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Money, Markets, and Machine Learning: Unpacking the Risks of Adversarial AI
The consequences of ignoring the problem of adversarial attacks in algorithmic trading are potentially catastrophic. In a world increasingly reliant on machine learning models, the financial sector needs to shift from being reactive to proactive to ensure the security and integrity of our financial system.
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Aug 31, 2023
The Hill
Joshua Steier, Sai Prathyush Katragadda

Teachers and Teaching

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Five Charts That Tell Us About the State of Public Education Right Now
To monitor education trends, RAND fields more than a dozen surveys per year to teachers, principals, and superintendents. Five charts highlight findings across different areas—staff turnover, teacher well-being, guns in schools, quality of instruction, and politics in schools—that say a lot about the state of American public education.
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Aug 28, 2023
The RAND Blog
Melissa Kay Diliberti, Elizabeth D. Steiner @ED_Steiner, et al.
Gun Violence

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When Mass Shooters Are Seeking Fame
What motivates mass shooters? And what might break the cycle of violence? Developing an effective policy response first requires better understanding of the factors that drive would-be attackers to kill.
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Jul 13, 2023
The RAND Blog
Pauline Moore, Heather J. Williams @HeatherJWill, et al.
Taiwan

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Taiwan, Gun Violence, Fishing in the Arctic: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the potential for a Chinese attack on Taiwan, America's persistent gun violence problem, managing Arctic fisheries, and more.
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Jul 7, 2023
Russia

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The Wagner Revolt, Housing in L.A., Cyberstalking: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the Wagner Group's power play against Russian leadership, how Truth Decay affects national security, why the U.S. legal system is underprepared to handle cyberstalking cases, and more.
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Jun 30, 2023
Emerging Technologies

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RAND Turns 75: A Look Through the Decades At World-Changing Research
From anticipating the Space Age in the 1940s to studying gun policy and COVID-19 responses in the 2020s, RAND is celebrating 75 years of research that has made a difference.
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May 8, 2023
Environmental Equity

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Environmental Justice, Mental Health Care, Insomnia: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on environmental justice, access to mental health care, why America should stick with Europe. and more.
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Apr 21, 2023
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Truth Decay and National Security, Gun Violence, Blockading Crimea: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on Truth Decay and national security, America's gun violence problem, how Ukraine could blockade Crimea, and more.
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Apr 14, 2023
Mexico

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Should Mexico's Drug Cartels Be Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations?
While the outcry over the kidnapping and murder of U.S. citizens by members of the Gulf Cartel in Mexico is understandable, stridency should not preclude strategic assessment. America's problem with drug trafficking is not the lack of statutes, but the magnitude of the problem.
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Mar 22, 2023
The Hill
Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins
Afghanistan

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A Look Back at the War in Afghanistan, National Security Risks, Hospice Care: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on why the United States “stayed the unfavorable course” in Afghanistan, the Ohio train derailment, state data on gun deaths, and more.
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Mar 3, 2023
Gun Policy

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Addressing Gun Violence Requires Better Means of Measuring It
Proposals to reduce firearm violence in the United States are often controversial, sometimes because there are no data demonstrating their effectiveness. The federal government has many of the requisite tools in place to collect the data, and it does it well on a wide range of other problems. Shying away from measuring this problem may also make it more difficult to fix it.
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Feb 13, 2023
CNN
Rosanna Smart @RosannaSmart, Andrew R. Morral @AndrewMorral
United States

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State of the Union 2023: Insights from RAND
In his second State of the Union address, President Joe Biden covered a wide range of issues facing the United States at home and abroad, including police violence, gun policy, Russia's war in Ukraine, and U.S. competition with China.
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Feb 8, 2023
Gun Policy

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Responding to the Firearm Violence Crisis: Are Some Newly Enacted Laws Making Things Worse?
Persuasive scientific evidence is accumulating for several commonly implemented laws. Where the science is strong, lawmakers would be wise to consider it when making decisions about how to protect public safety while preserving civil liberties, including the right to bear arms.
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Jan 25, 2023
USA Today
Andrew R. Morral @AndrewMorral, Rosanna Smart @RosannaSmart
Ukraine

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Ten Things That Inspired Me in 2022
It would be impossible to capture all the important work that RAND does in a year. But RAND president and CEO Jason Matheny has compiled ten times he was inspired by RAND's efforts to bring insight to some of the biggest policy stories of 2022.
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Dec 15, 2022
The RAND Blog
Jason Matheny @JasonGMatheny
Gun Violence

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Historic Research Conference Combats the Rise in Gun Violence
With new funding for gun violence prevention research, projects are beginning to produce findings. To capitalize on the new findings and help integrate the growing field of researchers working on gun violence prevention, RAND partnered with other research programs to organize the 2022 National Research Conference on Firearm Injury Prevention.
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Dec 9, 2022
The RAND Blog
Liisa Ecola, Andrew R. Morral @AndrewMorral
Gun Violence

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Better Data, Less Gun Violence
If the United States is serious about fixing the escalating problem of gun violence, the government needs to measure it. Research that is supported by new funding is overdue but will be hampered until federal and state firearm violence data systems improve.
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Oct 5, 2022
Science
Andrew R. Morral @AndrewMorral, Rosanna Smart @RosannaSmart

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The COP decisionmaking process reflects its members' consensus views. And therein lies the problem. The Paris Agreement should have achieved the socially better outcomes of binding emissions control to finance and binding each country to its target of emissions and finance.…That it did not do so was because the coalitions' views prevailed rather than the social good.

Rafiq Dossani

Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy

Source: United Press International

Women have fought in wars for as long as humans have waged them. Yet that long history has been either lost or purposefully hidden, complicating efforts to expand women's military roles even as we have steadily gained greater equality in other fields.

Kayla M. Williams

Senior Policy Researcher

Source: Association of the U.S. Army

Using AI to Identify Youth Suicide Risk: What Does the Evidence Say?

Disrupting the Chinese Military in Competition and Low-Intensity Conflict

America's Indo-Pacific Alliances Are Astonishingly Strong

Resilient Reconstruction in Ukraine

Preventing Domestic Violent Extremism: Insights from RAND Research

The Policy Currents Podcast

Developing Strategies for Summer Learning

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

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Money, Markets, and Machine Learning: Unpacking the Risks of Adversarial AI

Five Charts That Tell Us About the State of Public Education Right Now

When Mass Shooters Are Seeking Fame

Taiwan, Gun Violence, Fishing in the Arctic: RAND Weekly Recap

The Wagner Revolt, Housing in L.A., Cyberstalking: RAND Weekly Recap

RAND Turns 75: A Look Through the Decades At World-Changing Research

Environmental Justice, Mental Health Care, Insomnia: RAND Weekly Recap

Truth Decay and National Security, Gun Violence, Blockading Crimea: RAND Weekly Recap

Should Mexico's Drug Cartels Be Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations?

A Look Back at the War in Afghanistan, National Security Risks, Hospice Care: RAND Weekly Recap

Addressing Gun Violence Requires Better Means of Measuring It

State of the Union 2023: Insights from RAND

Responding to the Firearm Violence Crisis: Are Some Newly Enacted Laws Making Things Worse?

Ten Things That Inspired Me in 2022

Historic Research Conference Combats the Rise in Gun Violence

Better Data, Less Gun Violence

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