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The Limits of Restraint: The Military Implications of a Restrained U.S. Grand Strategy in the Asia-Pacific

RAND researchers propose possible warfighting scenarios in the Asia-Pacific region that could guide defense planning if the United States adopted a grand strategy of restraint. Researchers also describe how U.S. posture in the region would change.

Mar 31, 2022

Miranda Priebe, Kristen Gunness, Karl P. Mueller, Zachary Burdette
Research Brief

A New Framework for Understanding and Countering China's Gray Zone Tactics

This brief presents a framework for understanding how and why China uses gray zone tactics—coercive activities beyond normal diplomacy and trade but below the use of kinetic military force—against U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific.

Mar 30, 2022

Bonny Lin, Cristina L. Garafola, Bruce McClintock, Jonah Blank, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Karen Schwindt, Jennifer D. P. Moroney, Paul Orner, Dennis Borrman, Sarah W. Denton, Jason Chambers
Report

Understanding Competition: Great Power Rivalry in a Changing International Order — Concepts and Theories

U.S. national security policy for the foreseeable future will likely be oriented around competition with China and Russia. The author reviews U.S. government strategy, RAND research, and other sources to help explain international competitions.

Mar 30, 2022

Michael J. Mazarr
Report

Competition in the Gray Zone: Countering China's Coercion Against U.S. Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific

This report examines how and why China uses gray zone tactics—coercive activities beyond normal diplomacy and trade but below the use of kinetic military force—against U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific.

Mar 30, 2022

Bonny Lin, Cristina L. Garafola, Bruce McClintock, Jonah Blank, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Karen Schwindt, Jennifer D. P. Moroney, Paul Orner, Dennis Borrman, Sarah W. Denton, Jason Chambers
Report

Personnel Needs for Department of the Air Force Digital Talent: A Case Study of Software Factories

The authors conducted a case study to identify digital talent needs for the U.S. Department of the Air Force (DAF) in the area of software development by exploring DAF software factories that use modern and agile software development practices.

Mar 30, 2022

Kirsten M. Keller, Maria C. Lytell, Shreyas Bharadwaj
Report

Learning Creates Australia: Evaluation of the Learner's Journey Social Lab

In this report, the authors evaluate 'The Learner's Journey', a social lab designed by Learning Creates Australia to explore ways to assess and accredit learning that better reflect the diverse knowledge sets, skills and dispositions of students.

Mar 30, 2022

Susan Bush-Mecenas, Jonathan Schweig, V. Darleen Opfer
Brochure

The Alliance Initiative: RAND's Support for the Australia–United Kingdom–United States (AUKUS) Partnership

RAND is well positioned to support an Australia-United Kingdom-United States security partnership.

Mar 29, 2022
Journal Article

Developing a Concept of Operations for Joint All-Domain Command and Control with an Embedded Role for Artificial Intelligence Applications

Given the increased complexity of multi-domain operations planning, the reduced timescales, and the greater data requirements, military planners will require new tools, including those based on artificial intelligence/machine learning.

Mar 29, 2022

Sherrill Lingel
Journal Article

Section 1332 Waiver Evaluation Report: Evaluating the Oregon Reinsurance Program

This report documents findings from the evaluation of Oregon's waiver, through which the state implemented the Oregon Reinsurance Program (ORP).

Mar 29, 2022

Jodi L. Liu, Denis Agniel, Christine Eibner, Preethi Rao, Justin Lee, Teague Ruder, Alex Peltz, Justin W. Timbie
Journal Article

Section 1332 Waiver Evaluation Report: Evaluating the Minnesota Reinsurance Program

This report documents findings from the evaluation of Minnesota's waiver, through which the state implemented the Minnesota Premium Security Plan.

Mar 29, 2022

Justin W. Timbie, Denis Agniel, Preethi Rao, Jodi L. Liu, Justin Lee, Teague Ruder, Alex Peltz, Christine Eibner
Journal Article

Section 1332 Waiver Evaluation Report: Evaluating the Alaska Reinsurance Program

This report documents findings from the evaluation of Alaska's waiver, through which the state implemented the Alaska Reinsurance Program (ARP).

