Expert Insights

Jun 15, 2015

Getting the Most Out of University Strategic Planning: Essential Guidance for Success and Obstacles to Avoid

Higher education institutions exist in a competitive marketplace. Strategic planning can help them maintain stability and respond constructively to external threats. We identify factors that promote or impede planning process success.

Charles A. Goldman, Hanine Salem
Jun 1, 2015

Iran's Role in Iraq: Room for Cooperation?

This paper examines Iran's objectives and influence in Iraq in light of ISIL's ascendance. The paper focuses on Iran's ties with Iraqi Shi'a parties and militias and the implications of Iran's sectarian policies for U.S. interests.

Alireza Nader
May 1, 2015

Respect and Legitimacy — A Two-Way Street: Strengthening Trust Between Police and the Public in an Era of Increasing Transparency

Amid recent tensions between law enforcement and the public, the author addresses key questions that must be answered to build the foundation for long-lasting mutual trust, especially given technological changes that are increasing transparency.

Brian A. Jackson
Mar 25, 2015

NATO Needs a Comprehensive Strategy for Russia

This perspective describes two possible strategies -- (1) punishment and disengagement and (2) resilience and engagement -- for how the North Atlantic Treaty Organization can approach Russia in light of Moscow's continuing intervention in Ukraine.

Olga Oliker, Michael J. McNerney, Lynn E. Davis
Mar 11, 2015

Borrowing for the Cure: Debt Financing of Breakthrough Treatments

This paper offers a research-grounded perspective on innovative financing mechanisms to facilitate access to expensive yet highly effective breakthrough medical treatments.

Soeren Mattke, Emily Hoch
Feb 23, 2015

Sustaining U.S. Leadership in the Asia-Pacific Region: Why a Strategy of Direct Defense Against Antiaccess and Area Denial Threats Is Desirable and Feasible

This perspective is intended to contribute to the growing debate over how to respond to recent military advances of potential adversaries by examining a potentially effective and feasible overall military approach to the challenge -- direct defense.

David A. Ochmanek
Feb 23, 2015

Mitigating the Impact of Ebola in Potential Hot Zones: A Proof-of-Concept Approach to Help Decisionmakers Prepare for High-Risk Scenarios Outside Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

This perspective describes a proof-of-concept approach intended to help decisionmakers systematically assess the risk of the spread of Ebola to potentially vulnerable countries and then consider actions to mitigate the impact of Ebola there.

Bill Gelfeld, Shira Efron, Melinda Moore, Jonah Blank
Feb 16, 2015

When Jihadis Come Marching Home: The Terrorist Threat Posed by Westerners Returning from Syria and Iraq

This Perspective seeks to examine the scope of the threat posed by Westerners who return to their homes after fighting in Syria and Iraq; what can be done to reduce the threat, and whether military action is necessary in combating it.

Brian Michael Jenkins
Feb 13, 2015

Intra-Action Report — A Dynamic Tool for Emergency Managers and Policymakers: A Proof of Concept and Illustrative Application to the 2014–2015 Ebola Crisis

Using the Ebola outbreak as an example, the authors introduce a practical proof-of-concept policy analysis tool -- the Intra-Action Report -- that provides a systematic way to capture and communicate progress over the course of an emergency response.

Margaret Chamberlin, Adeyemi Okunogbe, Melinda Moore, Mahshid Abir
Feb 9, 2015

A Simple Approach to Assessing Potential Health Emergency Interventions: A Proof of Concept and Illustrative Application to the 2014–2015 Ebola Crisis

Using Ebola as an illustrative example, RAND developed a practical proof-of-concept policy analysis tool that enables a decisionmaker to systematically assess proposed interventions either before or during a public health emergency.

Margaret Chamberlin, Shira Efron, Melinda Moore
Feb 2, 2015

The Days After a Deal with Iran: Implications for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

One of a series of RAND Perspectives on what the Middle East and U.S. policy might look like in "the days after a deal" with Iran, this Perspective examines a deal's implications for the nuclear nonproliferation regime.

Jeffrey Kaplow, Rebecca Gibbons
Feb 2, 2015

The Days After a Deal with Iran: Implications for the Air Force

This Perspective examines the choices the United States will confront in its policies toward Iran and its regional partners in the event that a final nuclear agreement is reached.

Lynn E. Davis, David E. Thaler

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Getting the Most Out of University Strategic Planning: Essential Guidance for Success and Obstacles to Avoid

Iran's Role in Iraq: Room for Cooperation?

Respect and Legitimacy — A Two-Way Street: Strengthening Trust Between Police and the Public in an Era of Increasing Transparency

NATO Needs a Comprehensive Strategy for Russia

Borrowing for the Cure: Debt Financing of Breakthrough Treatments

Sustaining U.S. Leadership in the Asia-Pacific Region: Why a Strategy of Direct Defense Against Antiaccess and Area Denial Threats Is Desirable and Feasible

Mitigating the Impact of Ebola in Potential Hot Zones: A Proof-of-Concept Approach to Help Decisionmakers Prepare for High-Risk Scenarios Outside Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

When Jihadis Come Marching Home: The Terrorist Threat Posed by Westerners Returning from Syria and Iraq

Intra-Action Report — A Dynamic Tool for Emergency Managers and Policymakers: A Proof of Concept and Illustrative Application to the 2014–2015 Ebola Crisis

A Simple Approach to Assessing Potential Health Emergency Interventions: A Proof of Concept and Illustrative Application to the 2014–2015 Ebola Crisis

The Days After a Deal with Iran: Implications for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

The Days After a Deal with Iran: Implications for the Air Force

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Getting the Most Out of University Strategic Planning: Essential Guidance for Success and Obstacles to Avoid

Iran's Role in Iraq: Room for Cooperation?

Respect and Legitimacy — A Two-Way Street: Strengthening Trust Between Police and the Public in an Era of Increasing Transparency

NATO Needs a Comprehensive Strategy for Russia

Borrowing for the Cure: Debt Financing of Breakthrough Treatments

Sustaining U.S. Leadership in the Asia-Pacific Region: Why a Strategy of Direct Defense Against Antiaccess and Area Denial Threats Is Desirable and Feasible

Mitigating the Impact of Ebola in Potential Hot Zones: A Proof-of-Concept Approach to Help Decisionmakers Prepare for High-Risk Scenarios Outside Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

When Jihadis Come Marching Home: The Terrorist Threat Posed by Westerners Returning from Syria and Iraq

Intra-Action Report — A Dynamic Tool for Emergency Managers and Policymakers: A Proof of Concept and Illustrative Application to the 2014–2015 Ebola Crisis

A Simple Approach to Assessing Potential Health Emergency Interventions: A Proof of Concept and Illustrative Application to the 2014–2015 Ebola Crisis

The Days After a Deal with Iran: Implications for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

The Days After a Deal with Iran: Implications for the Air Force

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