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  • Pilots of China's J-10 fighter jet from a PLAAF Aerobatics Team prepare before a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, November 24, 2015
    Military Education and Training

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    China's Air Force Is Fixing Its Shortcomings

    Lyle J. Morris @LyleJMorris

    Oct 14, 2016

    Aviation Week & Space Technology

    The prevailing view among Western observers is that Chinese fighter pilots lack the tactical mindset to engage and prevail in a dynamic, unscripted combat environment. But the PLAAF appears to have undertaken major reform in how it trains its pilots.

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    Cybersecurity

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    Where Next for the Digital Society?

    Hans Pung, Catriona Manville @CMManville

    Oct 14, 2016

    The RAND Blog

    Digital technologies are omnipresent, both in terms of where we are and what we do. A digital society can bring about economic and societal gain, but there are many challenges that need to be addressed beyond the actual technologies.

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    Caregivers

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    How Can Europe Encourage Fathers to Take Parental Leave?

    Janna van Belle

    Oct 14, 2016

    New Europe

    Whether fathers take parental leave depends on economic factors, but flexibility of timing and workplace culture also seem to make a difference. The link between fathers taking parental leave and improvements in child development makes it an important area for European policymakers to consider.

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama gives a thumbs up after his speech at the Rota naval airbase, near Cadiz, Spain, July 10, 2016
    U.S.-European Relations

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    Transatlantic Relations After Obama

    Christopher S. Chivvis, Jana Puglierin

    Oct 14, 2016

    Berlin Policy Journal

    The Obama era will be remembered as the time when America's leadership role in Europe began to shift. Europeans got more freedom of action, but could no longer outsource their foreign and military responsibilities to Washington. Whether Clinton or Trump is elected president, Europe will have to do more.

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  • A memorial stone for the Schengen Agreement is seen in the small village of Schengen, Luxembourg January 27, 2016
    Immigration and Emigration

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    Why Re-Establishing Border Controls in Europe Could Come at a High Cost

    Marco Hafner, Jirka Taylor

    Oct 13, 2016

    E!Sharp

    Reversing the Schengen agreement would come at a high economic cost, while undoing many of the positive social and political developments of the past decade.

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  • A young man in drought conditions in Ethiopia
    Developing Countries

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    The Hot Spots of the World

    Oct 13, 2016

    Scarcity of food, energy, and water endangers the lives of millions. So RAND created a tool with the potential to help make aid initiatives more effective.

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  • Sailors and civilians assigned to Arctic Submarine Lab haul ice to be used for potable water during an exercise, March 15, 2016
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    Will the Breakdown in U.S.-Russia Cooperation Reach the Arctic?

    Abbie Tingstad, Stephanie Pezard @StephaniePezard, Scott Stephenson @SRStephenson

    Oct 12, 2016

    Inside Sources

    Over the last few decades, the U.S. and Russia have often found common ground on Arctic affairs, at least in such areas as search and rescue and environmental integrity. The Arctic has the potential to remain resistant to tensions building elsewhere.

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  • A 3D printed logo of Twitter and an Islamic State flag
    Social Media Analysis

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    Fighting the Islamic State on Social Media

    Elizabeth Bodine-Baron @bodinebaron

    Oct 11, 2016

    Pacific Council on International Policy

    Countering ISIL in the real world also requires countering its messaging online. It is critical that the U.S. and its international partners work with influential communities in the region that can more effectively and credibly counter the ISIL narrative.

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  • Police Constable Yasa Amerat poses for a photograph with a body-worn video (BWV) camera, before a year-long trial by the Metropolitan police, at Kentish Town in London, May 6, 2014.
    Police-Community Relations

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    Police Body-Worn Cameras: More to It Than What You See

    Alex Sutherland

    Oct 11, 2016

    Policing Insight

    Billions of dollars are spent worldwide on the rollout of police body cameras. There is an urgent need to understand whether the cameras help police and the public, and under what conditions they work best.

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  • Chicago Police officers attend a news conference held by Superintendent Eddie Johnson announcing the department's plan to hire nearly 1,000 new police officers in Chicago, Illinois, September 21, 2016
    Crime and Violence Prevention

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    Pitfalls of Predictive Policing

    Jessica Saunders

    Oct 11, 2016

    U.S. News & World Report

    The Chicago Police Department's predictive policing program didn't work. To achieve even a 5 percent drop in the city's homicide rate, enormous leaps in both prediction and intervention effectiveness are necessary.

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  • Concept of leaky software, data pouring out of pipe
    Cybercrime

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    Digital Theft: The New Normal

    Lillian Ablon, Kathryn Kuznitsky

    Oct 10, 2016

    Wired

    Absolute data breach prevention is not possible, so knowing what people want when it happens is important. Consumers and corporations alike should accept this risk as a “when,” not an “if,” and prepare for it.

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  • An Indian army soldier keeps guard from a bunker near the border with Pakistan in Abdullian, southwest of Jammu, September 30, 2016
    South Asia

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    Could the Kashmir Standoff Trigger Nuclear War?

    Rafiq Dossani, Jonah Blank

    Oct 10, 2016

    Newsweek

    Militants trained in Pakistan have been raiding the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir for over a quarter of a century, but the recent attack was the deadliest in years. A short-term return to peace remains uncertain and the longer term is even harder to predict.

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama chairs the closing session of the Nuclear Security Summit, focusing on the Counter-ISIL campaign, in Washington, April 1, 2016
    Nuclear Disarmament

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    Protect Nuclear Nonproliferation Norms

    Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein

    Oct 9, 2016

    U.S. News & World Report

    Strong and viable global nuclear nonproliferation norms should remain a cornerstone of U.S. security now and into the future. Friends and allies must continue to have confidence in the U.S. strategic nuclear guarantees.

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    United States

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    Election 2016: The International Issues

    Oct 7, 2016

    America's next president will face challenges that test the fundamentals of world order. RAND experts have outlined key decisions, the dangers involved, and the least-bad options that now often pass for good ones.

    Read More »
  • The sun sets over Aleppo, Syria as seen from the rebel-held part of the city, October 5, 2016
    Syria

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    Only the U.S. Can Save Syrians

    Colin P. Clarke, William Courtney @courtneywmh

    Oct 6, 2016

    USA Today

    Washington must act soon to raise the costs of Syrian and Russian killing in Aleppo. Otherwise, the quarter-million people who live there could be in danger, and the Kremlin might think that it can mount further challenges to the West.

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