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School Start Times, Streaming Apps, Brexit: RAND Weekly Recap
Oct 18, 2019
This weekly recap focuses on later school start times, how streaming apps could help Americans be more active, the latest Brexit news, and more.
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Workforce Management
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Do Workers' Protections Need to Depend on Employee Status? Looking Beyond AB 5
Samantha Cherney, Lynn A. Karoly
Oct 17, 2019
The RAND Blog
As the nature of work evolves and the relationships between workers and firms become increasingly complex, it's possible that disentangling worker protections from worker classification rules will become a policy option worth further exploration.
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Artificial Intelligence
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Embrace Open-Source Military Research to Win the AI Competition
Jasmin Leveille
Oct 16, 2019
War on the Rocks
Unless the Pentagon embraces a more open approach to artificial intelligence, it will be left behind. Private sector innovation in this space is too fast. But what are the risks of disseminating potentially sensitive AI technology? And what should not be disclosed?
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Iran
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Iran's Proxies Are More Powerful Than Ever
Ariane M. Tabatabai @ArianeTabatabai, Colin P. Clarke @ColinPClarke
Oct 16, 2019
Foreign Policy
The Trump administration has pursued a so-called maximum pressure strategy designed to alter the course of Iran's foreign and security policies, which relies heavily on sanctions to change Iranian behavior. Financial sanctions are an important part of any counterterrorism strategy. But they aren't enough.
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Health Care Workforce
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Review of Behavioral Health Technician Training, Policies, and Practice Identifies New Opportunities
Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Bradley Blair, Aimee Ruscio, Kimberly A. Hepner @KimberlyHepner
Oct 15, 2019
The RAND Blog
Behavioral health technicians are trained to be an essential part of the mental health clinical team, serving as provider extenders who work alongside and support licensed mental health providers. What are the factors that affect these roles? And how can the Military Health System most effectively incorporate them into mental health care settings?
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Opioids
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Synthetic Opioid Crisis Still Growing, Often Among Unwitting Users
Bryce Pardo @brycepardo, Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer
Oct 14, 2019
Axios
Although opioid prescriptions in the U.S. have fallen, opioid overdose deaths remain at historic levels. The continued spread of fentanyl and other illicitly manufactured synthetic opioids suggests the problem could still get worse.
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Scientific Professions
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Outputs of the Future
Catriona Manville @CMManville, Steven Hill
Oct 11, 2019
Research Professional News
Are all types of research outputs of equal value? How do different outputs serve different purposes? Exploring these questions could benefit not only funders and universities, but also result in overall better use of research resources.
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Gender Equity in the Workplace
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Stop Calling Us 'Women Experts'
Caroline Baxter @CarolineCBaxter, Elizabeth Bodine-Baron @bodinebaron
Oct 11, 2019
The RAND Blog
To get to a place where a woman's expertise is valued as implicitly as a man's, women must be freed of the baggage of being “women scholars” and “women policymakers.” Instead, women must be given that most significant form of respect: Just call us experts.
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Physical Exercise
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Click and Exercise! Amazon, Netflix, Hulu—Are You Listening?
Deborah A. Cohen @DrDebCohen
Oct 11, 2019
The Health Care Blog
Most Americans spend their daily leisure time watching screens, devoting only a small fraction to physical activity. The explosion of streaming apps is likely contributing to this problem. Streaming services could consider adding a pop-up at the end of each episode that encourages viewers to get up and move.
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Cyber Warfare
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Virtual Societal Warfare, Iran, Opioids: RAND Weekly Recap
Oct 11, 2019
This weekly recap focuses on the risk of virtual societal welfare, Iran's domestic debates, federal policy options for supervised consumption sites, and more.
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Preschool
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Early Childhood Education and Care Services Across the European Union Member States Still Fall Short of the Mark
Barbara Janta, Carlijn Straathof
Oct 10, 2019
The RAND Blog
Children's access to education and care from a young age is vital. Large differences exist between EU countries in access to those services and the quality of child care. Bridging the gap would require more efforts at the EU and national levels to guarantee that each child has access to services that will have lasting effects on their development.
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Politics and Government
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The Realities of Civil War
Gian Gentile
Oct 9, 2019
The National Interest
Civil war is not a pretty thing to see or be a part of. Those understandably engaged with the intense debate over whether or not the president should be impeached should not suggest that impeachment would result in civil war in our country. There are peaceful means available for us as Americans to follow in order to solve the problems at hand.
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International Economic Relations
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The Emerging U.S.–China Strategic Competition and the Role of Trans-Atlantic Cooperation
Scott W. Harold @ScottWHarold
Oct 8, 2019
Institut Montaigne
When competing with China, what role should U.S. alliances, especially the transatlantic relationships the United States has with its European partners, play? This question is potentially decisive for whether or not any strategy adopted by the U.S. to compete with China will succeed or fail.
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Information Operations
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What Translation Troubles Can Tell Us About Russian Information Warfare
Joe Cheravitch
Oct 4, 2019
Small Wars Journal
Moscow's form of information warfare targeting the West has attracted significant international attention since 2014, especially through its reinvigorated military intelligence branch. Nonetheless, little research has focused on these campaigns' apparent shortcomings. Most notable among operational errors are the confusing translation mistakes that undermine attempts at covert influence efforts.
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China
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China's 70th Anniversary, Wargaming, Fentanyl: RAND Weekly Recap
Oct 4, 2019
This weekly recap focuses on what the future holds for China, the importance of gender diversity in wargaming, how Army families address life's challenges, and more.
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Turkey's Nationalist Course and How It Affects U.S.-Turkish Relations

U.S. Airport Infrastructure Funding and Financing

How Washington Could Make Beijing Listen on Xinjiang

U.S.-Turkish Relations, Airports, Opioids: RAND Weekly Recap

Built to Last: Planning and Funding Resilient Infrastructure

The Policy Currents Podcast

Helping Children Cope with Trauma: A School-Based Intervention

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Addressing the Invisible Wounds of War

Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

The RAND Blog

School Start Times, Streaming Apps, Brexit: RAND Weekly Recap

Do Workers' Protections Need to Depend on Employee Status? Looking Beyond AB 5

Embrace Open-Source Military Research to Win the AI Competition

Iran's Proxies Are More Powerful Than Ever

Review of Behavioral Health Technician Training, Policies, and Practice Identifies New Opportunities

Synthetic Opioid Crisis Still Growing, Often Among Unwitting Users

Outputs of the Future

Stop Calling Us 'Women Experts'

Click and Exercise! Amazon, Netflix, Hulu—Are You Listening?

Virtual Societal Warfare, Iran, Opioids: RAND Weekly Recap

Early Childhood Education and Care Services Across the European Union Member States Still Fall Short of the Mark

The Realities of Civil War

The Emerging U.S.–China Strategic Competition and the Role of Trans-Atlantic Cooperation

What Translation Troubles Can Tell Us About Russian Information Warfare

China's 70th Anniversary, Wargaming, Fentanyl: RAND Weekly Recap

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