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  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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    The Most Popular RAND Research of 2020

    Dec 21, 2020

    Here are the RAND research projects that resonated most in 2020, a year unlike any in living memory. Topics include remote learning, election disinformation, income inequality, and more.

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan at the annual NATO heads of government summit in Watford, UK, December 4, 2019, photo by Peter Nicholls/Reuters
    Turkey

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    A Way Forward for the United States and Turkey

    Nilsu Goren, Dalia Dassa Kaye

    Jul 9, 2020

    Al-Monitor

    Relations between the United States and Turkey, while fraught with tension, must also align with a mutual interest in stability in the Middle East and preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction. It may be important for the region's stability and prosperity to find constructive ways for the United States to work with Turkey in the years ahead.

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  • Smoke rises during a fight between members of the Libyan internationally recognized government forces and Eastern forces, in southern Tripoli, Libya June 22, 2019, photo by Yosri Aljamal/Reuters
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    Is the Conflict in Libya a Preview of the Future of Warfare?

    Nathan Vest, Colin P. Clarke

    Jun 2, 2020

    Defense One

    The Libyan conflict, now entering its ninth year, could well be a testing ground for how wars will be fought in the future. External nation-states have long interfered in other countries' civil wars, so what is new, exactly, about what is happening in Libya?

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  • Turkey

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    U.S.-Turkish Relations, Airports, Opioids: RAND Weekly Recap

    Jan 17, 2020

    This weekly recap focuses on the future of the U.S.-Turkish partnership, helping America's commercial airports meet rising demand, the opioid crisis, and more.

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  • A convoy of U.S. vehicles is seen after withdrawing from northern Syria, in Erbil, Iraq October 21, 2019, photo by  Azad Lashkari/Reuters
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    The Syrian Withdrawal: Where Things Stand

    James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins, Jeffrey Martini

    Oct 21, 2019

    Fox News

    Without an orderly process for its national security decisions, the Trump administration has defaulted to the worst option regarding Syria. The sudden withdrawal of U.S. forces has left an opening for Russia to exploit. It also left the Kurds, a U.S. partner, to fend off a Turkish assault.

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  • A Turkish army howitzer is positioned near the Turkish-Syrian border in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, October 17, 2019, photo by Murad Sezer/Reuters
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    Indecision in Washington Compounded the Kurds' Dilemma

    James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins, Jeffrey Martini

    Oct 18, 2019

    The Hill

    Core qualities of statesmanship and statecraft have been notably lacking in charting the U.S. administration's Syria end game. This has compounded the unavoidable costs of withdrawal with charges of betrayal and a retreat under fire.

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  • Syrian refugee metal shop trainees work at one of the vocational training centres near Al Azraq city, Jordan, June 27, 2016
    Refugees

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    Jobs Can Improve the Lives of Syrian Refugees and Their Host Communities—and Support Stability in the Middle East

    Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson, Krishna B. Kumar @kbkumar_

    Mar 11, 2019

    Foreign Policy

    Host governments, international development agencies, and donor countries like the United States could take several steps to improve Syrian refugee employment. This would increase self-reliance among Syrian refugees and ease pressures on host communities.

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  • Um Akram, a Syrian refugee, creates soap under Jasmine, a project which hires and trains Syrian refugee women to create handicrafts, in Amman, Jordan, July 11, 2016
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    As Refugees, Syrian Women Find Liberation in Working

    Louay Constant @LouayConstant, Shanthi Nataraj @ShanthiNataraj, Fadia Afashe

    Feb 19, 2019

    United Press International

    Syrian refugee women in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan want opportunities to work. But there are multiple barriers and challenges that limit them. Improving the chances of safe and dignified work opportunities for Syrian women in these countries could yield broad positive social benefits for both the refugee and host communities.

