Russia

Violent Extremism
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Extremism Online, Russia's Military, Preventing Police Killings: RAND Weekly Recap
May 20, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on the internet's role in stoking extremism and hate, how Russia has failed its military personnel, a research roadmap to help prevent police killings in the United States, and more.
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Military Personnel
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The Russian Military Has Failed Its Sons
Dara Massicot @MassDara
May 18, 2022
Foreign Affairs
The Russian military has a long history of mistreating its personnel and their frightened families. The military's culture of disregard for the lives and well-being of its personnel has done more than undermine their combat performance; it has also tanked their morale and will to fight.
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Media Literacy
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Truth Decay, School Lunch Nutrition, Regulating Space: RAND Weekly Recap
May 13, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on tackling Truth Decay, how tech experts view the military's use of artificial intelligence, a new approach to regulating outer space, and more.
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Security Cooperation
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The Escalation Fixation
Raphael S. Cohen
May 6, 2022
The Hill
Fears of global nuclear annihilation should have produced a concerted effort by all sides to keep the Ukraine conflict limited. But the focus on escalation—rather than ensuring Russia's defeat—has instead made the international security picture more precarious.
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Migration
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How Data Can Help Refugees, Homelessness in L.A., Harm Reduction: RAND Weekly Recap
May 6, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on tapping into Facebook data to help refugees, addressing homelessness in Los Angeles, understanding burnout among health care providers, and more.
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Peacekeeping and Stability Operations
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A Peacekeeping Operation in Ukraine, Synthetic Opioids, Geoengineering: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 29, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on why it may be time to consider a peacekeeping operation in northern Ukraine, supporting veterans with traumatic brain injury, a new response to synthetic opioids, and more.
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Peacekeeping and Stability Operations
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Time for a U.N. Peace Enforcement Operation in Northern Ukraine?
Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein, Douglas C. Ligor @DougLigor
Apr 27, 2022
Lawfare
Now that the Russian military in Ukraine has retreated north, a de facto cease-fire is in place in Kyiv and central Ukraine. This could present an opportunity for the United Nations to call for a formal cease-fire in reclaimed territory and issue a recommendation to willing states to move into Ukraine with a peacekeeping force.
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Ukraine
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Geostrategic Consequences of Russia's War Against Ukraine
William Courtney @courtneywmh, Peter A. Wilson
Apr 26, 2022
The Hill
After two months of fighting in Ukraine, some longer-term geostrategic consequences are coming into focus. Russia may emerge as a massive loser. Perhaps not since the collapse of the USSR has European security been so challenged. But Ukraine and its Western partners are showing that aggression in Europe may not pay.
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Cyber Warfare
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Responding to Russian Cyberattacks, Rebuilding Ukraine, Climate Change: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 22, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on how the U.S. could respond to Russian cyberattacks, what it will take to rebuild Ukraine after the war, why U.S. employers still have the power over workers, and more.
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Ukraine
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Rebuilding Ukraine
William Courtney @courtneywmh, Khrystyna Holynska, Howard J. Shatz @HowardJShatz
Apr 18, 2022
United Press International
By leveraging better investment conditions and reforms and broad international support, Ukraine could carry out a well-executed reconstruction program once the fighting ends. It might repair much of the war damage and help Ukraine move into the ranks of faster-growing European economies.
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Ukraine
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Reopening Old Wounds: Two Stories, One Lesson
Alyssa Demus, Obaid Younossi
Apr 16, 2022
Inkstick
The shocking events unfolding in Ukraine serve as a vivid reminder to two RAND researchers of the profoundly human consequences tied to the strategic level of decisionmaking they study and weigh in on each day.
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Russia
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Russian Mercenaries, Online Extremism, the Commercial Space Market: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 15, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on Russia's use of mercenaries, understanding how extremist movements operate online, trends in the commercial space market, and more.
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Cyber Warfare
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Russian Cyberattacks May Be Coming. What Might Be an Optimal Strategy for Responding?
Dmitri Alperovitch, Samuel Charap @scharap
Apr 14, 2022
The Washington Post
Russia appears poised to make a first move against the United States and its allies in cyberspace. A savvy U.S. response that is deliberately measured and accompanied by the right message could end this fight after the first round.
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Military Strategy
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Book Review: 'Escalation and Deescalation of Crises, Armed Conflicts, and Wars'
Clint Reach
Apr 11, 2022
NATO Defense College
The evolving crisis in Ukraine has generated much discussion about whether Moscow would escalate the conflict, whether in frustration at the slow progress of its military operations, or in response to actions of other states, even possibly resorting to nuclear weapons. But what do Russian sources suggest about escalation?
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Natural Gas
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Russia Does Not Seem to Be After Ukraine's Gas Reserves
Krystyna Marcinek @KMMarcinek
Apr 11, 2022
The RAND Blog
There seems to be very little reason to believe that the true stakes of the war in Ukraine are the country's natural gas reserves, as some have speculated. Ukrainian gas fields appear too small to justify the costs of the invasion, too hard to keep, and almost impossible for Russia to exploit.
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Counterinsurgency
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Employing Insurgency in Ukraine, U.S. Hospital Prices, Reaching the Middle Class: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 8, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on how insurgency could give Ukraine an edge over Russia, repurposing commercial buildings to help address L.A.’s housing crisis, Americans’ options for reaching the middle class, and more.
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Truth Decay in Europe

Three Principles for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security

Extremism Online, Russia's Military, Preventing Police Killings: RAND Weekly Recap

What Does Putin Want in Ukraine?

The Policy Currents Podcast

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Russia

Extremism Online, Russia's Military, Preventing Police Killings: RAND Weekly Recap

The Russian Military Has Failed Its Sons

Truth Decay, School Lunch Nutrition, Regulating Space: RAND Weekly Recap

The Escalation Fixation

How Data Can Help Refugees, Homelessness in L.A., Harm Reduction: RAND Weekly Recap

A Peacekeeping Operation in Ukraine, Synthetic Opioids, Geoengineering: RAND Weekly Recap

Time for a U.N. Peace Enforcement Operation in Northern Ukraine?

Geostrategic Consequences of Russia's War Against Ukraine

Responding to Russian Cyberattacks, Rebuilding Ukraine, Climate Change: RAND Weekly Recap

Rebuilding Ukraine

Reopening Old Wounds: Two Stories, One Lesson

Russian Mercenaries, Online Extremism, the Commercial Space Market: RAND Weekly Recap

Russian Cyberattacks May Be Coming. What Might Be an Optimal Strategy for Responding?

Book Review: 'Escalation and Deescalation of Crises, Armed Conflicts, and Wars'

Russia Does Not Seem to Be After Ukraine's Gas Reserves

Employing Insurgency in Ukraine, U.S. Hospital Prices, Reaching the Middle Class: RAND Weekly Recap

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