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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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  • Footage released by Russia Ministry of Defense shows Russian soldiers from airborne units advancing in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, March 10, 2022, photo by Russian MOD/Eyepress Pictures/Reuters
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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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    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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  • U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on arming Ukraine, after touring a Lockheed Martin weapons factory in Troy, Alabama, May 3, 2022, photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
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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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    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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  • Ukrainian service members walk on the front line near Kyiv as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, Ukraine, March 30, 2022, photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters
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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

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    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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  • Ukrainian national flags fly over graves of fallen soldiers at a cemetery in Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 24, 2022, photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters
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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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  • Building cranes and power lines connecting high-tension electricity pylons next to a construction site in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 10, 2020, photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
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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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  • Two hands holding a heart made out of flowers in the colors of Ukraine'a flag, photo by Maryna Petrenko-Shvets/Getty Images
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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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    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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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a concert marking the eighth anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, March 18, 2022, photo by RIA Novosti Host Photo Agency/Alexander Vilf via Reuters
    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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  • A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in Red Square in central Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2021, photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
    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 compressor station in Rippien, Sachsen, Germany, March 29, 2022, photo by Sylvio Dittrich/IMAGO/Reuters
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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.

    Read More »
  • 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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Quoted

  • The allure of training technology can often overshadow its value. Today, virtual reality, or VR, is a hot topic in the military training community, but training tools must be developed and selected according to their anticipated use. Context matters, and sometimes the best and most cost-effective training tool may just be a book.

    tim marler, m1168

    Timothy Marler

    Senior Research Engineer

    Source: Defense News

  • In the United States, a good soldier is a happy soldier, one that's properly fed, paid, and treated with respect. But the Russian high command behaves as if its troops are an afterthought, making tactical decisions as if it can simply throw people at poorly designed objectives until it succeeds.

    Dara Massicot

    Senior Policy Researcher

    Source: Foreign Affairs

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