RAND Review

Recent Issues

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  RAND Review: September-October 2018 September 4, 2018

  This issue spotlights RAND's research on social and emotional learning; workforce development in Appalachia; and the effects of marijuana ads on adolescents and young adults.

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  RAND Review: July-August 2018 July 2, 2018

  This issue spotlights RAND's Gun Policy in America initiative and RAND's evaluation of Housing for Health, a Los Angeles County program that has moved some of its most chronically homeless and vulnerable residents into permanent housing.

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  RAND Review: May-June 2018 April 30, 2018

  This issue features research on preventing child abuse and neglect and improving outcomes for children in the U.S. child-welfare system; a look back on RAND's 70 years of innovation; and an exploration of the human side of artificial intelligence.

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  RAND Review: March-April 2018 March 5, 2018

  This issue features a Q&A with Michael Rich, Soledad O'Brien, and Francis Fukuyama on the perils of truth decay, and a story on the trend toward unretirement among U.S. workers. The Voices column features Gulrez Shah Azhar on environmental refugees.

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  RAND Review: January-February 2018 January 3, 2018

  This issue highlights RAND research on life inside the Islamic State and on the economic returns of early childhood investments, plus lessons for the U.S. from Britain's approach to free child care.

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  RAND Review: November-December 2017 October 19, 2017

  This issue highlights recent RAND research on post-9/11 military caregivers; RAND-Lex, a computer program built at RAND that can analyze huge data sets of text; and the implications of climate change on Arctic cooperation.

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  RAND Review: September-October 2017 August 24, 2017

  This issue highlights recent RAND research on North Korea; RAND's future workspace pilot project; and insights on the post--Arab Spring experience in the Middle East.

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  RAND Review: July-August 2017 July 11, 2017

  This issue highlights recent RAND research on the prevalence and burden of chronic health conditions; on the economic benefits of U.S. overseas security commitments; and on what RAND is doing to anticipate emerging global security challenges.

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  RAND Review: May-June 2017 May 2, 2017

  This issue highlights recent RAND research on suicide prevention; on the scope of the humanitarian and security crisis in the Mediterranean region; and on what RAND is doing to improve the security and well-being of people throughout the Middle East.

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  RAND Review: March-April 2017 March 7, 2017

  This issue highlights RAND research on the significant toll that poor sleep takes on society; ways to maximize benefits of investments in electricity infrastructure; social determinants of health; and RAND's new office in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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  RAND Review: January-February 2017 January 12, 2017

  This issue highlights ways that RAND researchers on the ground in Uganda are having a measurable impact on the lives of men and women struggling with HIV and depression. The issue also features a tribute to the late economist Charles Wolf Jr.

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  RAND Review: November-December 2016 October 17, 2016

  This issue highlights the policy issues facing the next U.S. president; the problem of food, energy, and water scarcity throughout the world; and the connection between violence against women and murder.

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  RAND Review: September-October 2016 August 29, 2016

  This issue highlights transgender personnel in the U.S. military; promising evidence on personalized learning in U.S. classrooms; a Q&A on gaming and public policy; excerpts from John Lewis' Pardee RAND commencement address, and more.

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  RAND Review: July-August 2016 June 27, 2016

  This issue highlights the stress of military deployments and resilience of military families; RAND research on cybercrime, network defense, and data breaches; the 40th anniversary of RAND's landmark Health Insurance Experiment; and more.

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  RAND Review: May-June 2016 May 2, 2016

  This issue highlights integrative medicine and the future of health care; the RAND American Life Panel; a commentary on how to expedite the process of resolving open cases at Guantánamo Bay; women soldiers on the special ops battlefield; and more.

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  RAND Review: March-April 2016 February 29, 2016

  This issue highlights RAND research on new ways to measure wellbeing in cities; effects of cigarette advertising on teens; supermarkets in so-called "food deserts"; the decline of civics education in American schools; and more.

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  RAND Review: January-February 2016 January 11, 2016

  This issue highlights RAND research findings on the effectiveness of correctional education in U.S. prisons; an exploration of how emerging technologies present an ongoing challenge to the criminal-justice community; and more.

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  RAND Review: November-December 2015 October 19, 2015

  This issue reports on efforts to help veterans transition into the civilian workforce; uptake of buprenorphine as a recovery drug for those addicted to heroin and prescription painkillers; ways to combat poppy cultivation in Afghanistan; and more.

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  RAND Review: September-October 2015 August 21, 2015

  This issue of RAND Review reports on the staggering costs of dementia in the United States; the most critical global choices and challenges the next U.S. president will likely face; tips to protect the health of kids heading back to school; and more.

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  RAND Review: July-August 2015 July 2, 2015

  This issue of RAND Review reports on the economic costs of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, healthy menu options for food trucks, ways to bridge the civilian-military gap, the depiction of terrorism on television, and more.

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  RAND Review: May-June 2015 May 4, 2015

  This issue of RAND Review reports on smart-grid technologies, the nuclear deal with Iran, the education crisis among Syrian children, diversity in the biomedical scientific workforce, and recent philanthropic gifts to RAND.

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  RAND Review: March-April 2015 March 4, 2015

  This issue of RAND Review reports on American jihadists and the threat of homegrown terrorism in Europe, drug-resistant superbugs and the economic costs of antimicrobial resistance, profiling, resilient cities, and recent philanthropic gifts to RAND.

