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Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
Journal Article
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 28, 2023
This article describes and compares the views and behaviors of parents with children 0-6 years old from Casablanca, Morocco, the US, and the UK on early parental engagement.
Report
Oct 11, 2022
This report is intended to inform U.S. personnel, NATO Allies, and other Euro-Atlantic governments of the Defense Education Enhancement Program's status from 2018 to 2020, its opportunities and challenges, and ways the program can be improved.
Commentary
Jul 22, 2022
Tunisia's response to the COVID pandemic has been spotty, though vaccination rates have improved and mortality rates have dropped. When the political instability is factored in, Tunisia's emergence from the pandemic may not be quick.
Mar 24, 2022
This report outlines the results of an exploratory analysis of strategies used by health care systems and public health in response to COVID-19 in five countries -- Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, and Tunisia.
Oct 22, 2021
This report analyzes how narratives about migration contribute to political discourse in five countries.
Mar 25, 2021
The Abraham Accords have heralded a dramatic shift in the relationship between Israel and the Muslim nations of the world. While these accords represent a major political breakthrough, they also represent a possible new chapter in the region's development: away from conflict and toward a shared economic vision of prosperity.
Jul 2, 2020
External powers have intervened in the civil wars in Libya and Syria, supplying advanced conventional weapons that have intensified the conflicts. But not all of the weapons have performed as claimed.
Jun 30, 2020
Russia is seeking more access and freedom of movement in the Mediterranean region, and is bolstering its military footprint to achieve this objective. The United States and NATO could respond by developing a more robust southern strategy, with a reinforced air and naval presence, respectively.
Jun 2, 2020
The Libyan conflict, now entering its ninth year, could well be a testing ground for how wars will be fought in the future. External nation-states have long interfered in other countries' civil wars, so what is new, exactly, about what is happening in Libya?
May 2, 2020
بينما تعاني معظم البلدان من جائحة فيروس كورونا المستجد (COVID-19)، أصبحت الحروب الأهلية في سوريا وليبيا ساحات قتال للدول الأجنبية التي تدعم أطرافًا محلية مختلفة. لقد تدخلت القوى الخارجية في كلتا الحربين الأهليتين بتزويدهما بأسلحة تقليدية متطورة أدت إلى اشتداد حدة الصراعات، ولكن لم يصل أداء معظم تلك الأسلحة لمستوى ما كان يُزعم عنها. ولعل أكثر الأمثلة المدهشة على ذلك هو كيف كانت أنظمة الدفاع الجوي الروسية الحديثة غير فعالة في مواجهة الطائرات بدون طيار والصواريخ التي تحلق على ارتفاع منخفض. في المواجهة بين أنظمة دفاع جوي باهظة الثمن وطائرات بدون طيار هجومية منخفضة التكلفة وصواريخ تحلق على ارتفاع منخفض، كفة الهجوم هي الرابحة.
Dec 13, 2019
Weapons proliferation has been a security concern for Libya and its neighbors since the revolution of 2011. If foreign arms transfers into Libya aren't reduced, the country's security situation will continue to deteriorate, giving militant groups a chance to increase their lethality and further destabilize the region.
