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Great-Power Competition Outside the Indo-Pacific and Europe
The United States, China, and Russia are competing for influence in secondary theaters like Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. Where and why could competition turn into conflict, and what form might that conflict take?

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Alternative Futures Following a Great Power War
RAND researchers generated four plausible near-term scenarios describing a war with China or Russia, and assessed how they could shape the postwar strategic environment.
Twenty Years After the Iraq War, a Q&A with RAND Experts
On the 20th anniversary of the war in Iraq, RAND experts discussed what the war means for the people of Iraq and the veterans who fought there, what lessons the U.S. military learned (or did not learn), and what effect it has had on the balance of power in the Middle East and the global reputation of the United States.
Unraveling Entanglement: Policy Implications of Using Non-Dedicated Systems for Nuclear Command and Control
Recent arguments have emphasized the increased risk of inadvertent escalation from integrating and comingling conventional and nuclear command and control (NC2) systems. In this report, the authors argue that these concerns are overstated. However, they also point out that certain risks associated with using non-dedicated systems for NC2 warrant more-focused attention.
Vanishing Trade Space: Assessing the Prospects for Great Power Cooperation in an Era of Competition
To what extent can the United States still cooperate with China and Russia in certain areas even in this era of strategic competition? This report presents the overarching findings of a study that explored these questions.
Prospects for U.S.-China and U.S.-Russia Security Cooperation
In a world now dominated by U.S. strategic competition with Russia and China, the obstacles to cooperation—particularly the absence of trust—are growing. Cooperation will be rare and narrowly focused, often limited to making strategic competition "safer."
Bolstering U.S. Air Bases Against Chinese and Russian Attacks
There's a growing consensus that China and Russia represent major threats to U.S. interests, and there are calls to counter the threats cost-effectively. Air base resilience requires close familiarity with the threat, a systematic approach for addressing it, and sustained efforts to build on investments in protection.
Managing the Escalation Risks of U.S. Military Activities in the Indo-Pacific
Grounded in 14 case studies of reactions by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to U.S. military activities and other events in the Indo-Pacific, this brief offers U.S. military planners a framework to identify the PRC perceptions that are likely to cause an aggressive or escalatory PRC response.

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Project Air Force is Making a Difference with the Air Force

Research Spotlight

Great-Power Competition Outside the Indo-Pacific and Europe

Recent Work

Alternative Futures Following a Great Power War

Twenty Years After the Iraq War, a Q&A with RAND Experts

Unraveling Entanglement: Policy Implications of Using Non-Dedicated Systems for Nuclear Command and Control

Vanishing Trade Space: Assessing the Prospects for Great Power Cooperation in an Era of Competition

Prospects for U.S.-China and U.S.-Russia Security Cooperation

Bolstering U.S. Air Bases Against Chinese and Russian Attacks

Managing the Escalation Risks of U.S. Military Activities in the Indo-Pacific

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