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Counterinsurgency
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Repression in Mozambique Is Stoking an Islamist Insurgency, Risking Wider Unrest
Hilary Matfess, Alexander H. Noyes @alexhnoyes
Jun 5, 2020
World Politics Review
While Southern Africa has largely remained immune from violent extremism, the situation in northern Mozambique threatens to destabilize the country and could potentially spread to other parts of the region. To effectively counter the growing threat, the government could devise a less heavy handed approach.
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Peacekeeping and Stability Operations
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Competition in Iraq
Ben Connable, James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins
Jun 5, 2020
Rudaw
Tensions between the United States and Iran reached a boiling point in January 2020 when Iranian-backed forces attacked American military and diplomatic facilities on Iraqi soil, and the United States retaliated. As it appeared that the United States and Iran were teetering towards all-out war, policymakers and experts again asked a recurring series of questions: Why are we in Iraq? Why can't we just leave? What would happen if we left, and why would it matter
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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A Message from Our President and CEO, America's Wealth Gap, Disinformation: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 5, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on doing more to address systemic inequalities and structural racism, paying the bills during COVID-19, America's growing wealth gap, and more.
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Work-Family Conflicts
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Reopened Offices Won’t Mean Back-to-Normal for Caregivers
Heather J. Williams, Bobbi Thomason
Jun 4, 2020
CNN
As some workplaces start to reopen and work-from-home guidelines relax, corporate leaders may hope things will quickly get back to normal. But for employees who are also caregivers, that's likely not going to be the case.
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Military Technology
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The Risks of Autonomous Weapons Systems for Crisis Stability and Conflict Escalation in Future U.S.-Russia Confrontations
Burgess Laird @BurgessLaird
Jun 3, 2020
Russia Matters
While autonomous weapons systems are still in their early development stages, it is worth the time of policymakers to carefully consider whether their putative operational advantages are worth the potential risks of instability and escalation they may raise.
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Taiwan
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Is the '1992 Consensus' Fading Away in the Taiwan Strait?
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Jun 3, 2020
The Diplomat
For nearly 30 years, China has routinely touted Taiwan's recognition of the 1992 Consensus as the sole basis for maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. However, the consensus may hold less relevance for both sides today than in the past.
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Libya
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Is the Conflict in Libya a Preview of the Future of Warfare?
Nathan Vest, Colin P. Clarke @ColinPClarke
Jun 2, 2020
Defense One
The Libyan conflict, now entering its ninth year, could well be a testing ground for how wars will be fought in the future. External nation-states have long interfered in other countries' civil wars, so what is new, exactly, about what is happening in Libya?
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Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility—How to Harness Technologies in the Fight Against COVID-19
Salil Gunashekar, Emily Gloinson
Jun 2, 2020
Centre for Science and Policy
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented public health crisis, presenting challenges around the world. The response from science, technology, and innovation communities has been remarkable, proving that innovation and learning, interdisciplinary methods and collaboration, information and data sharing, and adaptability are more important than ever.
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Economic Development
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The Wealth Gap Widens
Shanthi Nataraj @ShanthiNataraj
Jun 1, 2020
Los Angeles Times
Whether history considers the current downturn a recession or a depression, it is clear that it will reinforce the growing inequality in our country. Navigating this economic crisis without substantially increasing inequality would require an unwavering commitment to support displaced workers and small business owners.
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Health Care Technology
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Innovations During COVID-19: Silver Lining or Threat to Patient Safety?
Shira H. Fischer @ShiraFischer, Carl Berdahl
Jun 1, 2020
The RAND Blog
Nearly three months after the first cases of COVID-19, we still don't know what works best to treat it. Some of the ideas and innovations are outstanding, but they are, so far, untested. There is an urgent need to evaluate ongoing innovations to learn what works and what doesn't, and what may have costs that are acceptable only under crisis conditions.
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Employment and Unemployment
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38 Million Have Applied for Unemployment—but How Many Have Received Benefits?
Kathryn A. Edwards, Jeffrey B. Wenger
Jun 1, 2020
The RAND Blog
Unemployment Insurance may need substantial reform to its application process, but it has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic unemployment disaster. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, the new program intended for workers who are not part of the employer tax base, has not.
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Wargaming
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How Can Wargaming Improve Government Response to Catastrophic Events?
Sebastian Joon Bae
May 29, 2020
War Room
Wargames are abstracted models of national security challenges, where players' decisions and their consequences are adjudicated within a rules-based environment. Due to its inherent flexibility as a tool, wargaming can be applied to a wide range of issues. Yet, it is important to understand what wargaming can and cannot do.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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COVID-19's Effects on U.S. Schools, Vaccine Uptake, Small Businesses: RAND Weekly Recap
May 29, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on how COVID-19 has affected U.S. schools, potential barriers to vaccine uptake, what small businesses need to survive, and more.
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Health Care Reform
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Options for Designing a Public Option
Michael Cohen, Al Bingham, Stan Dorn, Jodi L. Liu @jodilliu, Christine Eibner @Chrissyeibner
May 28, 2020
The RAND Blog
State and federal policymakers are considering adding state-backed public options to the individual market in an effort to expand health coverage and improve affordability. We analyzed what would happen if public options became available in U.S. health insurance exchanges.
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Workforce Management
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To Preserve Jobs, America's Employers May Have to Get Creative
Jason Michael Ward
May 26, 2020
CNN
With about 38.6 million Americans filing for unemployment insurance benefits since the end of February, it is clear that COVID-19 has turned the world of work upside down. One way to reduce the economic damage may be job-sharing, an approach that focuses on maximizing jobs by reducing workers' hours rather than resorting to layoffs or furloughs.
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Disadvantaged Students
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Emergency COVID-19 Aid Helps College Students with Food and Housing: Four Ways Colleges Can Maintain That Support
Lindsay Daugherty, Drew M. Anderson @DrewMAnderson
May 26, 2020
The RAND Blog
COVID-19 has expanded the pool of cash-strapped college students, but many were already struggling before the pandemic. The crisis could draw attention to food and housing insecurity among college students, and give college leaders a chance to consider how to address these needs more systematically over the long term.
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Competition in Iraq

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Repression in Mozambique Is Stoking an Islamist Insurgency, Risking Wider Unrest

Competition in Iraq

A Message from Our President and CEO, America's Wealth Gap, Disinformation: RAND Weekly Recap

Reopened Offices Won’t Mean Back-to-Normal for Caregivers

The Risks of Autonomous Weapons Systems for Crisis Stability and Conflict Escalation in Future U.S.-Russia Confrontations

Is the '1992 Consensus' Fading Away in the Taiwan Strait?

Is the Conflict in Libya a Preview of the Future of Warfare?

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility—How to Harness Technologies in the Fight Against COVID-19

The Wealth Gap Widens

Innovations During COVID-19: Silver Lining or Threat to Patient Safety?

38 Million Have Applied for Unemployment—but How Many Have Received Benefits?

How Can Wargaming Improve Government Response to Catastrophic Events?

COVID-19's Effects on U.S. Schools, Vaccine Uptake, Small Businesses: RAND Weekly Recap

Options for Designing a Public Option

To Preserve Jobs, America's Employers May Have to Get Creative

Emergency COVID-19 Aid Helps College Students with Food and Housing: Four Ways Colleges Can Maintain That Support

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