The RAND Blog

Health Care Payment Approaches
commentary
Why States' 'Netflix Model' Prescription Drug Arrangements Are No Silver Bullet
Harry H. Liu, Andrew W. Mulcahy
Jul 1, 2020
Health Affairs Blog
Despite the buzz and catchy notion that subscription models are “Netflix for drugs,” it's hard to come up with a theoretical case that supports subscription models over traditional price negotiation between payers and manufacturers over a per-dose or per-unit price.
Read More »
Law Enforcement
commentary
From Warrior to Guardian: A Systems Approach to Reduce Police Violence
James M. Anderson, Bob Harrison
Jul 1, 2020
CalMatters
Personal accountability will always have a role in policing. But the kind of cultural change that is necessary to prevent tragedy is often best tackled by focusing on the system rather than merely blaming the individual officer.
Read More »
Law Enforcement
commentary
Funding—or Defunding—the Police
Priscillia Hunt @PriscilliaHunt
Jul 1, 2020
The RAND Blog
With calls to reduce spending on police, a question becomes by how much? RAND researchers studied the average amount taxpayers spend for police to respond to a reported crime. These estimates are available in a new tool that makes it easy to visualize police costs per crime by state.
Read More »
Health Care Services Capacity
essay
COVID Could Surge Anywhere. This Tool Helps Hospitals Prepare
Jul 1, 2020
The number of new coronavirus cases is growing in most states. As the pandemic continues to strain U.S. health care systems, a tool developed by RAND researchers can help hospitals prepare for the worst.
Read More »
Russia
commentary
Russia Is Eyeing the Mediterranean. The U.S. and NATO Must Be Prepared
Colin P. Clarke, William Courtney @courtneywmh, Bradley Martin, Bruce McClintock @BHMcClintock
Jun 30, 2020
Newsweek
Russia is seeking more access and freedom of movement in the Mediterranean region, and is bolstering its military footprint to achieve this objective. The United States and NATO could respond by developing a more robust southern strategy, with a reinforced air and naval presence, respectively.
Read More »
Law Enforcement
commentary
Defund the LAPD? Garcetti Budget Proposal Takes a Step in That Direction
Alex R. Dopp, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Sarah B. Hunter
Jun 30, 2020
The RAND Blog
Calls to “defund the police” have grown common and urgent in the wake of police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and numerous other Black Americans. Research and community activists agree: Public safety can be improved by investing more public dollars in a social safety net, and less in policing and incarceration, in Los Angeles.
Read More »
Educational Equity
commentary
Three Steps States Could Take to Make Sure Learning Is More Equitable Should Schools Close Again in the Fall
Julia H. Kaufman @juliahkaufman
Jun 30, 2020
The RAND Blog
The quality of remote instruction depends on whether students can connect and interact with educators online. But poverty is a major driver of who gets high-quality online instruction and who doesn't. What can states do in this new reality?
Read More »
Substance Use Harm Reduction
commentary
Revoking the 'License to Drink': Emerging Evidence on Mandatory Sobriety
Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer, Gregory Midgette
Jun 29, 2020
Institute of Alcohol Studies
After counties in South Dakota implemented a 24/7 sobriety program, repeat arrests for impaired driving decreased in the counties by an average of 12%. North Dakota implemented a similar program and also saw decreases in impaired driving. Can the same results be achieved outside of the Dakotas?
Read More »
North Korea
commentary
Is North Korea Prepared to End the Korean War?
Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett, Soo W. Kim @mllesookim
Jun 29, 2020
The National Interest
The end of the Korean War and peace on the peninsula are no more likely to occur as the result of a peace agreement than has North Korean denuclearization occurred as the result of multiple denuclearization agreements. Ultimately, North Korean objectives matter, and real peace does not appear to be part of those objectives.
Read More »
Catastrophic Liability Risk Management
commentary
Is It Time for a Federal Pandemic Insurance Program?
Lloyd Dixon, Bethany Saunders-Medina
Jun 26, 2020
The RAND Blog
Insurance companies for the most part are not contractually obligated to cover the enormous business interruption losses caused by social distancing and stay-at-home orders. How might the United States design a system for risk spreading and compensation for pandemics? And what roles should insurance and government play?
Read More »
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
blog
The Postal Service, Election Security, Reducing Child Deaths: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 26, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on the role of the U.S. Postal Service, preparing for the presidential election, reducing child deaths in Nigeria, and more.
Read More »
Small Businesses
commentary
Small Businesses Need the Right Kind of Help to Survive the Economic Impact of COVID-19
Joanna Hofman @JoannaBHofman
Jun 26, 2020
The RAND Blog
Small and medium-sized companies are less equipped than large ones to weather the devastating effects of the pandemic. What could policymakers do to help these businesses get the help they need?
Read More »
Media Literacy
commentary
A Machine Learning Approach Could Help Counter Disinformation
Kate Cox, Linda Slapakova, William Marcellino
Jun 25, 2020
C4ISRNET
Disinformation has become a central feature of the COVID-19 crisis. This type of malign information and high-tech “deepfake” imagery poses a risk to democratic societies worldwide by increasing public mistrust in governments and public authorities. New research highlights new ways to detect and dispel disinformation online.
Read More »
Small Businesses
commentary
A Path to Recovery from COVID-19 for Small Businesses
C. Richard Neu, Diana Gehlhaus, Howard J. Shatz @HowardJShatz
Jun 25, 2020
The RAND Blog
The COVID-19 pandemic has hammered small businesses around the United States. We spoke with 21 small business owners to learn more about the challenges they are facing and how they might best be helped.
Read More »
Security Cooperation
commentary
Japan and Dynamic Force Employment
Jeffrey W. Hornung
Jun 23, 2020
Yomiuri Shimbun
In April, the United States ended a program that maintained a rotational bomber force to the U.S. territory of Guam. While the removal of a permanent bomber presence in the region has caused some in Japan to worry, U.S. commitment to Japan's defense shows no sign of changing nor does America's deterrent capability.
Read More »

