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A Year After the October 7 Start of the Israel-Hamas Conflict: Q&A with RAND Experts
The bloody conflict in the Middle East has highlighted a complex web of strategic, geopolitical, and humanitarian challenges. RAND experts delve into the regional and global implications of the conflict, the factors that led up to it, where it could be headed, and the geopolitical fallout.

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U.S. Climate Policy Explained: What Americans Need to Know
To better understand the current state of U.S. climate policy and what to look for in the months and years ahead, we spoke to one of RAND's foremost climate policy experts.
Commentary
The Meeting of the Mavericks: North Korea and Russia
One of the more unexpected outcomes of the Russo-Ukrainian war has been the revitalized partnership between Russia and North Korea. But what happens after the Ukraine war. Will the special relationship between Russia and North Korea endure?
Commentary
October 7th and the Limits of Diplomacy
Outside mediators, including the United States, may not be able to end the Israel-Hamas war—particularly if the combatants themselves don't want to stop fighting.
Report
China's Use of Generative AI and Social Bots
How does China approach AI-enabled social media manipulation? What threat does this pose to the United States and other democracies? And what can be done to counter China's AI-driven information operations?

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A year from now… if military operations are ongoing [in Gaza], it is unlikely that there will be significant rebuilding of devastated civilian infrastructure, and civilian displacement will persist. Given the scale of the destruction, it will take many years, if not decades, for housing, utilities, and other critical infrastructure to be rebuilt.

Shelly Culbertson

Director, Infrastructure, Immigration, & Security Operations Program, RAND Homeland Security Research Division
Source: rand.org
Identifying and resisting Russian cyberattacks has become a principal focus of the United States and our allies for many years. We need to reiterate our messages to the Russian government that we will not tolerate cyberattacks on our government, political parties, and business.

John Tefft

Distinguished Chair in Diplomacy and Security
Source: rand.org

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