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Yemen
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Pathways Toward Peace in Yemen: National Reconciliation or a 'Phased' Approach?
Daniel Egel, Trevor Johnston
Mar 5, 2021
The RAND Blog
Any pathway to an enduring peace in Yemen could take decades to recover from the economic, political, and social costs of this civil war. A phased approach could require patience from the Yemeni people and a robust and enduring commitment from the international community. But war has brought Yemen to this point, and there are few remaining options.
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Teacher Training
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Teachers Lost Out on Professional Learning During the Pandemic. Here's How Summer Programs Could Help
Elizabeth D. Steiner @ED_Steiner, Laura Stelitano
Mar 5, 2021
The RAND Blog
For thousands of teachers across the United States, 2020 was a year of uncertainty. Many lacked access to their usual professional learning activities. Summer programs for students that also offer learning opportunities for teachers might help make up for lost time.
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Vaccination
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Vaccine Hesitancy, Sexual Misconduct in the U.S. Military, the Iran Nuclear Deal: RAND Weekly Recap
Mar 5, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on Black Americans' vaccine hesitancy, sexual harassment and sexual assault in the U.S. military, rejoining the Iran nuclear deal, and more.
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Open Source Intelligence
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An Early Policy Victory for DNI Haines: Boost the Priority of Open Sources Information
John V. Parachini, J.D. Williams, Andrew Charles Roberts
Mar 4, 2021
The Hill
The quantity, quality, and accessibility of publicly available information has exploded over the past decades. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has an opportunity to advance intelligence community mission activities on several key issues shaped by the digital information age, including the role of publicly available information.
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Police-Community Relations
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Rethinking How Police Respond to Homelessness
Mar 4, 2021
Around one-fifth of people experiencing homelessness have a severe mental health disorder. Almost as many have a substance-use disorder. Police need better policies and community partnerships to help make their response to homelessness safer, more humane, and more effective.
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Education Curriculum
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The Overlooked Support Teachers Are Missing: A Coherent Curriculum
Morgan Polikoff, Elaine Lin Wang, Julia H. Kaufman @juliahkaufman
Mar 3, 2021
Education Week
America is still too far off from the classrooms envisioned by standards advocates, and it will take sustained effort from educational leaders to reach these ambitious goals. States and districts could prioritize efforts to support teachers to understand and implement standards both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Violent Extremism
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Implications of Domestic Terrorist Group Designations for Combating Homegrown Extremism
David Stebbins, Douglas C. Ligor @DougLigor
Mar 2, 2021
The Hill
It is not clear that an official designation of domestic extremists as terrorists would confer additional benefits that would outweigh potential risks to U.S. civil liberties. A combined government effort that facilitates mitigation strategies to preempt violence by hate groups, while also actively stemming the flow of online disinformation, may be a good first step in reducing homegrown extremism.
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Affordable Care Act
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ACA Subsidies for Higher-Income Families Are Key to Enrolling More Americans
Christine Eibner @Chrissyeibner
Mar 1, 2021
Health Affairs
The House Ways and Means Committee has proposed several insurance reforms in its emergency COVID-19 relief package, including increasing subsidizes and extending subsidies to people with higher incomes. The proposed combined approach is a far more efficient means of covering uninsured Americans than enhancing subsidies only for those who are currently eligible.
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Security Cooperation
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What the UAE Weapons Deal Says About the United States and Its Alliances
Raphael S. Cohen
Mar 1, 2021
Lawfare
Various U.S. administrations have long wanted U.S. allies to do more, but in many parts of the world the most logical partners are authoritarian states with different interests than those of the United States. The sale of military equipment to the United Arab Emirates provides just the latest example.
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Caregivers
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Family Caregivers Are the Health Care Workers That Vaccination Plans Overlook
Esther M. Friedman @friedmanEM
Mar 1, 2021
Route Fifty
About 53 million family members and friends provide care to loved ones in the United States, representing a critical element of the long-term care system. The pandemic has made family caregivers front-line workers. They can't be left out of important discussions around vaccination priorities and how to minimize the virus's risk to those with compromised health.
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Iran
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Why Biden Can't Turn Back the Clock on the Iran Nuclear Deal
Raphael S. Cohen
Mar 1, 2021
The Hill
Enacted in 2016, the Iran nuclear deal was predicated on a geopolitical context that no longer exists. Addressing Iran's nuclear program today may require a different solution.
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Sexual Assault
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Sexual Assault in the Military Is Unacceptable. Here's How to Fix It
Matthew Chinman, Joie D. Acosta
Feb 26, 2021
Newsweek
Despite some steps taken by the Department of Defense, sexual assault and harassment prevention within the services and at individual installations could be substantially improved. The services could address the problem more systematically and comprehensively.
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Teachers and Teaching
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Teachers Quit Due to Stress, Peace in Yemen, America's Middle Class: RAND Weekly Recap
Feb 26, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on how stress leads teachers to quit their jobs, U.S. strategy in the Middle East, America's shrinking middle class, and more.
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National Security Legislation
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Five Reasons to Be Wary of a New Domestic Terrorism Law
Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins
Feb 24, 2021
The Hill
Momentum is building in Congress for legislation to deal with domestic terrorism. Here are five purely pragmatic reasons to be wary of addressing domestic terrorism with a new law.
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Security Cooperation
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A Strong Japan-UK Alliance Needed to Counter China
Jeffrey W. Hornung
Feb 24, 2021
Japan Times
With Brexit behind it, Britain faces a question about what role it should play in the world. Assuming it wants to remain a power that can shape—but not dominate—international relations, it makes sense to partner with like-minded states, such as Japan.
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Weighing Entanglement Risks of U.S. Security Relationships

How Diplomacy Could Be Used to Discourage Russian Arms Sales

U.S. 'Entanglement,' Global Health Cooperation, Community Stress: RAND Weekly Recap

Why Are U.S. Veterans at Heightened Risk of Food Insecurity?

Telehealth in the COVID-19 Era

The Policy Currents Podcast

Measuring Wellbeing to Help Communities Thrive

Assessing and Articulating the Wider Benefits of Research

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

The RAND Blog

Pathways Toward Peace in Yemen: National Reconciliation or a 'Phased' Approach?

Teachers Lost Out on Professional Learning During the Pandemic. Here's How Summer Programs Could Help

Vaccine Hesitancy, Sexual Misconduct in the U.S. Military, the Iran Nuclear Deal: RAND Weekly Recap

An Early Policy Victory for DNI Haines: Boost the Priority of Open Sources Information

Rethinking How Police Respond to Homelessness

The Overlooked Support Teachers Are Missing: A Coherent Curriculum

Implications of Domestic Terrorist Group Designations for Combating Homegrown Extremism

ACA Subsidies for Higher-Income Families Are Key to Enrolling More Americans

What the UAE Weapons Deal Says About the United States and Its Alliances

Family Caregivers Are the Health Care Workers That Vaccination Plans Overlook

Why Biden Can't Turn Back the Clock on the Iran Nuclear Deal

Sexual Assault in the Military Is Unacceptable. Here's How to Fix It

Teachers Quit Due to Stress, Peace in Yemen, America's Middle Class: RAND Weekly Recap

Five Reasons to Be Wary of a New Domestic Terrorism Law

A Strong Japan-UK Alliance Needed to Counter China

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