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Reports

Occupational Health and Safety

U.S. Workplace Is Physically and Emotionally Taxing

Aug 14, 2017

Maestas, et al.

Americans face unpleasant and potentially hazardous working conditions, physical exertion, unstable schedules, and have to work during their free time. Despite these challenges, they have some autonomy, most feel confident about their skill set, and many receive social support on the job.
Defense Health Agency

More Than 80% of Military Health Facilities Provide Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Aug 9, 2017

Herman, et al.

In addition to conventional medicine, 83 percent of military health care facilities offer therapies like acupuncture, chiropractic, stress management, yoga, biofeedback, and massage for pain management and psychological disorders.
Health Care Workforce

Clinicians, Staff at Safety-Net Medical Clinics Report Increasing Dissatisfaction with Workplace

Aug 7, 2017

Friedberg @MWFriedberg, et al.

Physicians, nurses and other staff members at medical clinics that care for people from lower-income communities are increasingly dissatisfied with their jobs, adding to evidence that the health care workforce is under stress.
Information Security

Australia's Cyber Security Policy Options

Aug 7, 2017

Mikolic-Torreira, et al.

An exercise with participants from government, industry, think tanks, academia, and the media explored opportunities to improve cyber security and inform Australia's strategy. Recommendations include creating and enforcing technology security standards, crafting international agreements to address challenges, and increasing awareness to keep users safe online.
Russia

What Is Russia's Strategy in the Middle East?

Aug 7, 2017

Sladden @james_sladden, et al.

Russia's regional strategy is an approach of ways and means, where broad principles take the place of prescribed ends. Moscow is constantly seeking to improve its short-term economic, military, and political advantages.
Mental Health Treatment

What Is the Quality of Mental Health Care in the Military?

Aug 7, 2017

Hepner @KimberlyHepner, et al.

The care provided by the Military Health System (MHS) is critical to maintaining a physically and psychologically healthy, mission-ready force. When it comes to PTSD and depression, the MHS demonstrates excellent care in some areas but could improve in others.

Blog Posts

Information Security

Gaming Policy in Cyberspace

Aug 23, 2017

Price, et al.

Hacked devices and intellectual property theft are a rich hunting ground for policy development. The challenge posed by Internet-connect devices is only getting worse as the number of online devices continues to grow.
Political Reform Movements

The Post-Arab Spring Experience: Q&A with Shelly Culbertson

Aug 23, 2017

It's too early to say whether the Arab Spring will turn out to be a success or not. It was about people in the region deciding what they did not want and rising up against it, but they hadn't worked out what they did want. Many of them still have hope.
Afghanistan

Trump's New Afghanistan Strategy: Governing from the Center?

Aug 22, 2017

Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins

The president has embraced a national security establishment strategy for Afghanistan with a veneer of Trumpian flourishes that do not alter its essence. The result is likely to disappoint some of his supporters and to be criticized by his opponents, but it will also secure a measure of bipartisan support.
Arms Proliferation and Control

How We Can Keep Iran from Becoming the Next North Korea

Aug 22, 2017

Mazarr

The U.S. brokered an agreement to constrain North Korea's nuclear program 25 years ago but hard-liners abandoned it with vague intentions of coercing the North into something better. They never did, and now a runaway North Korean program poses real danger. This offers a powerful reason to preserve the Iranian nuclear deal.
North Korea

Understanding North Korea

Aug 18, 2017

How should the U.S. respond to North Korea's provocative behavior? Even the best military options could be cataclysmically bad, but there are nonmilitary options to convince Kim Jong Un that the costs of his provocations outweigh any benefits.
Counterterrorism

When the Car Is a Terror Weapon, Can We Prepare for Attacks?

Aug 18, 2017

Clarke @ColinPClarke

Soft targets, so-called because they are more vulnerable to terrorism due to lower levels of security, are notoriously difficult to protect, and the latest shift to using vehicles to conduct ramming attacks only compounds the problem for authorities.

Multimedia and Infographics

The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization)

Making Victory Count After Defeating ISIS

Aug 4, 2017

In this Call with the Experts, Senior Policy Researcher Shelly Culbertson discusses the challenges ahead to ensure peace and stability following the defeat of ISIS in Mosul. Media relations director Jeffrey Hiday moderates the call.
Marijuana

What a Scientist Suggests You Tell Your Kids About Legal Marijuana

Jul 21, 2017

In this PBS News Hour segment, RAND Behavioral scientist Elizabeth D’Amico, who has researched drug and alcohol use among teens for more than 20 years, discusses what kids need to know about the use of legal marijuana.
North Korea

North Korea's Continuous Provocations

Jul 17, 2017

In this July 17th, 2017 congressional briefing, Bruce W. Bennett, Senior International/Defense Researcher, discusses North Korea's nuclear missile programs, its changing relationship with China, and implications for U.S. policy.
The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization)

The Terrorist Diaspora

Jul 13, 2017

An overview of the testimony presented by Colin Clarke before the House Homeland Security Committee Task Force on Denying Terrorists Entry into the United States on July 13, 2017.
Veteran Health Care

Creating Better Support for Our Nation's Hidden Heroes

Jun 14, 2017

An overview of the testimony presented by Terri Tanielian before the Senate Special Committee on Aging on June 14, 2017.
Marijuana

States vs. the Federal Government: Marijuana Legalization in the United States

Jun 9, 2017

In this June 9th, 2017 congressional briefing, Beau Kilmer, codirector of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center, provides an overview of recent changes in marijuana policies as well as options for the federal government.