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Public Health Preparedness
commentary
How to Handle the Infectious Diseases Threat
Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein
Jun 3, 2016
CNN
The reactive approach to emerging infectious disease should be augmented with an anticipatory model that accounts for the dramatic changes occurring through globalization, greater interactions between human and zoonotic populations, and changes to the environment and climate patterns.
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Health Care Delivery Approaches
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Can Hospital Services Work in Primary Care Settings?
Celine Miani, Eleanor Winpenny
Jun 2, 2016
The BMJ
Shifting health care from hospitals to the community will only be justified if patient satisfaction and convenience is valued above costs to the NHS, or if this shift reduces health care costs in the long term.
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Middle East
blog
A New Middle East: Rhodes Scholars, Not Radicals
Jun 2, 2016
United Arab Emirates Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba visited RAND to discuss what he sees as the UAE's progress as an emerging power in the Middle East and a reliable ally of the West. Despite threats to the region, the next generation of young people is spreading a culture of optimism, opportunity, and openness.
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Cybersecurity
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RAND's Lillian Ablon Presents 'Lessons from a Hacker'
Jun 1, 2016
Lillian Ablon, a cybersecurity and emerging technologies researcher, spoke at a RAND Policy Circle Conversation on the world's expanding cyber vulnerability, those who are out there to take advantage of those vulnerabilities, as well as consumer attitudes toward breaches.
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Russia
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Russia's Great Power Choice
William Courtney @courtneywmh, Donald Jensen
Jun 1, 2016
U.S. News & World Report
The Donbas occupation is straining Russia's economy, world power status, and relationship with the West. Only by pulling out of eastern Ukraine and reforming its economy can Russia gain broader acceptance and reach its potential as a great power.
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Global Security
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Will the New President Risk the Stability of the World?
Michael J. Mazarr @MMazarr
Jun 1, 2016
Newsweek
America's next leader will confront one of the most profound tasks of any post-war U.S. president: reimagining a threatened international order. Mishandled, the challenge could throw world politics into a tailspin. Done right, it could help keep the peace for another half-century.
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Los Angeles
commentary
Good (Fast) Food as a Vehicle for Social Change
Susan L. Marquis @susanlmarquis
Jun 1, 2016
Shockingly Delicious
Neighborhood by neighborhood, a few dozen jobs at a time, two celebrity chefs are tackling complex, persistent public policy problems. They could succeed in their own way in communities where generations of government programs and charity have had limited impact.
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Counterterrorism
commentary
Striking Back at the Islamic State's Foreign Fighter Pipeline
Benjamin Bahney, Patrick B. Johnston, Howard J. Shatz @HowardJShatz
May 31, 2016
The National Interest
Islamic State training camps are the breeding grounds of tomorrow's Brussels or Paris attacks, and their consistent penchant for training foreigners suggests that military and security officials need to get serious about how to deal with returnees from Iraq and Syria.
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International Diplomacy
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President Obama's Visit to Japan and the Transformation of Japan's Defense Policy
Scott W. Harold @ScottWHarold
May 31, 2016
The Cipher Brief
Washington and Tokyo have moved to actively shape and reinforce the values, norms, institutions, and regional order that have served to enable the Asia-Pacific to emerge as an engine of growth and bastion of freedom and democracy over the past nearly 40 years.
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Patient Experience
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Debunking Myths About Patient Experience Surveys
Rebecca Anhang Price, Marc N. Elliott
May 27, 2016
Future Hospital Partners Network
Patient experience surveys give patients a voice. They can provide fair and relevant indicators that complement other metrics of health care quality to monitor and improve care.
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Marijuana
q&a
Researcher Q&A: Beau Kilmer on the State of Marijuana Legalization
May 26, 2016
Beau Kilmer, co-director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center and a co-author of the nonpartisan primer Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know addresses developments in marijuana policy and why reasonable people can disagree about legalization.
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Georgia (country)
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Georgia's Delicate Foreign Policy Dance
Denis Corboy, William Courtney @courtneywmh, Kenneth Yalowitz
May 25, 2016
The National Interest
Given the dangerous environment and the small size and relative military weakness of Georgia, it wisely pursues a good neighbor policy in all directions. Still, the country must improve its defense posture and for Georgia, the main security balancer is the United States.
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International Diplomacy
commentary
Why Has Obama Lifted the Arms Sales Ban on Vietnam?
Scott W. Harold @ScottWHarold
May 25, 2016
Newsweek
The lifting of the arms embargo needs to be understood as part of the long process of normalizing relations with a former U.S. enemy and building toward a more cooperative, economically dynamic, and strategic future-oriented relationship.
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Veterans Health Care
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Did We Improve Veterans Health Care? It's Unclear
Carrie M. Farmer @carriefarmer, Susan D. Hosek
May 24, 2016
U.S. News & World Report
The Veterans Choice program was designed to expedite veterans' access to health care and relieve pressure on the VA system. Before making the program permanent, the VA should better understand its effectiveness.
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Social Services and Welfare
commentary
Does Social Spending Hold the Key to Better Health?
Alex Sutherland
May 24, 2016
Health Service Journal
Many governments are cutting spending on social welfare programs, such as unemployment benefits, while protecting health care spending. This could actually be negatively affecting population health.
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The RAND Blog

How to Handle the Infectious Diseases Threat

Can Hospital Services Work in Primary Care Settings?

A New Middle East: Rhodes Scholars, Not Radicals

RAND's Lillian Ablon Presents 'Lessons from a Hacker'

Russia's Great Power Choice

Will the New President Risk the Stability of the World?

Good (Fast) Food as a Vehicle for Social Change

Striking Back at the Islamic State's Foreign Fighter Pipeline

President Obama's Visit to Japan and the Transformation of Japan's Defense Policy

Debunking Myths About Patient Experience Surveys

Researcher Q&A: Beau Kilmer on the State of Marijuana Legalization

Georgia's Delicate Foreign Policy Dance

Why Has Obama Lifted the Arms Sales Ban on Vietnam?

Did We Improve Veterans Health Care? It's Unclear

Does Social Spending Hold the Key to Better Health?

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