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Vaccination
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Who Can Effectively Champion the Vax?
Lois M. Davis @LoisMDavis, Michael S. Pollard @MichaelSPollard
Apr 9, 2021
MedPage Today
Vaccine hesitancy appears to be one more hurdle in ending the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC would typically lead a campaign to overcome it, but Americans' trust in the CDC has declined measurably. Health care professionals may be more effective messengers when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines.
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Vaccination
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Target Vaccine to 'High-Contact' People
Timothy R. Gulden
Apr 9, 2021
The Detroit News
Actively seeking out people with lots of contacts for vaccination could bring the epidemic under control much more quickly than vaccinating people at random. Vaccinating just 15% of the population would be enough to crush the epidemic—so long as it was the right 15%.
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Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Loose-Fit Infrastructure Can Better Account for Climate Change
Mikhail Chester, Constantine Samaras
Apr 8, 2021
The Hill
As climate change accelerates there is a growing disconnect between what our infrastructure systems can do and what we need them to do. Policymakers should view infrastructure investments as not simply hardware fixes and upgrades, but as efforts to close this gap.
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Violent Extremism
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Don't Muddy the Objectives on Fighting Domestic Extremism
Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins
Apr 7, 2021
The Hill
The U.S. Capitol attack on January 6 has fueled momentum for new approaches and laws to counter attacks by domestic violent extremists. It will be crucial for policymakers to reckon with what new laws and law enforcement can achieve, and what they can get wrong.
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Japan
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The Japan-U.S. Summit and Cooperation with South Korea
Scott W. Harold @ScottWHarold
Apr 6, 2021
The Diplomat
The Biden administration's goal of renewed Japan–South Korea–U.S. trilateralism is laudable and promising, but substantial obstacles remain. The passage of time alone is not going to strengthen ties between South Korea and Japan. Washington may have to play a leading role if it wants to see relations between Seoul and Tokyo improve.
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U.S. Postal Service
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The USPS Is a Public Service, Not a Business
Michael S. Pollard @MichaelSPollard, Lois M. Davis @LoisMDavis
Apr 6, 2021
The National Interest
As Congress and the White House debate how to assist the Postal Service, it will be important to understand the effects of proposed cost-cutting measures on mail delivery of vital services, smaller and rural communities, low-income communities, and the USPS's broader public safety and security functions.
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Teacher Incentives
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What Factors Affecting Retention Matter Most to Teachers?
Hui Lu, Peter Burge
Apr 5, 2021
Schools Week
Maintaining an adequate supply of teachers is a challenge and an area of significant concern. Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, a set of interventions developed to target the preferences and expectations of specific groups of teachers is likely to be most effective.
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Caregivers
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Rescue Plan Help for Family Caregivers Is a First Step
Alexandra Drane, Molly Coye, Esther M. Friedman @friedmanEM
Apr 5, 2021
The RAND Blog
Unpaid caregivers have been a critical part of the functioning U.S. economy, serving as the backbone of the health system, since long before the pandemic started. Adding them to the American Rescue Plan was an important step, but even after the pandemic is over, their financial security will need long-term protection.
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Violent Extremism
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Understanding Violent Extremism, 'Blockships,' VMT Fee: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 2, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on firsthand accounts of violent extremism, lessons from the recent blockage in the Suez Canal, and if a federal Vehicle Miles Travel fee could replace the gas tax.
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Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Now Is (Finally) the Time to Future-Proof Our Infrastructure
Constantine Samaras, Mikhail Chester
Apr 1, 2021
Civil Engineering Source
The world is barreling toward a more volatile climate with infrastructure designed for the past. With infrastructure widely expected to be prioritized in Congress soon, every infrastructure bill is also a climate bill. It is critical that we make our infrastructure climate-safe.
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Security Cooperation
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What to Expect When You're Expecting So Much from the Quad
Jeffrey W. Hornung
Mar 31, 2021
CNN
In March, the leaders of the United States, Japan, India, and Australia met virtually for their first Quadrilateral Security Dialogue group meeting. What are the goals of the Quad? What tangibly can or will the Quad do and what does it look like in practice?
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Military Strategy
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The Suez Grounding Was an Accident. The Next Blocked Chokepoint Might Not Be
Scott Savitz
Mar 30, 2021
Defense One
The recent spectacle of a hulking container ship wedged into the Suez Canal is a reminder of how vulnerable maritime transportation is to blocked chokepoints. The fragility of maritime lifelines may encourage the use of this tactic in future conflict.
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Artificial Intelligence
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Towards an AI-Based Counter-Disinformation Framework
Linda Slapakova
Mar 29, 2021
Hague Diplomacy Blog
Artificial intelligence is being used to develop sophisticated malign information on social media. But AI also provides opportunities to strengthen responses to these threats and can foster wider resilience to disinformation.
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Yemen
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Congressional Options to Advance Peace in Yemen
Daniel Egel, Trevor Johnston
Mar 29, 2021
The Hill
An enduring peace in Yemen will require addressing Yemen's most immediate needs while working to develop its economic, political, and security institutions. U.S. lawmakers have the tools to help shape this effort and could help end the conflict and bring stability to Yemen.
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Refugees
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Colombia's Trailblazing Model for Refugees
Krishna B. Kumar @kbkumar_, Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson, Louay Constant
Mar 26, 2021
Newsweek
Colombia recently announced it will give temporary protection status to a million undocumented Venezuelan refugees, with permission to live and work in the country for 10 years. In doing so, it created a new model for managing its own refugee situation and perhaps others elsewhere.
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Afghanistan’s Refugee Crisis: Forty Years in the Making

The Policy Currents Podcast

Developing Strategies for Summer Learning

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

The RAND Blog

Who Can Effectively Champion the Vax?

Target Vaccine to 'High-Contact' People

Loose-Fit Infrastructure Can Better Account for Climate Change

Don't Muddy the Objectives on Fighting Domestic Extremism

The Japan-U.S. Summit and Cooperation with South Korea

The USPS Is a Public Service, Not a Business

What Factors Affecting Retention Matter Most to Teachers?

Rescue Plan Help for Family Caregivers Is a First Step

Understanding Violent Extremism, 'Blockships,' VMT Fee: RAND Weekly Recap

Now Is (Finally) the Time to Future-Proof Our Infrastructure

What to Expect When You're Expecting So Much from the Quad

The Suez Grounding Was an Accident. The Next Blocked Chokepoint Might Not Be

Towards an AI-Based Counter-Disinformation Framework

Congressional Options to Advance Peace in Yemen

Colombia's Trailblazing Model for Refugees

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