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Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Journal Article
Aug 7, 2024
This publication follows work done during the Tech and Narrative Lab on gaming topics related to systemic risk. It publishes a game theoretic model of debt crises.
Jul 18, 2024
This report explores the risks and rewards of granting access to belligerents during conflict through Greece in WWI and Sweden in WWII. These cases highlight the need to understand historical access decisions for future policy.
Commentary
May 13, 2024
In February, Turkey successfully completed the maiden test flight of its prototype Kaan fighter, the culmination of long-term investment in the country's defense technology and industrial base. But Turkey clearly has more development and testing work to do if Kaan is to reach its potential.
Apr 18, 2024
Authors examine the little-understood period just weeks after the invasion of Ukraine during which simultaneous intense diplomacy involving Moscow, Kyiv, and a host of other actors could have resulted in a settlement.
Feb 26, 2024
While safe areas are intuitively attractive, their effectiveness depends on the resources and resolve of the implementing forces, rules of engagement, and geography.
Feb 2, 2024
If Turkey steps back from its pursuit of the Typhoon, it would join India, South Korea, Finland, the UAE, and Switzerland on the list of countries to decline acquisition of the four-nation collaborative platform jointly exported by the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The United Kingdom and Germany have the most to gain, or lose, from the Typhoon's success.
Mar 6, 2023
Turkey is navigating a narrow path between its NATO commitments and its relationship with Russia. The Western Balkans remain an arena of competition between pro-Russian and pro-Western elements. It's not clear how events might play out, but there are indications and track records.
Mar 2, 2023
Security issues have again become paramount among NATO members, making the alliance far more relevant. But NATO's southeastern flank is soft and the war in Ukraine has exposed its fault lines.
Q&A
Feb 14, 2023
Thousands of people have been confirmed dead in one the strongest earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria in the past century. As search-and-rescue missions ended and recovery began, a handful of RAND researchers shared some of their initial thoughts.
Jun 15, 2022
As Russia has been blockading ports around Odesa, Ukrainian grain exports in May were more than 60 percent lower than a year ago. Global hunger has hit a new high while 22 million tons of grain in Ukraine could rot if not exported soon.
Jan 11, 2022
This report outlines existing evidence about the experiences of working parents and families in Europe during the COVID-19 outbreaks in 2020 and reviews the policies set out by 10 selected EU member states in response to these challenges.
Report
Aug 26, 2021
There are 30 million refugees globally. Only one-third of refugees return home after ten years, and returns are not keeping pace with new displacements. The authors examine barriers to, and facilitators of, the safe, sustained return of refugees.
