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United States Coast Guard

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A Timely Opportunity for the U.S. Coast Guard to Teach a Man to Protect His Fish
The U.S. Coast Guard has made strong statements suggesting it would be increasing its effort to deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activity. As it does so, the Coast Guard might also consider enhancing its role as a trainer of other nations.
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Feb 24, 2022
Katherine Anania

United States Coast Guard

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Analytical Gaming Could Help the U.S. Coast Guard Address Key Challenges
By gradually expanding its gaming efforts, the U.S. Coast Guard might improve both the quality of its decisions and the strength of its relationships, making the service ever more capable as it navigates the challenges of the 21st century.
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Nov 8, 2021
Scott Savitz, Abbie Tingstad
Prison Reform

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Defunding Prisons, Preventing Cyberattacks, Promoting COVID-19 Vaccinations: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on defunding prisons, how to deter ransomware attacks, overcoming barriers to COVID-19 vaccination, and more.
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Aug 13, 2021
Civic Education

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Civic Education, 'Vaccine Nationalism,' Polar Icebreakers: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on how to revive civic education in America's public schools, the costs of "vaccine nationalism," why the United States needs more polar icebreaking ships, and more.
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Dec 11, 2020
Hong Kong

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Hong Kong, Education Reform, Baghdad: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on lessons for state education reform, retaining women in the U.S. Coast Guard, recounting the Battle for Baghdad, and more.
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Jun 14, 2019
Postsecondary Education

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Iran, Prison College Programs, Fentanyl: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on Iran's nonstate partners, lessons from a prison college program, what a fentanyl ban in China means for the U.S. opioid crisis, and more.
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May 24, 2019
Russia

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Childhood Trauma, Space Traffic, China–Russia Relations: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on a program that helps children exposed to trauma, making outer space safer, tighter China–Russia relations, and more.
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Apr 26, 2019
United States Coast Guard

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Why Women Belong in Coast Guard Crews
The Coast Guard benefits from the heightened respect that colleagues show each other in mixed-gender units, allowing personnel to focus and excel at their tasks at hand. When the Coast Guard zeroes in on evidence-based and appropriate accommodations for women and their physical capacities, as well as with parenting and family life, it will benefit everyone in uniform.
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Apr 18, 2019
Robert C. Parker
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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NATO's 70th Anniversary, Food Deserts, Teachers: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on effective teachers, NATO's 70th anniversary, food deserts, and more.
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Apr 5, 2019
Border and Port Security

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Ten Years After the Safe Port Act, Are America's Ports Secure?
The economic importance and visibility of America's ports make them attractive terrorism targets. Port security has improved, but many of the threats that motivated the Safe Ports Act in 2006 remain, and new dangers have emerged, including cyber threats.
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Apr 6, 2016
Henry H. Willis @HenryHWillis
Maritime Piracy

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Who Has the Will to Fight Piracy?
The recent French and American rescues of hostages held by pirates off the coast of Somalia were necessary and proper. No one believes these actions will end piracy. But unless we impose risks on the pirates--which means taking some risks ourselves--piracy will certainly flourish, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.
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Apr 21, 2009
Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins