-related mental health problems as discussed in this commentary for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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Military Child Care System Should Reassess Delivery of Services to Better Meet Goals — Sep. 29, 2008

The U.S. military should reassess its child care system to look for ways to make it better fit the needs of military families and more effectively meet recruitment, readiness and retention goals.

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Political Reform in the Arab World is a Mixed Bag in Confronting Terrorism — Sep. 24, 2008

A RAND Corporation study issued today finds that democratic political reforms can marginalize extremists and undermine support for political violence, but cosmetic reforms and backtracking on democratization can exacerbate the risk of terrorism.

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Effects of Deployments on Spouses of Military Personnel — Sep. 23, 2008

A recent dissertation by Bogdan Savych examines the effect of deployment on spousal labor force participation and household well-being.

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James Dobbins of RAND to Speak on Future of Nation-Building at New America Foundation Event — Aug. 21, 2008

Ambassador James Dobbins of the RAND Corporation will speak about “Does Nation-Building Have A Future? Lessons from Afghanistan” at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC.

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Geopolitical Risks in a Global Economy — Jul. 15, 2008

Presentation by Gregory F. Treverton at the Business Continuity and Risk Management Forum, July 15, 2008. The idea was to move from broad drivers of geopolitical risk to selected implications, especially ones of interest to the group, primarily chief information and security officers.

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