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Education Reform

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What LAUSD Can Learn from the New York City Community Schools Initiative
A study of New York City's community schools found improved academic performance, higher attendance, and other positive outcomes for disadvantaged students. This model could benefit similar efforts underway in Los Angeles, where 80 percent of students live in poverty.
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Jan 28, 2020
William R. Johnston
Security Cooperation

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Japan's North Korea Challenge in 2020
North Korea began 2020 by announcing a shift toward a more hard-line foreign policy approach. While this is bad news for all countries in the region, it is particularly unwelcome for Japan.
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Jan 27, 2020
Naoko Aoki
Wildfires

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Australia's Fires, Artificial Intelligence, Fentanyl: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on Australia's devastating fires, how artificial intelligence could manipulate the masses, the fentanyl crisis, and more.
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Jan 24, 2020
Low-Intensity Conflict

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The Politics of Man-Hunting and the Illusion of Victory
Captures and strikes are important accomplishments and the countless nameless professionals who carry them out deserve the credit for executing them. But leaders are charged with something larger and should be judged by a higher standard: namely, seeing beyond the illusion and producing actual strategic victories.
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Jan 22, 2020
Raphael S. Cohen
Information Operations

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Artificial Intelligence and the Manufacturing of Reality
Humans carry flaws in deciding what is or is not real. The internet and other technologies have made it easier to weaponize and exploit these flaws. And artificial intelligence will likely be used to exploit these weaknesses at an unprecedented scale, speed, and level of effectiveness.
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Jan 20, 2020
Christopher Paul, Marek N. Posard @mnposard
Wildfires

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Australia's Fires: Respond Now, but Also Measure Toll on People for the Future
As an Australian, Melissa Finucane has watched with anguish as massive bushfires devastated wide swaths of her home country. As a researcher who studies community resilience, she can't help but think of how much blood, sweat, tears, and money will be required to recover.
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Jan 20, 2020
Melissa L. Finucane @MelissaFinucane
China

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How Washington Could Make Beijing Listen on Xinjiang
In autonomous Xinjiang, at least one million ethnic Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other Muslim minorities have been incarcerated by the Chinese government. What can the United States and its allies do to help defuse this humanitarian crisis?
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Jan 17, 2020
Mollie Saltskog, Colin P. Clarke
Turkey

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U.S.-Turkish Relations, Airports, Opioids: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the future of the U.S.-Turkish partnership, helping America's commercial airports meet rising demand, the opioid crisis, and more.
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Jan 17, 2020
Iran

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Iran Claws Back Its Regional Influence
Last year, Iran faced protests at home as well as in Iraq and Lebanon, where thousands rallied against Tehran's regional hegemony. But with its recent machinations and the fallout over the killing of Soleimani, Iran has succeeded in changing the regional conversation.
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Jan 17, 2020
Jordan R. Reimer
Indonesia

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Why Is China Pressing Indonesia Again Over Its Maritime Claims?
China sparked a major maritime confrontation with Indonesia near the South China Sea in December when dozens of Chinese fishing vessels, along with a coast guard escort, entered waters off the Natuna Islands. What drove Beijing to stake out its sovereignty claims against Indonesia at this particular time? And what can Indonesia and other regional neighbors expect of Chinese behavior going forward?
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Jan 16, 2020
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Mental Health and Illness

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Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace
Much of the mental health support provided by employers focuses on individual staff members, but it is equally important to consider how an organization itself may need to change to effectively support employees. If an organization is serious about improving staff mental health, assessing the working culture honestly and implementing appropriate changes could be one necessary step.
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Jan 13, 2020
Michael Whitmore
China

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China's Footprint in Europe
Tensions between Washington and Brussels may be helping China find a more receptive audience for its Belt and Road initiative. One of the central challenges for the United States and Europe will be to forge a more united approach to China's resurgence.
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Jan 13, 2020
Ali Wyne, Scott W. Harold
Education Policy

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How the 'Ostrich Europe' Scenario Could Help Guide EU Education Policy
A future scenarios approach can help identify different ways in which the future may plausibly unfold. Seeing how policies implemented now play out in the different scenarios can show us what the possible implications of policy decisions could be. This in turn can contribute to evidence-based policy making.
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Jan 13, 2020
Axelle Devaux
Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids

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Fentanyl: The Most Dangerous Illegal Drug in America
America's fentanyl crisis is unlike previous drug epidemics and is likely to get worse. Deaths involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids have surged from around 3,000 in 2013 to more than 30,000 in 2018. Solving the problem requires innovative approaches and unprecedented resources.
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Jan 13, 2020
Iran

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Iran, Mental Health and Jail, Russia: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on Iran and Iraq following the death of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, supporting those experiencing mental illness in jails, Russia's hostile measures, and more.
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Jan 10, 2020

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The RAND Blog

What LAUSD Can Learn from the New York City Community Schools Initiative

Japan's North Korea Challenge in 2020

Australia's Fires, Artificial Intelligence, Fentanyl: RAND Weekly Recap

The Politics of Man-Hunting and the Illusion of Victory

Artificial Intelligence and the Manufacturing of Reality

Australia's Fires: Respond Now, but Also Measure Toll on People for the Future

How Washington Could Make Beijing Listen on Xinjiang

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

Iran Claws Back Its Regional Influence

Why Is China Pressing Indonesia Again Over Its Maritime Claims?

Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace

China's Footprint in Europe

How the 'Ostrich Europe' Scenario Could Help Guide EU Education Policy

Fentanyl: The Most Dangerous Illegal Drug in America

Iran, Mental Health and Jail, Russia: RAND Weekly Recap

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