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Members of China's research team setting up an ocean profiling float near the icebreaker Xuelong in the Arctic Ocean, August 18, 2016, photo by Wu Yue/Xinhua/Alamy

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What are China’s Strategy and Activities in the Arctic?

Although a non-Arctic state, China has become a significant player in the Arctic region, engaging in economic, scientific, cultural, diplomatic, and military activities in and around various Arctic countries. A new RAND report assesses the potential implications of Chinese investments and activities in the Arctic for the regional rules-based order and for regional and transatlantic security.

The authors advance five recommendations that the U.S. government in collaboration with international partners and indigenous populations could take to maintain and reinforce current factors of Arctic resilience and mitigate undesirable Chinese involvement in the region.
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National Security Research Division

U.S. Navy

Understanding Russian Coercive Signaling

Samuel Charap et al.

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Renewing U.S. Security Policy in the Middle East

Shelly Culbertson et al.

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A Japan Ground Self Defense Force soldier (left) and a U.S. Army soldier (right) salute the Japanese and U.S. flags during the opening ceremony of Rising Thunder 2021 at Yakima Training Center, Washington, December 1, 2021, photo by Spc. Dean Johnson/U.S. Army

Spc. Dean Johnson/U.S. Army

Does the U.S. Economy Benefit from U.S. Alliances and Forward Military Presence?

Bryan Rooney et al.

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Pilots prepare for a combat mission in a ready room aboard a U.S. Navy ship

James R. Evans/U.S. Navy

The Women’s Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Members

Sarah O. Meadows et al.

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Lauren Russell/U.S. Air Force

How the Dobbs Decision Could Affect U.S. National Security

Kyleanne M. Hunter et al.

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Calvin Reimold/U.S. Army Reserve Command

The Military Demographic Equity Support Tool: A Tool for Helping Decisionmakers Address Disparities in Career Success

David Schulker et al.

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Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lewis Hunsaker/U.S. Navy

A Methodology for Quantifying the Value of Cybersecurity Investments in the Navy

Bradley Wilson et al.

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rose Li, right, hands a notebook to Airman 1st Class Eric Gardella, both 86th Communications Squadron wing cyber readiness technicians, while monitoring malicious network activity during exercise Tacet Venari at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 2, 2020, photo by Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer/U.S. Air Force

Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer/U.S. Air Force

Support to the DoD Cyber Workforce Zero-Based Review: Developing a Repeatable Process for Conducting ZBRs Within DoD

Molly F. McIntosh et al.

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Digital Infrastructure and Digital Presence: A Framework for Assessing the Impact on Future Military Competition and Conflict

Julia Brackup et al.

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Criminal History Record Information Sharing with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency: Education and Training Materials for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Partners

Douglas C. Ligor et al.

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U.S. Army

Justice Must Go On: The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Military Court Operations

Michelle Grisé et al.

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Project Air Force

A student from the U.S. Air Force Pararescue School shields a wounded Airman during a mass casualty exercise at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, January 6, 2018

Jim Fisher/U.S. Air Force

Assessment and Selection for U.S. Air Force Special Warfare: Vol. 1, Defining Attributes and Designing Rater Training

Tracy C. Krueger et al.

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Sgt. Stephanie Ramirez/Army Reserve

Options for Improving Strategic Utilization of the Air Reserve Component for Sustained Active-Duty Missions

Agnes Gereben Schaefer et al.

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Army Research Division

RAND Corporation

Rapidly Detecting and Correcting Degradation of Military Supply Distribution Performance: Algorithms, Visualizations, and Case Studies

James R. Broyles et al.

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RAND Congressional Resources Staff

Jayme Fuglesten
Director, Office of Congressional Relations

Kurt Card
National Security Legislative Analyst

Nathaniel Lutovsky
Legislative Analyst

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