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Veteran Families in America
Veteran households account for around 11 percent of all households in the United States. What is known about these households? And what are the social and economic differences between veteran families and nonveteran families?

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The Value of Caregivers to Veterans' Health, Wellness, and Recovery
More than 14 million Americans are caring for a service member or veteran. They provide services worth billions of dollars every year, often at tremendous financial and emotional costs to themselves. They need better access to mental health care, compensation, and other support.
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What Is a Veteran?
It may be time for the Pentagon to rethink its outdated discharge system. A new system—one that uses objective metrics—could help ensure that more veterans get access to critical benefits.
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Wargaming the Future of Climate Change
The U.S. Department of Defense describes climate change as a critical national security issue and a “threat multiplier.” A new card game can help military leaders think through how climate change might affect people, infrastructure, and military operations.
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How China-Russia Relations Might Shape the Arctic's Future
The China-Russia relationship is a factor in the Arctic's uncertain future and U.S. interests. Russia offers opportunities for China to establish presence in the Arctic, and China's finance and technology has the potential to reshape the region's physical, communications, and economic environments.

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The Russians are running 1,200 casualties a day in their fight in Ukraine. If they use the North Koreans the same way—likely they will—there are going to be massive casualties in the North Korean forces. This is a really dire development for the [North Korean] families whose kids have been sent to Ukraine. There could be some real instability that's generated by his action.

Bruce W. Bennett

Adjunct Senior International/Defense Researcher, Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Source: Voice of America
Black women surrounded by predominantly white colleagues face negative peer effects, leading to lower promotion rates and increased turnover. The negative outcomes illustrate how unspoken and immeasurable standards reinforce exclusion, even in light of an organization's public facing commitments to diversity and inclusion.

Monika Cooper

Senior Technical Analyst
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