RAND Research Topic: Air Warfare2024-03-23T00:34:55ZCopyright (c) 2024, The RAND CorporationRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/topics/air-warfare.htmlLeveraging Complexity in Great-Power Competition and WarfareSherrill Lingel; Matthew Sargent; Timothy R. Gulden; Tim McDonald; Parousia Rockstrohhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA589-1.html2021-08-26T08:15:00Z2021-08-26T08:15:00Z<p>This report is the first in a two-part series that examines how complex adaptive systems thinking can be applied to great-power competition and warfare to aid in understanding how complexity might be exploited to U.S. advantage.</p>Civilian Casualties: Lessons from the Battle for RaqqaRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/articles/2022/civilian-casualties-lessons-from-the-battle-for-raqqa.html2022-07-01T12:00:00Z2022-07-01T12:00:00ZThe United States' emphasis on minimizing civilian harm in Raqqa, Syria, was quite clear and strong up and down the chain of command. But the way in which the U.S. military waged war in Raqqa too often undercut that commitment. The Pentagon asked RAND to find out what happened.