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  RAND Review: January-February 2015 January 12, 2015

  This issue of RAND Review reports on technology literacy in kids, self-driving cars, marijuana legalization, hacking and cybersecurity, monetary compensation for mass tragedies, and recent philanthropic gifts to RAND.

Archived Issues

Back issues of RAND Review are available online through 1998.

• Summer 2014: Wild Wild Web: For Now, Cybercrime Has the Upper Hand in Its Duel with the Law
• Spring 2014: High and Dry? From the Rockies to the Sierra, Water Managers Gauge Implications of Climate Change
• Fall 2013: Heavy Lift: Truly Comprehensive Immigration Reform Would Span the Migrant Labor Lifecycle
• Summer 2013: Enemy Within: Military Sexual Assault Inflicts Physical, Psychological, Financial Pain
• Winter 2012–2013: Cultural Oasis: For Arab Children, Collected Works Offer Roads to Tolerance, Critical Thinking
• Fall 2012: Farsighted Leadership in a Shortsighted World: Looking Beyond the 2012 U.S. Election
• Spring 2012: How to Defuse Iran's Nuclear Threat: Bolster Diplomacy, Israeli Security, and the Iranian Citizenry
• Winter 2011/2012: Dusk, Dawn, and High Noon: Demographic Trends Forecast Next Phases for China, India, and the United States
• Summer 2011: Beyond the Shadow of 9/11
• Spring 2011: Gays in the Military: Eventually, New Facts Conquer Old Taboos
• Winter 2010-2011: Still Shaky: A Year After the Earthquake in Haiti, the Key to Stability Is to Build the State
• Summer 2010: “When I’m 64”: How Aging U.S. Baby Boomers Have Begun to Carry That Weight
• Spring 2010: Energy Resiliency: A New Way for Israel to Tap into the Future
• Winter 2009-2010: Shifting Terrain: Stabilization Operations Require a Better Balance Between Civilian and Military Efforts
• Summer 2009: Third Opinion: A Leading Health Researcher Looks Beyond the Reform Debate
• Spring 2009: Cost Controls: How Government Can Get More Bang for Its Buck
• Fall 2008: A Better Deal: Twelve Suggestions for the New U.S. President
• Summer 2008: Issues over the Horizon: Eleven Emerging Challenges
• Spring 2008: Baby Steps: Comparison of Neonatal Services Points to National Health Care Lessons
• Fall 2007: Passing or Failing? A Midterm Report Card for “No Child Left Behind”
• Summer 2007: Afghanistan on the Edge: A World at Risk of Winning the Urban Battle, Losing the Rural War, Abandoning the Regional Solution
• Spring 2007: Keeping the Pacific: An American Response to China’s Growing Military Might
• Fall 2006: Delta Dawning: Gulf Coast Efforts Look Beyond Recovery Toward Lasting Renewal
• Summer 2006: True Grit: To Counter Terror, We Must Conquer Our Own Fear
• Spring 2006: Iraq and Beyond: Recognizing Shortfalls in Performance, Identifying Options for Improvement
• Fall 2005: Many Happy Returns: Early Childhood Programs Entail Costs, but the Paybacks Could Be Substantial
• Summer 2005: Peace Entrenched: Planning for a Palestinian State Should Not Await a Final Settlement
• Spring 2005: Ultimate Test: Who Is Accountable for Education If Everybody Fails?
• Fall 2004: Breaking Ranks: U.S. Commanders Need Flexible Ways to Manage Personnel
• Summer 2004: Localize the Remedy: Community Efforts Can Ameliorate Poor Quality of Care
• Spring 2004: Redefining the Enemy: The World Has Changed, But Our Mindset Has Not
• Fall 2003: Unruly Turf: The Role of Interagency Collaborations in Reducing Gun Violence
• Summer 2003: Nation-Building: The Inescapable Responsibility of the World's Only Superpower
• Spring 2003: Preponderance of Evidence: Judging What to Do About Ephedra
• Fall 2002: Conflicting Benefits: Trade-Offs in Welfare Reform
• Summer 2002: Hitting Home: What We've Learned Since 9/11 and What We Should Do About It
• Spring 2002: Putting Theory to the Test: Systems of “Educational Accountability” Should Be Held Accountable
• Fall 2001: Full Alert: An Arsenal of Ideas for the War Against Terrorism
• Summer 2001: Shipshape: A Reorganized Military for a New Global Role
• Spring 2001: Executive Briefing: A Global Agenda for the U.S. President
• Fall 2000: Transcendental Destination: Where Will the Information Revolution Lead?
• Summer 2000: Balanced Ticket: Proposals for a More Perfect Union and a World of Decision
• Winter 1999-2000: May Cooler Tempers Prevail: Let Technology Reduce Hot Air Over Global Warming
• Fall 1999: Privileged Treatment: Inequities in HIV Care Demand Remedies for U.S. Health Care
• Spring 1999: Common Interests, Common Responsibilities: How an Atlantic Partnership Could Stabilize the Middle East
• Winter 1998-99: Old Madness, New Methods: Revival of Religious Terrorism Begs for Broader U.S. Policy
• Fall 1998: 50 Years of Looking Forward (Special Commemorative Issue)