Page 10 of 304

…

Quoted

The United States should find ways to deter Chinese aggression that don't involve making an unambiguous and costly military commitment to Taiwan. Short of such a guarantee, Washington can still make much more explicit that invading Taiwan will entail economic, political, and military consequences for China.

Michael J. Mazarr

Senior Political Scientist

Source: Foreign Affairs

The failure of the jihadists can be judged a victory—albeit a costly one—over an organized effort to instigate violence in the United States. The country, however, has not exhausted its inventory of disaffected young men (and women) who may, in the future, embrace jihadism or other extremist ideologies on offer to convey their discontent.

Brian Michael Jenkins

Senior Adviser to the RAND President

Source: The Hill

The Digital Divide and COVID-19

The Role of Allies and Partners in U.S. Military Strategy and Operations

When It Comes to U.S. Health Systems—Diversity Matters

Taiwan’s KMT May Have a Serious '1992 Consensus' Problem

Reducing the Transmission of COVID-19 in Schools

The Policy Currents Podcast

Measuring Wellbeing to Help Communities Thrive

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Assessing and Articulating the Wider Benefits of Research

The RAND Blog

Why States' 'Netflix Model' Prescription Drug Arrangements Are No Silver Bullet

From Warrior to Guardian: A Systems Approach to Reduce Police Violence

Funding—or Defunding—the Police

COVID Could Surge Anywhere. This Tool Helps Hospitals Prepare

Russia Is Eyeing the Mediterranean. The U.S. and NATO Must Be Prepared

Defund the LAPD? Garcetti Budget Proposal Takes a Step in That Direction

Three Steps States Could Take to Make Sure Learning Is More Equitable Should Schools Close Again in the Fall

Revoking the 'License to Drink': Emerging Evidence on Mandatory Sobriety

Is North Korea Prepared to End the Korean War?

Is It Time for a Federal Pandemic Insurance Program?

The Postal Service, Election Security, Reducing Child Deaths: RAND Weekly Recap

Small Businesses Need the Right Kind of Help to Survive the Economic Impact of COVID-19

A Machine Learning Approach Could Help Counter Disinformation

A Path to Recovery from COVID-19 for Small Businesses

Japan and Dynamic Force Employment

Connect

Contact Us

I am interested in

Follow

Stay Informed

Resources

Site Information