2018

Crime and Violence Prevention
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Helping Police Find Better Strategies to Fight Crime
Dec 14, 2018
Which police interventions work best in certain situations, and which don't? A new RAND resource helps police choose the best strategies—and put them to work.
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Adult Populations
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Millennials Worry Less About National Security Than Baby Boomers Do—for Now
Jun 14, 2018
Millennials are not as concerned as baby boomers are about national security. But these attitudes may be more about being young than being millennials.
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Politics and Government
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How to Increase Immunity to Truth Decay
May 16, 2018
Americans have always held differing views about policy issues. But more and more, they disagree about basic facts. This is a symptom of what RAND calls "Truth Decay," and it's doing severe damage to democracy in the United States.
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Emerging Technologies
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Four Ways 3D Printing May Threaten Security
May 8, 2018
3D printing has the potential to improve lives. But it could also bring new perils, such as disrupting weapons regulations and jeopardizing manufacturing jobs. While there's reason to be cautious about this technology, there's also danger in overreacting and overregulating what could be a new era of innovation.
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Emerging Technologies
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Can Humans Survive a Faster Future?
May 1, 2018
Life is moving faster and faster. Just about everything—transportation, weapons, the flow of information—is accelerating. How will decisionmakers preserve our personal and national security in the face of hyperspeed?
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Artificial Intelligence
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Increase the Risk of Nuclear War
Apr 24, 2018
Advances in artificial intelligence have provoked a new kind of arms race among nuclear powers. AI could challenge the basic rules of nuclear deterrence and lead to catastrophic miscalculations.
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