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Economic Gain Is Possible for All Involved If Infrastructure Is Improved in Countries Encompassed by the China BRI
China's true motivations for its Belt and Road Initiative may still be unclear. But the West could consider the initiative's potential to deliver sustained economic, social, and environmental benefits for all, and find ways to support infrastructure improvements in the countries involved.
Jan 30, 2020

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Pay as You Go
Using vehicle miles traveled as a means of distributing the cost of maintaining America's roads and bridges may not be the only answer, but it represents the kind of innovative thinking that is necessary at a time when this sector of the American transportation infrastructure is desperately in need of a fix.
Jul 22, 2015
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Consider Taxing Miles Traveled
Mileage-fee rates could be structured to reduce congestion, harmful emissions and excessive road wear, and the enabling technology could support a range of value-added services offering greater convenience and safety for motorists, writes Keith Crane.
Apr 19, 2013
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No Data? Big Problem.
Good data can inform decision makers about what really works—how best to relieve congestion and improve supply-chain connectivity to make freight transportation—and hence the U.S. economy—more competitive, write Mortimer Downey, Joseph Schofer, and Johanna Zmud.
Mar 20, 2012

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The unfortunate battlefield reality is that any war against a group such as Hamas—with its estimated 30,000 fighters and hundreds of miles of tunnels embedded in one of the most densely populated places on Earth—was going to be a long, bloody slog. There is very little that anyone—even an American president—can do to change that.

Raphael S. Cohen

Director, Strategy and Doctrine Program, RAND Project AIR FORCE, and Director of the Pardee RAND Graduate School National Security Program
Source: Los Angeles Times
Even though the NATO allies agree in principle that Russia is a threat, and that NATO must produce more, they are divided on the precise sense of urgency as well as their proximity to the Russian threat.

Krystyna Marcinek

Associate Policy Researcher, RAND
Source: RealClearDefense