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May 2021

Artificial Intelligence
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How the EU Can Overcome Barriers to Using Artificial Intelligence in Border Security and Beyond
Linda Slapakova
May 17, 2021
Encompass
Artificial intelligence is increasingly a crucial tool for improvement and innovation in public policy and services. While there are opportunities to harness AI as a tool for improving the effectiveness of border-security functions, there are also barriers to its adoption.
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Global Climate Change
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COVID-19 and Climate Change Both Require One Generation to Sacrifice for Another
Michael E. Webber, Constantine Samaras
May 17, 2021
The Hill
COVID-19 and climate change are both global phenomena that left unmanaged will inflict excruciating human and economic tolls. They also require a similar mix of approaches to solve. But they have one more similarity that attracts less attention: they both require one generation to change behavior in support of another.
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Politics and Government
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How America Can Help Re-Shape the Post-Soviet Countries
William Courtney @courtneywmh, Howard J. Shatz @HowardJShatz
May 17, 2021
The National Interest
For the post-Soviet states, development could bring better living standards and social conditions and promote more stable politics and inclusive governance. The West would make the most difference by focusing on mid-ranked states, especially those undertaking reforms.
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Vaccination
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Vaccine Patents Debate Risks Becoming a Sideshow in the Global Battle Against COVID-19
Krishna B. Kumar @kbkumar_
May 17, 2021
The Hill
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge around the world, the debate is raging over whether patents on existing vaccines should be waived. But the global community could view patent waivers as just one of many available tools for speeding up vaccine delivery worldwide.
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Violent Extremism
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Capitol Rioters Face FBI Arrests and Prosecution. How Not to Make Them Martyrs in the Process
Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins
May 14, 2021
NBC News THINK
The righteous wrath of those who view January 6 as an insurrection and believe we need uncompromising prosecution is understandable. But is it strategic thinking? History has shown that prosecutions based on less severe and politically-fraught charges have a greater chance of resulting in the convictions needed to stop this behavior.
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Socioeconomic Status
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Most Americans Consider Themselves Middle-Class. But Are They?
Jeffrey B. Wenger, Melanie A. Zaber @MelanieZaber
May 14, 2021
ProMarket
There are different ways of determining who should be considered middle-class. But there is one thing they have in common: All reveal that the middle class in the United States is shrinking.
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Educational Equity
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Pandemic Education, Working Mothers, Predicting Cyber Threats: RAND Weekly Recap
May 14, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the urban-rural divide in pandemic education, supporting working moms, what makes a good COVID-19 reopening plan, and more.
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Workforce Management
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Inequality in Opportunity to Work from Home an Underlying Condition Likely Aggravated by the Pandemic
Kathryn E. Bouskill @kebouskill, Scott W. Harold
May 14, 2021
Detroit News
Building a safe, healthy workforce where success, productivity, and financial security are available to all segments of American society could provide resilience against inevitable future shockwaves. Since working from home is a key part of such resilience, policymakers could focus on supporting the advantages, remediating the downsides, and expanding access to this form of work.
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Health Literacy
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How Truth Decay Is Fueling Vaccine Hesitancy
Jennifer Kavanagh
May 14, 2021
The RAND Blog
A recent poll found that more than a quarter of Americans will not try to get vaccinated. The spread of misinformation and disinformation, which is rampant over social media, is one of the factors fueling vaccine hesitancy. And in turn, it's threatening our ability to end the pandemic for good.
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Vaccination
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The Pivotal Role of Remote Working in the Journey to Jab the Nation
Michael Whitmore
May 13, 2021
Workplace Insight
Pulling the UK COVID-19 vaccination program together was an immense logistical and technical effort. Had it not been for the working practices mandated by the lockdown, it would have been even more difficult. What changed over the pandemic to allow this to happen?
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Educational Program Evaluation
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Building an Evidence Base for High School Improvement Will Require Concerted Effort Among Policymakers, School Systems, Researchers, and Funders
Jonathan Schweig, Elizabeth D. Steiner @ED_Steiner, John F. Pane @JohnFPane
May 12, 2021
The RAND Blog
The ultimate goal of every education intervention is to help enable students to achieve their fullest potential. Relatively few interventions suited for high schools are supported by evidence of positive effects. Research that is able to provide sound evidence about effectiveness is more important than ever.
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Supply Chain Management
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Supply Chains and National Security—the Lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bradley Martin
May 11, 2021
The RAND Blog
The many pandemic-related shortages that occurred in the United States and elsewhere provide a clear warning. Serious supply-chain vulnerabilities exist. We need to learn much more about this potential threat to national security.
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Critical Infrastructure Protection
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U.S. Military Power Comes from More Than Just the Defense Budget
Miranda Priebe @MirandaPriebe, Bryan Rooney, Grant Johnson
May 10, 2021
Defense News
With U.S. domestic challenges ranging from the ongoing pandemic to long-delayed infrastructure investments, now is a good time to consider spending that provides both domestic and national security benefits. Infrastructure spending offers one such example.
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Security Cooperation
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What the United States Wants from Japan in Taiwan
Jeffrey W. Hornung
May 10, 2021
Foreign Policy
If a Taiwan conflict breaks out, what might the United States request of Japan? For the U.S.-Japan alliance, the answer is critical if the countries want to translate expressions of support into actual planning and preparation.
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Workforce Management
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Should Mothers Work? We've Been Asking the Wrong Question
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
May 10, 2021
Dallas Morning News
As schools and day cares closed due to the pandemic, millions of women were driven from the labor market. What is it worth to the United States to have mothers in the workforce?
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