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  Rapid Analysis of Foreign Malign Information on COVID-19 in the Indo-Pacific: A Proof-of-Concept Study 2021

  Ryan Andrew Brown, William Marcellino, Erik Van Hegewald, Elicia M. John, Adrian Salas, Miriam Matthews

  Researchers used news and blog data to understand efforts by foreign countries to spread malign information regarding COVID-19 in the Indo-Pacific region. The authors used RAND's proprietary lexical analysis platform, RAND-Lex, to explore whether news and blog data could provide some initial insights on the reach of, content of, and tactical strategies used in foreign malign information about COVID-19 in the Indo-Pacific.

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  Understanding and Pursuing Information Advantage 2021

  Christopher Paul

  This article tries to unpack the concept of "information advantage" and explore what it might mean and how it should be thought about by the U.S. Army and the joint force more broadly.

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  Chronic Pain Among Service Members: Using Administrative Data to Strengthen Research and Quality Improvement 2021

  Tisamarie B. Sherry, Carol P. Roth, Mallika Bhandarkar, Kimberly A. Hepner

  Military Health System administrative data, which capture service members' health care utilization, offer insights regarding the prevalence and treatment of chronic pain in the U.S. military. They can also be leveraged to better track improvements in chronic pain care for individual service members and medical readiness across the force.

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  Understanding Influence in the Strategic Competition with China 2021

  Michael J. Mazarr, Bryan Frederick, John J. Drennan, Emily Ellinger, Kelly Elizabeth Eusebi, Bryan Rooney, Andrew Stravers, Emily Yoder

  Over the past two decades, China's role in the geopolitical landscape has grown, and U.S. leaders now view China as a strategic competitor. One of its strategies in that competition is to seek influence around the world. This report examines China's ability to use various mechanisms of influence to shape the policies and behavior of 20 countries, as well as the lessons that these examples offer the United States.

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  An Evaluation of the Military OneSource Call Center in Select Groups of Callers: Call Quality, Call Outcomes, and Caller Satisfaction 2021

  Erika Litvin Bloom, Lisa H. Jaycox, Thomas E. Trail, Allyson D. Gittens, Grace Gahlon, Steven R. Dickerson, Ammarah Mahmud

  Military OneSource operates a call center that provides resources and referrals for military personnel and their families. In this report, the authors evaluate call quality, call outcomes, and caller satisfaction, finding that calls were rated of high quality and that interviewees reported satisfaction with their experience with the service. The authors provide recommendations for operations and identify areas for future study.

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  U.S. Strategic Competition with China: A RAND Research Primer 2021

  Timothy R. Heath

  A rapid unraveling of the U.S.-China relationship—which had been widely viewed as stable and mutually profitable despite long-standing disputes—has unsettled global politics. This Perspective presents key aspects from past RAND Corporation research on the strategic competition between China and the United States, as U.S. policymakers continue to grapple with how best to manage a challenge that is strikingly different from those of the past.

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  A Strong Ally Stretched Thin: An Overview of France's Defense Capabilities from a Burdensharing Perspective 2021

  Stephanie Pezard, Michael Shurkin, David Ochmanek

  In this report, researchers examine the role that the French military might play as a coalition partner in a hypothetical high-intensity conventional conflict in Europe. Researchers drew on a wide range of publications in French and English, as well as on conversations with French defense experts.

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  Measuring Strategic Readiness: Identifying Metrics for Core Dimensions 2021

  Bradley Martin, Michael E. Linick, Laura Fraade-Blanar, Jacqueline Gardner Burns, Christy Foran, Krista Romita Grocholski, Katherine C. Hastings, Sydney Jean Litterer, Kristin F. Lynch, Jared Mondschein

  The authors of this report explore a more expansive approach to readiness assessments—one that looks beyond the narrow lens of operational readiness more typical of readiness systems in use in the Department of Defense and considers a broader set of dimensions that could affect readiness outcomes. This more expansive perspective can lead to a better understanding of the root cause of readiness shortfalls.

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  China's Quest for Global Primacy: An Analysis of Chinese International and Defense Strategies to Outcompete the United States 2021

  Timothy R. Heath, Derek Grossman, Asha Clark

  The authors of this report explore notional international and defense strategies that China might employ to outcompete the United States. The authors created these strategies using Chinese political processes, concepts, policies, and national goals. Their purposes are to support U.S. planning and decisionmaking, educate readers about China's strategy and policymaking process, and spur discussion about the stakes and nature of the competition.

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  A Compendium of Recommendations for Countering Russian and Other State-Sponsored Propaganda 2021

  Todd C. Helmus, Marta Kepe

  To help audiences make sense of the large array of counterdisinformation recommendations, the authors of this report coded recommendations in 64 other policy reports into such categories as social media platform policies, U.S. and allied government policies, awareness and education recommendations, and recommendations for supporting various media and media content. The authors then assessed which recommendations benefit from researcher consensus.

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  Sexual Assault of Sexual Minorities in the U.S. Military 2021

  Andrew R. Morral, Terry L. Schell

  The authors of this report estimate the proportion of all sexually assaulted military service members who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, or who do not indicate they identify as heterosexual. They find that although this group makes up only 12 percent of the active duty population, it accounted for approximately 43 percent of all sexually assaulted service members in 2018.

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  Deciphering Chinese Deterrence Signalling in the New Era: An Analytic Framework and Seven Case Studies 2021

  Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Derek Grossman, Kristen Gunness, Michael S. Chase, Marigold Black, Natalia D. Simmons-Thomas

  The authors examine how China's approach to deterrence signalling is evolving along with its expanding objectives, growing military capabilities, and the availability of new communication channels. This report presents a framework to evaluate China's changing approach, one that is intended to enable analysts and policymakers in Australia, the United States, and other countries to appropriately characterise, interpret, and respond to Chinese deterrence signalling.

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  Making the Grade: Integration of Joint Professional Military Education and Talent Management in Developing Joint Officers 2021

  Paul W. Mayberry, Charles A. Goldman, Kimberly Jackson, Eric Hastings, Hannah Acheson-Field, Anthony Lawrence

  The authors examine how joint educational institutions, joint stakeholders, and the military services can support a transition to joint professional military education (JPME) using the outcomes expected of graduates rather than traditional learning processes. They also provide recommendations for how joint stakeholders and the military services can better integrate talent management and JPME processes to support the outcomes-based approach.

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  Risk Factors for Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Findings from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study 2021

  Terry L. Schell, Andrew R. Morral, Matthew Cefalu, Coreen Farris, Miriam Matthews

  This report describes analyses designed to identify service member and environmental characteristics that are associated with service members' risk of sexual assault or sexual harassment. These analyses draw on data from one of the largest surveys ever conducted on sexual assault and harassment experiences, the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study.

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  Exploring Chinese Military Thinking on Social Media Manipulation Against Taiwan 2021

  Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Jessica Drun

  This article addresses a gap in the current policy discussion, provides evidence of Chinese military planning for covert manipulation of Taiwanese social media, and explores how its interest in and tactics for social media manipulation have evolved over time.

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