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  • Nurses prepare for the next round of people waiting to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a drive through vaccination site at the TCF center in Detroit, Michigan, January 15, 2021, photo by Emily Elconin/Reuters
    Logistics Management

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    Keep the Vaccine Moving to Save the Most Lives

    Carter C. Price @CarterCPrice, John F. Raffensperger

    Jan 19, 2021

    The RAND Blog

    The United States is waiting to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and millions of doses wait for arms. Policymakers at the national, state, and local levels have been stockpiling the shots for many reasons. While supply ramps up and many people wait for a vaccine, policymakers could push to deliver vaccine to people instead of freezers.

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  • COVID-19 vaccine in a medical syringes at IU Health Bloomington, in Bloomington, Indiana, December 18, 2020, photo by Jeremy Hogan / SOPA Images/Sipa USA/Reuters
    Vaccination

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    Getting COVID-19 Vaccines to Pennsylvania Residents

    Adam C. Resnick

    Jan 19, 2021

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    Pennsylvania state and county health departments have a number of options that could speed the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to make sure Pennsylvania residents at high risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes are vaccinated as soon as possible.

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  • Antony Blinken, nominee for Secretary of State, speaks as President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President–elect Kamala Harris announce their national security nominees and appointees, Wilmington, Delaware, November 24, 2020, photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters
    Politics and Government

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    For Joe Biden, an Experienced Foreign Policy Team

    James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins

    Jan 19, 2021

    The Hill

    As President-elect Biden fills out his foreign policy team he might wish to reach out to a few foreign affairs professionals who sat out the Trump administration in order to fill positions in fields where some degree of bipartisanship remains a possibility. These areas might include relations with allies and with the two major U.S. competitors, Russia and China.

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  • 3D rendering of earth with red lines representing communication or weapons, photo by DKosig/Getty Images
    Security Cooperation

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    How Joe Biden Can Galvanize Space Diplomacy

    Stephen J. Flanagan, Bruce McClintock @BHMcClintock

    Jan 15, 2021

    Politico

    The potential for conflicts to originate in outer space, or for terrestrial conflicts to extend there, has grown with the development of counterspace weapons and the explosion of commercial space activity. But previous efforts to establish norms have had limited results. The Biden administration has an opportunity, working with like-minded allies and partners, to galvanize nascent international efforts.

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  • Happy young woman in front of diverse women in line, photo by SDI Productions/Getty Images
    Work-Family Conflicts

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    Supporting Working Parents Could Accelerate Recovery

    Melanie A. Zaber, Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist

    Jan 15, 2021

    The RAND Blog

    Since the COVID-19 recession started last February, almost 3 million women have left the labor force. With vaccines rolling out, will they go back to work? There are several policies that could help.

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    Political Violence, COVID-19 Vaccine Questions, Mental Health Care: RAND Weekly Recap

    Jan 15, 2021

    This weekly recap focuses on why we need to brace for more political violence after the Capitol attack, COVID-19 vaccine questions and answers, how to reform the U.S. mental health system, and more.

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  • Elements of 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, convoy to the Hohenfels Training Area for Combined Resolve XIII in Germany,  January 18, 2020, photo by Sgt. Megan Zander/U.S. Army National Guard
    Base Realignment and Closure

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    Why Overseas Military Bases Continue to Make Sense for the United States

    Raphael S. Cohen

    Jan 14, 2021

    War on the Rocks

    Voices on the left and right have proposed downsizing America's overseas military footprint. While the merits of basing in a particular location should be open to debate, the underlying twin logics of deterrence and reassurance behind permanently stationing American forces overseas remain operationally, economically, and strategically as sound as ever.

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  • Volunteers help at an annual Thanksgiving turkey giveaway, Inglewood, California, November 23, 2020, photo by Mike Blake/Reuters
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    COVID-19 Has Offered Opportunities for Communities to Come Together

    Katherine Grace Carman @KGCarman, Tamara Dubowitz @TamaraDubowitz, Christopher Nelson

    Jan 13, 2021

    The RAND Blog

    The past year has been among the most turbulent in recent memory. Might recent crises provide a catalyst for a renewed sense of civic engagement that transcends some of the race and class divisions COVID-19 has exacerbated?

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    Now Could Be the Time to Form Policy for Emerging Brain- and Body-Enhancement Technologies

    Mary Lee, Timothy Marler, Anika Binnendijk

    Jan 12, 2021

    RealClearDefense

    Policymakers might consider developing appropriate policy frameworks for emerging brain- and body-enhancement technologies to ensure that innovations harnessed for societal, economic, or military benefits do not create new vulnerabilities and that governments adequately defend and manage against potential attacks. The technology is quickly moving forward. Policy may need to play catch-up.

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  • COVID-19 vaccination stations inside Hillcrest High School, a designated New York City priority vaccination center for people in group 1B, in Queens, NY, January 11, 2021, photo by Anthony Behar/Reuters
    Public Health Preparedness

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    COVID-19 Options for 2021

    Rafiq Dossani

    Jan 12, 2021

    The RAND Blog

    The disorganized public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States helped ensure that the nation led the world in infections nearly from the beginning of the pandemic. With vaccines now becoming available, are we over the problem? Not necessarily.

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  • Tongass National Forest, Alaska, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tongass_National_Forest_17.jpg">photo</a> by <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gillfoto">gillfoto</a>/<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>
    Community-Based Participatory Research

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    Local Communities Need a Voice in How to 'Build Back Better'

    Max Izenberg, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg @aclarkginsberg

    Jan 12, 2021

    The RAND Blog

    Long before it was popularized and made its way into political slogans and economic recovery battle cries, the phrase “building back better” was a central tenet of disaster recovery and community resilience. How should community voices be incorporated into “building back better” processes?

