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Marijuana
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Green Light for Cannabis Legalisation in Germany Is Not a Clear-Cut Decision
Stijn Hoorens @StijnHoorens
Dec 6, 2021
Der Tagesspiegel
The new “traffic light” coalition in Germany recently agreed to regulate the sale of cannabis to adults for recreational purposes in licensed shops. International experience has shown that great care is needed in how cannabis policy is shaped.
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Taiwan
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The Counterintuitive Sensibility of Taiwan's New Defense Strategy
Raymond Kuo @Kuorum1
Dec 6, 2021
War on the Rocks
As the United States prepares to deter China from attacking Taiwan and defend it from an attack, are the Taiwanese themselves doing everything they can to defend their territory?
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Racial Discrimination
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Addressing Anti-Asian Racism, Stabilizing U.S. Rivalries, the Debt-Ceiling Fight: RAND Weekly Recap
Dec 3, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on countering anti-Asian racism, the instability of U.S. rivalries with Russia and China, the rise in extremist online activity, and more.
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Health Care Payment Approaches
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What Are the Practical Considerations for Outcome-Based Payment in the NHS?
Amanda Cole, Jon Sussex
Dec 2, 2021
Office of Health Economics
Uncertainty can surround the effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of a new medicine, making it difficult to agree on a medicine's price. One solution to avoid unduly delaying or restricting patients' access is to link the medicine's price to the outcomes it produces in a patient. Despite some barriers, outcome-based payment could offer a “win” for patients, the NHS, and industry.
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Civil-Military Relations
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Are Military Coups Back in Style in Africa?
Sean M. Zeigler
Dec 1, 2021
Political Violence @ A Glance
There have been five coups in sub-Saharan Africa since August 2020. On a continent that was recently lauded for its democratic advancement, this backsliding suggests the military coup may be dangerously back in fashion. Why are more coups happening now?
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Joint Operations
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Preserving the ROK-U.S. Alliance by Sustaining Military Exercises
Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett
Nov 30, 2021
Korea on Point
The Republic of Korea (ROK)/U.S. military forces based in the ROK are in a constant state of training, which is required to maintain military effectiveness. North Korea seeks to stop this ROK/U.S. military training, but taking the North Korean complaints seriously could be a mistake.
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Environmental Science and Technology
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Measuring Greenhouse Gases in Los Angeles County
Nov 30, 2021
Los Angeles, once the U.S. capital of smog and sprawl, has vowed to lead the nation into a cleaner, greener future by stamping out carbon pollution. A small array of sensors installed on the roof of RAND's Santa Monica headquarters could help it get there.
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Dispute Resolution
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Nuclear Strategists Know How Dangerous the Debt Fight Is
Edward Geist @sovietologist
Nov 29, 2021
The Atlantic
Nuclear-war strategists' work offers a warning for Congress: The more times a game is played, the more treacherous it becomes, because when both sides believe catastrophe will always be averted in the end, each behaves more rashly. In the debt-ceiling dispute, the United States could end up defaulting precisely because each side keeps waiting for the other to blink.
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International Diplomacy
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U.S. 'Entanglement,' Global Health Cooperation, Community Stress: RAND Weekly Recap
Nov 26, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on competing claims about U.S. partnerships and allies, responding to Russia's tactics in Ukraine, helping communities recover from stress, and more.
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Military Veterans
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Why Are U.S. Veterans at Heightened Risk of Food Insecurity?
Tamara Dubowitz @TamaraDubowitz, Andrea Richardson @ASRichardson3
Nov 24, 2021
The RAND Blog
U.S. veterans are at great risk of food insecurity, but there is limited understanding of exactly how many veterans lack resources to attain adequate and nutritious food and why. If resources are to be directed more effectively, the United States needs better clarity into the magnitude of the problem.
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Banking and Financial Services
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More Than Green: Leveraging Green Bonds to Invest in Greater Climate Resilience
Karishma V. Patel, Michelle E. Miro
Nov 24, 2021
The RAND Blog
The significance of green bonds may depend not only on having a lot of them but also on carefully developing, investing, and tracking projects against the larger goal of climate resilience.
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Refugees
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Afghan Refugees Are Being Recruited to Join an Iranian Paramilitary
Erik E. Mueller @erikemueller, Andrew Radin @andrewmradin
Nov 23, 2021
The Hill
As Western policymakers consider how to deal with Afghan evacuees, including former members of the Afghan security forces, they might consider how to prevent adversaries such as Iran from recruiting Afghan refugees for dangerous and destabilizing operations. Greater attention to these risks may become increasingly important as refugee flows from Afghanistan continue.
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Banking and Financial Services
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The Growing Green Bond Market Could Plateau. How Can It Grow Further?
David Catt, Nihar Chhatiawala, Mark Stalczynski
Nov 23, 2021
The RAND Blog
If green bonds are a viable tool to reduce emissions and adapt infrastructure to the effects of climate change, how can governments encourage the issuance, sales, and growth in the share of green bonds in the total bond market?
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Infrastructure Finance
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Green Bonds Can Leave Issuers in the Red
Brian Wong, Ismael Arciniegas Rueda
Nov 22, 2021
The RAND Blog
To achieve the Biden administration's blueprint for solar energy and focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation, green bonds may be worth considering. But, like any other financing instrument, they may be best considered through a cost-benefit lens.
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Global Health
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Global Health Data Sharing: The Case of China and the Two Coronavirus Pandemics
Jennifer Bouey @BoueyHuang
Nov 22, 2021
The RAND Blog
Tensions over the coronavirus seem to be prompting China to isolate itself in terms of data sharing. But the first coronavirus pandemic in 2003 actually helped open China to health collaborations with other countries. World leaders may be doing their citizens a disservice when they allow toxic geopolitics to undercut trust and international collaborations that took decades to build.
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Harassment and Discrimination in the FEMA Workforce

U.S. Security Governance and Competition Objectives in Africa

Shaping China's Ambitions

The Premier Who Helped Change U.S.-Japan Relations

RAND Remote: America's Response to Terrorism

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

Green Light for Cannabis Legalisation in Germany Is Not a Clear-Cut Decision

The Counterintuitive Sensibility of Taiwan's New Defense Strategy

Addressing Anti-Asian Racism, Stabilizing U.S. Rivalries, the Debt-Ceiling Fight: RAND Weekly Recap

What Are the Practical Considerations for Outcome-Based Payment in the NHS?

Are Military Coups Back in Style in Africa?

Preserving the ROK-U.S. Alliance by Sustaining Military Exercises

Measuring Greenhouse Gases in Los Angeles County

Nuclear Strategists Know How Dangerous the Debt Fight Is

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

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

More Than Green: Leveraging Green Bonds to Invest in Greater Climate Resilience

Afghan Refugees Are Being Recruited to Join an Iranian Paramilitary

The Growing Green Bond Market Could Plateau. How Can It Grow Further?

Green Bonds Can Leave Issuers in the Red

Global Health Data Sharing: The Case of China and the Two Coronavirus Pandemics

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