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Artificial Intelligence
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Increase the Risk of Nuclear War
Apr 24, 2018
Advances in artificial intelligence have provoked a new kind of arms race among nuclear powers. AI could challenge the basic rules of nuclear deterrence and lead to catastrophic miscalculations.
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Global Climate Change
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Staying Cool—as the Globe Warms
Gulrez Shah Azhar
Apr 23, 2018
Science and Development Network
Studies suggest that the heat of the future will exceed human coping capacity. Taking advantage of smart technology, inexpensive traditional methods that require little energy use, and innovative energy-efficient technologies could provide a sustainable path forward in heat-challenged regions.
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Global Security
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Can Washington Successfully Prepare for the Future?
Andrew R. Hoehn, Andrew Parasiliti @ATParasiliti, Ali Wyne @Ali_Wyne
Apr 6, 2018
The National Interest
The impossibility of predicting the future does not remove the need to mull the uncertain. Policymakers should build in windows of time to think imaginatively about the pursuit of America's strategic objectives, and take a bird's-eye view of the role America can and should play in shaping an increasingly complex, chaotic world.
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Ballistic Missiles
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Hypersonic Missiles: A New Proliferation Challenge
Richard H. Speier
Mar 29, 2018
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
Within 10 years, hypersonic missiles are likely to be deployed and offered on the international market. But there is time for action by states that do not want hypersonic missiles to flourish in their neighborhoods. It is time to move toward heading off this threat while it is still possible to do so.
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e-Government
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Online Voting: The Solution to Declining Political Engagement?
Katherine Stewart, Jirka Taylor
Mar 23, 2018
E!Sharp
The potential benefits of online voting merits a conversation across Europe about its increased use in elections, but the evidence is mixed on whether online voting actually helps to increase voter turnout.
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Civic Education
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Truth Decay and the Spirit of the Law
Dan Grunfeld
Mar 23, 2018
Daily Journal
The widening gap between how the law is expected to be (and generally is) practiced, and certain events transpiring in America's political and policymaking realms, is of increasing concern.
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Communication Systems
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Our Reliance on Space Tech Means We Should Prepare for the Worst
James Black
Mar 12, 2018
Defense News
Space-enabled connectivity, technology, and services support a diverse array of political, military and economic activities, many of which modern life on Earth relies upon and which the public often takes for granted. How prepared is global society to deal with the growing reliance on this technology and to mitigate associated risks?
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Submarines
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Location, Location, Location: Evaluating Risks to Submarines from Low-Yield Warhead and Submarine Missile Launch Detection
Austin Long
Mar 12, 2018
Lawfare
Experts can argue that a low-yield SLBM might not be worth deploying as it would put U.S. submarines at unacceptable risk. But the costs to adversaries to develop the capability to target U.S. submarines with nuclear weapons are substantial. In contrast, the costs to the United States are low, requiring only modification to an existing warhead.
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Health and Wellness Promotion
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Open Science and a Culture of Health: You Two Should Talk
Sean Grant @GrantSeanP, Kathryn E. Bouskill @kebouskill
Mar 7, 2018
Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences
By working together, the Culture of Health and Open Science movements could increase their potential to accelerate the use of scientific evidence to address impediments to population health and collective well-being.
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Cyber Warfare
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Getting Ready to Fight the Next (Cyber) War
Isaac R. Porche III @IsaacPorche
Mar 3, 2018
U.S. News & World Report
Nation-states and their proxies are regularly spying and attacking in cyberspace across national borders. The U.S. and other Western societies that are being targeted should do three things: Be less vulnerable, be able to recognize and mitigate the impact of attacks faster, and be prepared to respond in kind to all levels of offense.
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Information Privacy
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'Alexa, What Do You Know About Me, and Who Are You Telling?'
Mar 1, 2018
RAND experts held a panel discussion about the prevalence of artificial intelligence and how it affects privacy. They raised questions about fairness and equity in regard to privacy and data use, but also highlighted positive trends and developments in the evolving AI-privacy landscape.
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Civic Education
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The Perils of Truth Decay: Q&A with Three RAND Leaders
Feb 27, 2018
Truth Decay is defined by disagreement about facts, the blurred line between opinion and fact, increased volume of opinion and personal experience over fact, and declining trust in formerly respected sources of facts. RAND president and CEO Michael D. Rich, journalist Soledad O'Brien, and political scientist Francis Fukuyama discuss the phenomenon and the search for solutions to it.
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Health Care Technology
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How VR and AR Could Transform the Health Sector
Anna Knack
Feb 20, 2018
Digital Health
Immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality allow users to behave how they would in the real world, but in an artificial environment. Both technologies can help train medical professionals, deliver health services and improve the health outcomes of NHS users. But they also risk displacing workers in the health sector.
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Ballistic Missiles
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Discrimination Details Matter: Clarifying an Argument About Low-Yield Nuclear Warheads
Austin Long
Feb 16, 2018
War on the Rocks
Nuclear forces and nuclear strategy are complex and the facts surrounding them are often shrouded in classification. But if the United States were to deploy a low-yield submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead in the future, an adversary would face the same problems as it does today in knowing what the missile contains.
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Cybersecurity
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Why the 2018 Winter Olympics Are the Perfect Storm for Cyberattacks
Erik Silfversten
Feb 12, 2018
Wired UK
The Olympic Games could invite the most severe cyber threats to a major sporting event in recent years. The location of the games and increased connectivity, both among the public and infrastructure, make them a prime target for cyberattacks.
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Security Cooperation
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A 'Glass Half-Full': Next Steps for Enhancing Deterrence on NATO's Eastern Flank
Scott Boston, Abby Doll, David Ochmanek, David A. Shlapak
Feb 12, 2018
The RAND Blog
The United States and key allies have taken steps toward redressing the imbalance in military power between NATO and Russia in Northeastern Europe. But NATO's defense planners must be clear-eyed about what remains to be done.
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Science and Technology

How Artificial Intelligence Could Increase the Risk of Nuclear War

Staying Cool—as the Globe Warms

Can Washington Successfully Prepare for the Future?

Hypersonic Missiles: A New Proliferation Challenge

Online Voting: The Solution to Declining Political Engagement?

Truth Decay and the Spirit of the Law

Our Reliance on Space Tech Means We Should Prepare for the Worst

Location, Location, Location: Evaluating Risks to Submarines from Low-Yield Warhead and Submarine Missile Launch Detection

Open Science and a Culture of Health: You Two Should Talk

Getting Ready to Fight the Next (Cyber) War

'Alexa, What Do You Know About Me, and Who Are You Telling?'

The Perils of Truth Decay: Q&A with Three RAND Leaders

How VR and AR Could Transform the Health Sector

Discrimination Details Matter: Clarifying an Argument About Low-Yield Nuclear Warheads

Why the 2018 Winter Olympics Are the Perfect Storm for Cyberattacks

A 'Glass Half-Full': Next Steps for Enhancing Deterrence on NATO's Eastern Flank

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