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  • U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers a speech after a conference video call focused on foreign policy at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, December 28, 2020, photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
    Security Cooperation

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    Biden Will Inherit Healthy Indo-Pacific Alliances

    Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman

    Jan 11, 2021

    Nikkei Asia

    Certainly there is much work ahead as the United States embarks on the next chapter of competition against China throughout the Indo-Pacific. But U.S. alliances and partnerships are in good shape—the result of a growing Indo-Pacific consensus on the existential economic and security threat China poses.

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  • A woman stands on a ruined building after Hurricane Eta, in Wawa Bar, a Miskito indigenous community in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, November 23, 2020, photo by Katlyn Holland/CRS /Latin America News Agency/Reuters
    Disaster Recovery Operations

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    Previous Disasters Provide Important Lessons for Central America's Recovery from Hurricanes

    Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson, Ismael Arciniegas Rueda, David G. Groves

    Jan 11, 2021

    The National Interest

    As the global community works together to assist Central America in recovering from the disastrous 2020 hurricane season, experiences from other recent disaster recovery efforts offer some helpful lessons, both for the governments of the region as well as outsiders providing resources and support.

    Read More »
  • The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is administered during a drive through event at InclusivCare in Avondale, Louisiana, January 9, 2021 photo by Kathleen Flynn/Reuters
    Vaccination

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    As the Vaccines Arrive, So Do the Questions

    Jan 11, 2021

    The RAND Blog

    As the first COVID-19 vaccines are being administered across the United States, countless questions have arisen about what comes next. Is one vaccine better than another? Can the United States both speed up inoculation and overcome some people's hesitance to get the shot? RAND experts offer insights into the historic vaccine rollout.

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  • Supporters of the outgoing president, Donald Trump, climb a wall during a deadly mob assault on the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., January 6, 2021, January 6, 2021, photo by Jim Urquhart/Reuters
    Domestic Terrorism

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    The Battle of Capitol Hill

    Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins

    Jan 11, 2021

    The Hill

    The deadly mob assault on the U.S. Capitol Building was a predictable possibility. Democracy held, but security failed, spectacularly. We need to be better prepared for future acts of political violence.

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  • Domestic Terrorism

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    A Message from Our President, Medical Mistrust, Insulin Prices: RAND Weekly Recap

    Jan 8, 2021

    This weekly recap focuses on Wednesday’s siege on the U.S. Capitol, Americans' psychological distress, medical mistrust and COVID-19 vaccines, and more.

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  • An illustration of a pacemaker in a person's chest, image by peterschreiber.media/Adobe Stock
    Health Information Privacy

    essay

    Are We Ready for the Internet of Bodies?

    Jan 8, 2021

    Any device can be hacked, including one inside the human body. We need to think through the privacy and security implications of devices that live with us. But we should also consider the life-changing, life-saving potential of technologies that know us inside and out.

    Read More »
  • Signage posted on the entrance of the New York State Department of Labor offices in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, March 20, 2020, photo by Andrew Kelly/Reuters
    Employment and Unemployment

    commentary

    A Bell That Can't Be Unrung: The CARES Act and Unemployment Insurance

    Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist

    Jan 7, 2021

    The RAND Blog

    The CARES Act was a bell that can't be unrung, broadcasting to everyone that Unemployment Insurance can do better by workers and employers. Congress can debate the hows of permanent reform, but its actions in 2020 proved the need.

    Read More »
  • Therapist Heather Guinn conducts a virtual session with a patient via telemedicine, April 22, 2020, photo by MaCabe Brown/Courier &amp; Press/Reuters
    Telemedicine

    commentary

    Patients Log On to See Their Own Doctors During the Pandemic

    Shira H. Fischer @ShiraFischer, Joshua Breslau @JoshuaBreslau

    Jan 7, 2021

    The RAND Blog

    Telehealth use has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Can this form of high-quality, low-cost care be maintained over the long term? As discussion of post-pandemic policies begins, lessons from patients' use of telehealth will provide valuable guidance.

    Read More »
  • A woman from Minnesota holds up her U.S. bottle of NovoLog insulin and a Canadian box of NovoRapid, which she bought at a pharmacy in Ontario, Canada, June 29, 2019, photo by Geoff Robins/The Canadian Press via AP
    Health Care Costs

    essay

    The Astronomical Price of Insulin Hurts American Families

    Jan 6, 2021

    More than 30 million Americans have diabetes, and nearly a quarter of them use insulin to manage their symptoms and prevent life-threatening complications. The price they have to pay for insulin is more than ten times higher than the average prices in 32 other countries combined.

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  • New members of Congress are sworn in during the first session of the 117th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, January 3, 2021, photo by Tasos Katopodis/Reuters
    Employment and Unemployment

    commentary

    Unemployment Insurance and the Failure to Reform

    Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist

    Jan 5, 2021

    The RAND Blog

    Unemployment Insurance, despite being the primary U.S. policy tool for sustaining workers during periods of high unemployment, has a history of being repeatedly neglected. Federal reform has been stalled for nearly 50 years—about as long as problems in the program have been evident.

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  • Sailors on the USS McCampbell signal to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter during a training exercise in the South China Sea, July 22, 2016, photo by MC3 Elesia K. Patten/U.S. Navy
    Vietnam

    commentary

    What Does Vietnam Want from the United States in the South China Sea?

    Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman

    Jan 4, 2021

    The Diplomat

    Over the last few years, tensions between China and Vietnam in the South China Sea have remained high. While the Biden administration is likely to continue positive momentum in bilateral ties, it is less clear what specifically Hanoi seeks from Washington to help it effectively deter Beijing.

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