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Supply Chain Management
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Unconventional Supply Network Operations: A New Frontier in Global Competition
Daniel Egel, Jan K. Gleiman
Apr 19, 2021
RealClearDefense
The technological advances of recent decades that have made supply networks drastically more efficient, valuable, and essential to every element of our daily lives have also created a highly interdependent, largely unsecured portfolio of potential attack surfaces.
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International Economic Relations
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China Does Not Have to Be America's Enemy in the Middle East
Ashley L. Rhoades, Dalia Dassa Kaye
Apr 19, 2021
War on the Rocks
China and Iran made a deal in which China promised to boost its investment in Iranian infrastructure in exchange for a steady supply of oil. This uptick in Chinese influence does not necessarily erode U.S. power in the region. The United States may even find overlapping interests with China since both have a stake in containing conflicts and instability.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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COVID-19 Demographic Trends, Vaccinating 'High-Contact' People, the Iran Threat Network: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 16, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on how the pandemic is shaping demographic trends, targeting vaccines to "high-contact" people, the Iran Threat Network, and more.
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Summer Learning
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Commit Now to Get Summer Programming Right
Heather L. Schwartz, Catherine H. Augustine, Jennifer Sloan McCombs
Apr 15, 2021
The RAND Blog
Summer programs, when targeted to needs, intentionally designed, and well-attended, produce positive outcomes for children in math and reading. But they need federal support, and require early planning to make them worthwhile.
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International Diplomacy
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Upcoming Summit an Opportunity for Japan to Reconsider Whether to Join Rest of G-7 in Sanctioning China Over Genocide
Scott W. Harold @ScottWHarold
Apr 15, 2021
The Hill
Japan has been lukewarm in its response to global condemnation of China's crimes against humanity against the Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang. What options might President Biden have to encourage Japan to reconsider its position as he hosts his first in-person summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga?
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Nuclear Deterrence
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The Biden Administration Will Find It Difficult to Contain Israel and Iran's Escalating Tensions
Dalia Dassa Kaye
Apr 14, 2021
The Washington Post Monkey Cage Blog
Iranian officials are blaming Israel and vowing revenge for a major blackout that damaged centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear research facility. The attack is likely to complicate nuclear diplomacy, further erode trust between Tehran and Washington, and may only incentivize Iran to advance its program. What does this mean for the nascent nuclear talks in Vienna?
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Sleep
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Beyond Sweatpants: Waking Up in a Post–COVID-19 World
Wendy M. Troxel @wendytroxel
Apr 14, 2021
Psychology Today
When it comes to morning wake schedules, adjusting to post–COVID-19 life may be a challenge. Small steps now may help get you better prepared for the shock of returning to the morning rush.
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Satellites
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Satellite Internet Services—Fostering the Dictator's Dilemma?
Michael Schwille @MichaelSchwille, Scott Fisher
Apr 12, 2021
Small Wars Journal
The ability to provide relatively low cost internet access outside of government control is both a challenge for authoritarian states and an opportunity for democracies. What are low-altitude, low-latency satellites and why are authoritarian states so concerned?
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Open Source Intelligence
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The Intelligence Community's Deadly Bias Toward Classified Sources
Cortney Weinbaum @cortney_dc
Apr 12, 2021
Defense One
Even when relevant data is publicly available, U.S. intelligence analysts are not including it in their analytic products during their routine course of business. This willful ignorance of publicly available information is hurting U.S. national security.
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Japan
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The United States Considers Reinforcing Its 'Pacific Sanctuary'
Wallace Gregson, Jeffrey W. Hornung
Apr 12, 2021
War on the Rocks
Soon after he took office, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered a posture review to ensure that the U.S. global footprint is the right size to support U.S. strategy. Japan's continued importance to U.S. strategy and Tokyo's increased willingness to be more proactive in the security domain mean that Japan could see an uptick in U.S. military presence after this review is complete.
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Demographics
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An Early Look at the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Demographic Trends
Esther M. Friedman @friedmanEM, Andrew M. Parker
Apr 12, 2021
The RAND Blog
Key demographic trends in fertility, mortality, and migration are responsible for shifts in the overall structure of any population. COVID-19 has affected each of these, with potentially important implications.
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Supply Chain Management
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Supply Chains and National Security
Bradley Martin
Apr 12, 2021
The RAND Blog
Lessons from the pandemic will be sorted through for years. But one thing seems very clear: The United States is not ready in a policy or infrastructure or even physical-capacity sense to respond to major shocks to its supply chains.
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Science and Technology Legislation
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Scientific Research Integrity Demands Transparency—the Law Should Require It Too
Cortney Weinbaum @cortney_dc
Apr 12, 2021
China pays U.S. scientists for their innovations in exchange for money and access to research laboratories and speaking and publication opportunities. They require the researchers to keep these agreements secret from their employers or the U.S. government. Perhaps it is time to codify scientific transparency into law.
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Japan
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Biden Puts Japan at the Center of U.S. Policy in Asia
Jeffrey W. Hornung
Apr 12, 2021
Nikkei Asia
Addressing the Chinese threat in the Indo-Pacific requires working with allies and partners. So far, Japan appears to be one of the priority relationships for the Biden administration.
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Public Health Preparedness
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Trust in the CDC, Teaching Students with Disabilities, Russian Mercenaries: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 9, 2021
This weekly recap focuses declining trust in the CDC, insights from educators about teaching students with disabilities, Russian mercenaries, and more.
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Vaccination
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Who Can Effectively Champion the Vax?
Lois M. Davis @LoisMDavis, Michael S. Pollard @MichaelSPollard
Apr 9, 2021
MedPage Today
Vaccine hesitancy appears to be one more hurdle in ending the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC would typically lead a campaign to overcome it, but Americans' trust in the CDC has declined measurably. Health care professionals may be more effective messengers when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines.
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The Health of U.S. and Partner Deterrence in the Gray Zone

The State of Deterrence in Korea and the Taiwan Strait

Unconventional Supply Network Operations: A New Frontier in Global Competition

China Does Not Have to Be America's Enemy in the Middle East

The Role of Data in the Fight Against COVID-19

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

Unconventional Supply Network Operations: A New Frontier in Global Competition

China Does Not Have to Be America's Enemy in the Middle East

COVID-19 Demographic Trends, Vaccinating 'High-Contact' People, the Iran Threat Network: RAND Weekly Recap

Commit Now to Get Summer Programming Right

Upcoming Summit an Opportunity for Japan to Reconsider Whether to Join Rest of G-7 in Sanctioning China Over Genocide

The Biden Administration Will Find It Difficult to Contain Israel and Iran's Escalating Tensions

Beyond Sweatpants: Waking Up in a Post–COVID-19 World

Satellite Internet Services—Fostering the Dictator's Dilemma?

The Intelligence Community's Deadly Bias Toward Classified Sources

The United States Considers Reinforcing Its 'Pacific Sanctuary'

An Early Look at the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Demographic Trends

Supply Chains and National Security

Scientific Research Integrity Demands Transparency—the Law Should Require It Too

Biden Puts Japan at the Center of U.S. Policy in Asia

Trust in the CDC, Teaching Students with Disabilities, Russian Mercenaries: RAND Weekly Recap

Who Can Effectively Champion the Vax?

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