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Security Cooperation
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Reconsidering U.S. Decisionmaking Within NATO After the Fall of Kabul
Andrew Radin @andrewmradin
Oct 25, 2021
War on the Rocks
With NATO, the United States often tries to have it all: U.S. leadership of the alliance and increased allied burden-sharing. But the recent experience in Afghanistan shows how the form U.S. leadership takes can frustrate allies. Prioritizing allied preferences would help to preserve alliance unity and maybe even strengthen burden-sharing.
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Russia
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Russia's Neighbors Have More Leverage Than They Think
Kenneth Yalowitz, William Courtney @courtneywmh
Oct 25, 2021
The National Interest
While Ukraine, Belarus, and Georgia may be top priorities for Russia, Moscow has less room for maneuver than its power might suggest. Some of Moscow's difficulties with neighbors could leave openings for the West.
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Nuclear Deterrence
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Nuclear Deterrence, COVID-19 and Infant Deaths, Criminal Justice Reform: RAND Weekly Recap
Oct 22, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on why the United States doesn’t need more nuclear weapons, increased infant deaths during the pandemic, preventing veteran suicide, and more.
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Child Well-Being
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How Are the Kids Doing? The Well-Being of Children and the Nation's Potential
Anita Chandra, Neal Halfon, Jill S. Cannon, William Gardner, Christopher Forrest
Oct 22, 2021
Health Affairs Blog
Today's children are growing up amid extraordinary challenges that could shape their health, development, and well-being for years to come. Investing in a new approach to measure their potential to flourish could promote national well-being in the long term.
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Opioids
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Treating Supervised Drug Consumption Sites like Cannabis
Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer, Bryce Pardo @brycepardo
Oct 22, 2021
Philadelphia Inquirer
Some communities hard hit by the opioid crisis are interested in opening supervised consumption sites—places where people who use drugs can do so under supervision of trained staff. What could be done to make it easier to pilot and evaluate these sites in the United States?
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Delphi Method
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Engaging Different Types of Practitioners in the Complex Social Policy Area of Adverse Childhood Experiences
Tom Ling, Michaela Bruckmayer
Oct 21, 2021
The RAND Blog
Understanding how stakeholders make sense of and prioritise available evidence can help improve the policies and practices that affect people's lives. A modified Delphi approach could engage with stakeholders with different, overlapping expertise and help open a way to this understanding.
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Australia
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The Definition of Mobilisation
Joanne Nicholson, Marigold Black, Peter Dortmans
Oct 21, 2021
The Strategist
In Australia, the prevailing view of mobilisation is that it is an activity associated with going to war. But it should also include preparing for, and where possible, preventing a range of potential hazards, as well as supporting subsequent recovery efforts.
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Taiwan
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Biden Administration Shows Unwavering Support for Taiwan
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Oct 20, 2021
Prospects & Perspectives
Ten months into the Biden administration, it is abundantly clear that the United States will continue to strengthen ties with Taiwan and defend the island if ever attacked by China. Through both word and deed, the United States has continued to demonstrate that Taipei should have no worries about Washington's commitment to the island.
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Nuclear Deterrence
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Reducing the Role of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Could Make North Korea Happy
Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett
Oct 20, 2021
The National Interest
The threats emanating from North Korea pose a useful case study for the potential implications of reducing the role of U.S. nuclear weapons. Additional U.S. nuclear deterrence declaratory strategy, backed up by appropriate nuclear weapon capabilities and planning, may be needed.
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Military Strategy
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The U.S. Doesn't Need More Nuclear Weapons to Counter China's New Missile Silos
Edward Geist @sovietologist
Oct 18, 2021
The Washington Post
There's little reason for the United States to worry much about whatever the Chinese military is building in hundreds of new missile silos in China. America and its allies have ways to counter any threats these silo fields pose.
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International Diplomacy
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China and Russia, Wages and Insurance, Refugees and Technology : RAND Weekly Recap
Oct 15, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on China-Russia ties, considerations when raising the minimum wage, how refugees use digital devices, and more.
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North Korea
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North Korea's 'Business as Usual' Missile Provocations
Soo Kim @mllesookim
Oct 14, 2021
Korea On Point
North Korea has revved up its cycle of missile provocations, its go-to method of securing leverage against the United States and South Korea in the on-again off-again nuclear negotiations. How will the United States and South Korea choose to respond?
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Crime and Violence Prevention
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Protecting the Elderly from Financial Exploitation
Katherine Grace Carman @KGCarman, Sierra Smucker
Oct 14, 2021
The RAND Blog
Older adults are more vulnerable to scams and more likely to have money and assets than their younger counterparts of the same race/ethnicity. Policy solutions that provide protection against financial fraud could help older adults to live more financially stable lives.
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United States Army
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Gen. Charles Flynn Says Army Has Crucial Role in the Pacific Theater
Oct 13, 2021
What is the U.S. Army's role in an oceanic theater that spans half the globe, where China increasingly asserts itself for strategic advantage? Gen. Charles A. Flynn, head of the U.S. Army Pacific, discussed this and other topics at a recent event at RAND.
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Wages and Compensation
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Is the Fight for $15 Going to Cost Low-Wage Workers Their Health Insurance?
Michael Dworsky, Christine Eibner @Chrissyeibner, Jeffrey B. Wenger
Oct 11, 2021
Newsweek
Minimum wage increases can lead to reductions in employer-sponsored health insurance for some workers and their dependents. If policymakers want to raise the minimum wage, they should look beyond standard labor market outcomes and take into account other potential effects.
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Quoted

Moscow wants to annex large parts of Ukraine, it wants to demilitarize the country so that the government cannot fight against its actions, and it wants a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv. The sad reality is that annexing four regions is unlikely to be the end of Russia's mission in Ukraine, but just one phase in Putin's much longer project. Both Ukraine and its backers must be prepared for a protracted war.

Dara Massicot

Senior Policy Researcher

Source: Foreign Affairs

The strength of NATO is that it is at its essence an ongoing consultation based on trust, and where needed a central meeting point for smaller groups of allies to collaborate on an issue-by-issue basis. Finland and Sweden could benefit by working from the outset to advance the dialogue, express their interests, and help to shape what can be a stronger, smarter NATO.

Gene Germanovich

International Defense Researcher

Source: United Press International

Where Has China Sent Weapons and Security Contractors?

Russia's Evolving Use of Information Confrontation

How Russia's Nuclear Double Cross of Ukraine Teaches Dangerous Lessons

Russian Forces in Ukraine: Muddling Through

Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy with Research

The Policy Currents Podcast

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

The RAND Blog

Reconsidering U.S. Decisionmaking Within NATO After the Fall of Kabul

Russia's Neighbors Have More Leverage Than They Think

Nuclear Deterrence, COVID-19 and Infant Deaths, Criminal Justice Reform: RAND Weekly Recap

How Are the Kids Doing? The Well-Being of Children and the Nation's Potential

Treating Supervised Drug Consumption Sites like Cannabis

Engaging Different Types of Practitioners in the Complex Social Policy Area of Adverse Childhood Experiences

The Definition of Mobilisation

Biden Administration Shows Unwavering Support for Taiwan

Reducing the Role of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Could Make North Korea Happy

The U.S. Doesn't Need More Nuclear Weapons to Counter China's New Missile Silos

China and Russia, Wages and Insurance, Refugees and Technology : RAND Weekly Recap

North Korea's 'Business as Usual' Missile Provocations

Protecting the Elderly from Financial Exploitation

Gen. Charles Flynn Says Army Has Crucial Role in the Pacific Theater

Is the Fight for $15 Going to Cost Low-Wage Workers Their Health Insurance?

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