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Finding Common Ground in AGI Strategy Debates by RAND
A diagnosis and prescription for humanity’s most consequential strategic challenge.
Seeking Stability in the Age of AGI by RAND
How to maintain adequate stability through the transition to artificial general intelligence is among the defining issues of our time.
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Jul 7, 2026
Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) creates a strategist’s dilemma: U.S. leaders owe duties to their citizens and face obligations to prevent catastrophic harm to anyone. The author argues that both kinds of reasons should shape U.S. AI strategy.
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This report provides a strategic framework for assessing the conditional value of artificial intelligence partnerships across different technological futures and presents options for transatlantic cooperation that advance U.S. strategic interests.
Jul 6, 2026
Global artificial intelligence (AI) competition is not just a sprint to develop advanced AI but also a marathon to accumulate its net benefits. Resilience is a strategic advantage as AI integration likely will involve persistent disruption.
Jun 24, 2026
Transformative artificial intelligence presents safety and societal risks and has prospective benefits. The authors develop a structured framework for how industry and civil society can help manage and mitigate those risks.
Jun 1, 2026
The possible emergence of artificial general intelligence promises both awesome opportunities and lurking risks. Researchers modeled the geopolitical race toward AGI as a series of strategic interactions between the U.S. and China using game-theoretic frameworks inspired by Cold War competition.
May 4, 2026
The author aims to inform artificial intelligence contingency planning under the premise that preserving strategic optionality for future U.S.-China engagement serves U.S. interests. He proposes five potential lines of effort for doing so.
Apr 30, 2026
The author provides a theoretical framework for understanding artificial intelligence (AI) diffusion dynamics in the presence of competing technologies with heterogeneous value propositions.
Apr 29, 2026
This paper presents an overview and observations on Breakwater, a game that explores instability risks in the U.S.-China rivalry and race to artificial general intelligence.
Apr 27, 2026
The authors describe an artificial general intelligence (AGI) Rideout strategy to avoid geopolitical risks in the race toward and transition to AGI. The strategy prioritizes deterring conflicts and increasing U.S. tech infrastructure resilience.
Apr 20, 2026
As artificial intelligence (AI) systems assume more decisionmaking roles in government, the economy, and society, a question emerges: Will humans retain the capacity to shape collective outcomes?
Apr 13, 2026
This report describes a series of exercises run with the Business and Civil Society scenario on the Infinite Potential platform. Players took on roles as business and civil society leaders and tackled challenges arising from artificial intelligence.
Apr 6, 2026
In this after-action report, the authors describe a series of exercises centered on the misuse of artificial intelligence models to generate novel biological threats and intended to elicit policy options that could help reduce the risks and impact.