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  • Workers in a textile factory in Turkey
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    Syrian Skills: A Missed Opportunity

    Shanthi Nataraj @ShanthiNataraj, Louay Constant @LouayConstant

    Feb 14, 2019

    RealClearWorld

    Syrian refugees in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon are finding ways to get by. But many refugees are not able to fully use their skills, and that is a lost opportunity both for the Syrians and the host countries.

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  • Border and Port Security

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    Border Wall, Student Suspension, Syria: RAND Weekly Recap

    Jan 11, 2019

    This weekly recap focuses on what a border wall can accomplish, reducing student suspensions, confusion over the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, and more.

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  • A soldier stands guard near a poster of Syria's President Bashar al Assad and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Rastan, Syria, June 6, 2018
    Syria

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    Confusion Over the U.S. Withdrawal from Syria

    James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins

    Jan 9, 2019

    Reuters

    Washington's strategy in Syria has been to impose costs on the Syrian government by diplomatic ostracism and economic sanctions. This punitive approach is morally satisfying and politically expedient, but as a practical matter it just helps perpetuate the conflict and sustain Assad's dependency on Iran.

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  • Data Privacy

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    Data Breaches, Marijuana, Turkey: RAND Weekly Recap

    Jan 4, 2019

    This weekly recap focuses on consumer reactions to data breaches, understanding teen marijuana use after legalization, why the United States can't rely on Turkey to defeat ISIS, and more.

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  • A Turkish-backed Syrian rebel rides on a truck with a mounted weapon at Manbij countryside, Syria, December 28, 2018
    The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization)

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    The United States Can't Rely on Turkey to Defeat ISIS

    Colin P. Clarke, Ahmet S. Yayla

    Jan 2, 2019

    Foreign Policy

    Relying on Turkey to shoulder the burden of countering the Islamic State will provide the terrorist group with an opportunity to revive itself at a critical stage in the fight. Turkey's main focus is on the Kurds and Erdogan's opposition. Eradicating the Islamic State is a secondary priority that has often been ignored.

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  • Veterans Health Care

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    Veterans, Infrastructure, Middle East: RAND Weekly Recap

    Nov 9, 2018

    This weekly recap focuses on the challenges facing veterans and their loved ones, a chance for bipartisan infrastructure policy, realignment in the Middle East, and more.

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  • Presidents Hassan Rouhani of Iran, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, and Vladimir Putin of Russia hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Ankara, April 4, 2018
    Security Cooperation

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    Is Major Realignment Taking Place in the Middle East?

    Colin P. Clarke, Ariane M. Tabatabai

    Oct 31, 2018

    Foreign Affairs

    The shifting alignments in the Middle East have intensified since the murder of the Saudi journalist Khashoggi in Istanbul. Turkey has drifted away from NATO and toward Iran and Russia. Like Tehran and Moscow, Ankara is now more anti-Western than at any point in recent memory. What does this mean for the United States?

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  • Turkish flag flutters at Turkey's border gate with Syria, overlooking ruins of buildings destroyed during fighting with the Islamic State militants in Kobani, Syria, October 11, 2017
    Turkey

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    Turkey's Double Standard: How Ankara's Actions Contradict Its Claims of Opposing the Islamic State

    Ahmet S. Yayla, Colin P. Clarke

    Apr 13, 2018

    Foreign Policy

    Turkey wants to take credit for the demise of the Islamic State, insisting that Turkey's actions in northern Syria have helped lay the groundwork for a sustainable peace. But the evidence clearly suggests otherwise.

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  • The disorganized public health response to the pandemic in the United States helped ensure that the nation led the world in infections nearly from the beginning of the pandemic and it has remained there since.

    Rafiq Dossani

    Rafiq Dossani

    Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy

    Source: The RAND Blog

  • I worry less about mobs in Washington than I do about terrorist plots by diehards after the inauguration… The 2020s could turn out to be a turbulent decade.

    brian michael jenkins, brian jenkins

    Brian Michael Jenkins

    Senior Adviser to the RAND President

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