Michelle Grisé

Fighting in Sudan Is Creating a Rift Among U.S. Security Partners

While the national security community often focuses on strategic competition between the United States and its near-peer adversaries, the conflict in Sudan is a good reminder that regional powers are also engaged in competition for influence and resources.

Twenty Years After the Iraq War, a Q&A with RAND Experts

On the 20th anniversary of the war in Iraq, RAND experts discussed what the war means for the people of Iraq and the veterans who fought there, what lessons the U.S. military learned (or did not learn), and what effect it has had on the balance of power in the Middle East and the global reputation of the United States.

Women and Statecraft History

RAND associate policy researcher and historian Michelle Grisé discusses her training as a historian and how she uses it to inform current policy debates and decisionmaking.

Commentary

The Drivers of and Outlook for Russian-Iranian Cooperation

The authors of this Perspective assess the factors that drive Russian-Iranian cooperation, examine the role of the Ukraine war in deepening the countries’ ties, and identify indicators to assess Russian-Iranian cohesion in the coming years.

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Gaining the Edge: Identifying and Leveraging Frameworks for Enabling Army Contributions to Competition

This report supports the U.S. Army's effort to rethink its roles and responsibilities to meet the demands of competition with near peers below the threshold of armed conflict.

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Improving Transition Assistance for Reserve Component Members

The authors identify unmet needs for transitioning reserve component members, assess the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), and recommend ways to improve TAP's effectiveness in addressing reserve component members' transition needs.

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The Russian General Staff: Understanding the Military's Decisionmaking Role in a "Besieged Fortress"

In this report, the authors develop a foundational text for policymakers and warfighters to improve collective understanding of the Russian General Staff, including its capacity to condition Russia's national security decisionmaking process.

Research Brief

Little in Common: Prospects for U.S.-China and U.S.-Russia Security Cooperation

This brief presents the overarching findings of a study that explored the extent to which the United States might still be able to cooperate with China and Russia, even in this era of strategic competition.

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Assessing the Prospects for Great Power Cooperation in the Global Commons

This report, part of a four-part series, describes the potential for U.S. cooperation with China or Russia on global commons issues, including freedom of access to space, countering violent extremist organizations, and promoting global stability.

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Vanishing Trade Space: Assessing the Prospects for Great Power Cooperation in an Era of Competition — A Project Overview

To what extent can the United States still cooperate with China and Russia even in this era of strategic competition? This report, the first of a four-part series, presents the overarching findings of a study that explored this question.

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Russia's Evolution Toward a Unified Strategic Operation: The Influence of Geography and Conventional Capacity

In this report, RAND researchers examine the reasons behind Russia's evolution toward a unified strategic operation, as well as the capabilities that would be necessary to execute key conventional offensive tasks in such an operation.

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Operation Inherent Resolve: U.S. Ground Force Contributions

This report, which outlines four battles within Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) and reviews U.S. ground force contributions to those battles, is intended to address gaps both in analysis and in the common understanding of OIR.

Commentary

Justice Must Go On: The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Military Court Operations

This Perspective provides a preliminary examination of how the coronavirus 2019 pandemic affected caseloads in the military justice system and how the system adapted its operations. It also offers several recommendations for possible future actions.

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Rivalry in the Information Sphere: Russian Conceptions of Information Confrontation

Information confrontation, with historical roots in Russian (and Soviet) military thinking, is an important element of Russian military strategy. The Ukrainian experience offers insights into Russia's present-day and future use of information confrontation and hybrid warfare.

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Russian and Ukrainian Perspectives on the Concept of Information Confrontation: Translations, 2002–2020

This volume compiles texts from leading members of the military-scientific communities in Russia and Ukraine and illustrates how decisionmakers in these countries understand and debate information weapons and information influence.

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Understanding Civilian Harm in Raqqa and Its Implications for Future Conflicts

In this report, RAND researchers study the causes of civilian harm in the 2017 battle for Raqqa, Syria, and provide insights into how the U.S. Department of Defense can reduce civilian harm in future operations.

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U.S. Department of Defense Civilian Casualty Policies and Procedures: An Independent Assessment

In this report, researchers from the RAND Corporation and CNA conduct an independent assessment of U.S. Department of Defense standards, processes, procedures, and policies relating to civilian casualties resulting from U.S. military operations.

Research Brief

Can the U.S. Military Strengthen Deterrence by Becoming More Operationally Unpredictable?

This brief assesses how the United States might deter adversaries from attacking U.S. allies by increasing adversary uncertainty about how the United States would fight.

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Operational Unpredictability and Deterrence: Evaluating Options for Complicating Adversary Decisionmaking

This report assesses whether and how the U.S. military might utilize unpredictability in force employment, posture, and operations to deter adversaries and identifies the possible risks and costs of such approaches.

Commentary

Climate Control: International Legal Mechanisms for Managing the Geopolitical Risks of Geoengineering

The authors review the state of geoengineering technologies—large-scale manipulation of environmental processes to address climate change—and their associated geopolitical risks, while considering international governance options.

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A History of the Third Offset, 2014–2018

The authors describe the Third Offset -- a U.S. strategy centered on the potential of technology to offset Chinese and Russian military advances and that shaped the 2018 National Defense Strategy -- focusing on efforts to effect institutional change.

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Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of Auto Insurance

RAND researchers investigated the impact that autonomous vehicles (AVs) could have on U.S. automobile insurance. They found that the existing U.S. auto insurance system should be flexible enough to accommodate the initial introduction of AVs.