Mar 29, 2022

Preethi Rao, Denis Agniel, Jodi L. Liu, Christine Eibner, Justin Lee, Teague Ruder, Alex Peltz, Justin W. Timbie
Journal Article

Assessment of Postoperative Opioid Prescriptions Before and After Implementation of a Mandatory Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

In this study of adult patients who received a postoperative prescription for opioid medication, mandatory consultation with EHR-based alerts was associated with decreases in prescription quantities.

Mar 29, 2022

Rivfka Shenoy, Zachary Wagner, Allison Kirkegaard, Robert J. Romanelli, Satish Mudiganti, Louis T. Mariano, Meghan Martinez, Kyle Zanocco, Katherine E. Watkins
Journal Article

Projected Coverage and Subsidy Impacts If the American Rescue Plan's Marketplace Provisions Sunset in 2023

An estimated 3 million people currently insured in the individual market would lose coverage and become uninsured if the American Rescue Plan's premium tax credit provisions are not extended beyond 2022.

Mar 29, 2022

D. Keith Branham, Christine Eibner, Federico Girosi, Jodi L. Liu, Kenneth Finegold, Christie Peters, Benjamin D. Sommers
Journal Article

Stepped Care for Depression at Integrated Chronic Care Centers (IC3) in Malawi: Study Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

This study will compare the effects of an evidence-based depression care model versus usual care on depression symptom remediation as well as physical health outcomes for chronic care conditions.

Mar 29, 2022

Ryan K. McBain, Owen Mwale, Todd Ruderman, Waste Kayira, Emilia Connolly, Mark Chalamanda, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Brown David Khongo, Jesse Wilson, Emily Wroe, Giuseppe Raviola, Stephanie Smith, Sarah Singer Coleman, Ksakrad Kelly, Amruta Houde, Mahlet Gizaw, Samuel Watson, Kazione Kulisewa, Michael Udedi, Glenn Wagner
Journal Article

Optimal Allocation of Seats in the Presence of Peer Effects: Evidence from a Job Training Program

We model optimal treatment assignment in programs with a limited number of seats and study how the presence of peer effects impact the optimal allocation rule and us data from an RCT to show there are peer effects in the job training context.

Mar 29, 2022

Isaac M. Opper, Matthew D. Baird, John Engberg
Journal Article

Association of Individual and Community Factors With Hepatitis C Infections Among Pregnant People and Newborns

US hepatitis C viral infections among pregnant women grew fastest among White and American Indian/Alaska Native people without a 4-year degree.

Mar 29, 2022

Stephen W. Patrick, William D. Dupont, Elizabeth McNeer, Melissa McPheeters, William O. Cooper, David M. Aronoff, Sarah Osmundson, Bradley D. Stein
Report

Individual Differences in Resistance to Truth Decay: Exploring the Role of Reasoning and Cognitive Biases

The authors describe development of a survey measure that they used to examine characteristics of human cognitive processing (such as cognitive biases) and assess the results for individual resistance to Truth Decay.

Mar 29, 2022

Luke J. Matthews, Andrew M. Parker, Katherine Grace Carman, Rose Kerber, Jennifer Kavanagh
Report

Impacts of Marine Corps Body Composition and Military Appearance Program (BCMAP) Standards on Individual Outcomes and Talent Management

Researchers examine how the U.S. Marine Corps' Body Composition and Military Appearance Program and its associated policies drive individual behavior -- namely those related to disordered eating -- of marines and specifically of women and people of color.

Mar 28, 2022

Jeannette Gaudry Haynie, Joslyn Fleming, Alicia Revitsky Locker, Alice Shih
Journal Article

Ongoing Disparities in Digital and In-Person Access to Child Psychiatric Services in the United States

Although telehealth holds promise for promoting access to child and adolescent psychiatric services, large disparities in overall access to services persists in rural and low-income communities.

Mar 24, 2022

Ryan K. McBain, Jonathan H. Cantor, Aaron Kofner, Bradley D. Stein, Hao Yu
Report

Advancing Global Citizenship in America

This Perspective addresses what global citizenship is, why it is important, how it can be fostered, and ways to promote global citizenship across the political spectrum.

Mar 24, 2022

James Dobbins, Krishna B. Kumar, Karishma V. Patel

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