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Sep 28, 2026

Implementing A Public Health Approach to Preventing Violence Against Children: Country Brief: Brazil

This brief explores Brazil’s experience of implementing a public health approach to violence against children and adolescents, including the core elements as well as factors that are perceived to help and hinder implementation.
Research

Aug 17, 2026

Upgrading Slums as Pathway to Climate Resiliency: Evaluating Urban Infrastructure Impact on Health During Heatwaves

This study provides empirical evidence that slum upgrading programs are associated with meaningful climate adaptation benefits as an unintended consequence.
Research

Jul 13, 2026

Newton Fund Evaluation: Final Report: Assessing Progress Towards Impact

Impact evaluation to assess the progress of the Newton Fund and recommendations for future research and innovation activities.
Commentary

Feb 3, 2026

Venezuela After Maduro: Q&A with RAND Experts

Many questions remain one month after the dramatic U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. How will sudden change reshape Venezuela's future? What are the regional impacts? And how might the U.S.-Venezuela relationship evolve?
Expert Insights

Feb 3, 2026

Surveying Duality in Space: Volume I, Americas Workshop Insights on Developing, Deploying, and Governing Dual-Use Space Systems

These proceedings provide details on a workshop examining dual-use space systems (those capable of performing both civilian and military operations) that included space stakeholders from the Americas from government, private, and research sectors.
Commentary

Jan 29, 2026

China Could Play Spoiler in Venezuela's Debt Restructuring

Venezuela's external liabilities likely exceed $150 billion. Absent a credible debt restructuring, sanctions relief and higher oil output will not translate into durable stabilization or sustained investment. And China's oil-backed loans give it leverage to delay a comprehensive debt restructuring.
Commentary

Oct 28, 2025

Can Brazil Become a Regional Space Power?

Brazil’s space ambitions are constrained by limited infrastructure and resources, relying heavily on international partnerships. To catch up with other powers, it must strengthen these ties while balancing budgets, geopolitics, and sustainable development.
Research

Sep 3, 2025

Cities and Climate Change: Identifying, Measuring and Evaluating Public Policy for Heatwaves

The author of this dissertation addresses gaps in the literature by examining methods for measuring vulnerability to extreme heat events and evaluating policies to enhance urban resilience.
Research

Aug 25, 2025

Leveraging Decision-Support Systems to Increase Urban Water Security

Decision-support systems can help decision makers evaluate response strategies before an urban drinking water supply crisis occurs. The experiences of five cities that have dealt with a drought-induced crisis are discussed in this article.
Commentary

Apr 10, 2025

Digital Dams: How U.S.-Brazil AI Cooperation Could Help America's AI Ambitions Flow

U.S.-Brazil cooperation could unlock sustainable infrastructure for data centers at a time when America’s energy constraints threaten its tech ambitions.
Research

Apr 10, 2025

Exploring the Strategic Potential of Expanded Security Cooperation Support to American Irregular Warfare

The authors explore the value proposition of expanded security cooperation support for irregular warfare in preventing and countering the coercive and malign activities of adversary nation states that target U.S. frontline allies and partners.
Commentary

Apr 1, 2025

Hezbollah's Network on America's Southern Doorstep

Hezbollah's presence in Latin America rarely captures headlines. But this oversight may prove increasingly costly as the organization adapts its regional strategy amid mounting financial and structural pressures. The implications for U.S. homeland security warrant consideration.

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Implementing A Public Health Approach to Preventing Violence Against Children: Country Brief: Brazil

Upgrading Slums as Pathway to Climate Resiliency: Evaluating Urban Infrastructure Impact on Health During Heatwaves

Newton Fund Evaluation: Final Report: Assessing Progress Towards Impact

Venezuela After Maduro: Q&A with RAND Experts

Surveying Duality in Space: Volume I, Americas Workshop Insights on Developing, Deploying, and Governing Dual-Use Space Systems

China Could Play Spoiler in Venezuela's Debt Restructuring

Can Brazil Become a Regional Space Power?

Cities and Climate Change: Identifying, Measuring and Evaluating Public Policy for Heatwaves

Leveraging Decision-Support Systems to Increase Urban Water Security

Digital Dams: How U.S.-Brazil AI Cooperation Could Help America's AI Ambitions Flow

Exploring the Strategic Potential of Expanded Security Cooperation Support to American Irregular Warfare

Hezbollah's Network on America's Southern Doorstep

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Implementing A Public Health Approach to Preventing Violence Against Children: Country Brief: Brazil

Upgrading Slums as Pathway to Climate Resiliency: Evaluating Urban Infrastructure Impact on Health During Heatwaves

Newton Fund Evaluation: Final Report: Assessing Progress Towards Impact

Venezuela After Maduro: Q&A with RAND Experts

Surveying Duality in Space: Volume I, Americas Workshop Insights on Developing, Deploying, and Governing Dual-Use Space Systems

China Could Play Spoiler in Venezuela's Debt Restructuring

Can Brazil Become a Regional Space Power?

Cities and Climate Change: Identifying, Measuring and Evaluating Public Policy for Heatwaves

Leveraging Decision-Support Systems to Increase Urban Water Security

Digital Dams: How U.S.-Brazil AI Cooperation Could Help America's AI Ambitions Flow

Exploring the Strategic Potential of Expanded Security Cooperation Support to American Irregular Warfare

Hezbollah's Network on America's Southern Doorstep

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