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News from RAND
Global catastrophic risk, tech vendors and national security concerns, geoengineering.
North Korean troops to Russia, the death of Hamas’s leader, U.S. economic policy toward China.
The Israel-Hamas War One Year After October 7
The effects of artificial intelligence, pretrial mental health diversion, U.S. climate policy.
AI-enhanced social media manipulation, Ukraine’s resistance to disinformation, the state of U.S. public education.
The threat of bioweapons, Ukraine’s surprise offensive, making U.S. elections safer.
Why AI projects fail, youth at risk of homelessness, Russia’s objectives in Ukraine.
Stopping the Houthis, addressing anti-Asian hate, NATO and crisis management.
Pandemic learning loss, arms control with Russia, resisting disinformation during election season.
CrowdStrike meltdown, preventing attacks after the Trump assassination attempt, China’s disinformation.
NATO, veterans’ lung health, homelessness in Los Angeles.
NATO’s Big Summit: What Will Define the Future of the Alliance?
Psychedelics, how the government can boost its tech workforce, challenges facing NATO.
Russia-China military cooperation, a look at abortion care in North Carolina, treating opioid use disorder.
The upside in Ukraine, one more reason why companies should invest in their people, NATO.
The U.S. needs a strategy in Ukraine, health and health care for LGBTQ+ veterans, L.A.’s proposed cooling policy.
The impact of same-sex marriage, summer learning programs, AI security.
The state of American power and influence, Russia’s self-inflicted wounds, kidney donations.
Iran-Israel escalation, insurers’ resistance to covering new drugs, cobalt mining in the Congo.
Why Russia doesn’t want an Israel-Iran war, AI in America's classrooms, China’s role in the opioid crisis.
Threats to the 2024 election, Kishida’s visit to Washington, veterans’ working conditions.
Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, gun deaths in America, climate change and conflict.
The risks posed by AI, NATO's new members, patient privacy laws.
The Israel-Hamas war, Russia's mistakes, ensuring safe drinking water.
Crisis at the U.S. southern border, diminishing the Houthi threat, L.A.’s dire rental market.
Two years of war in Ukraine, the ripple effects of overdose deaths, Israel’s duty to Gazans.
Postwar strategy toward Russia, restrictions on classroom discussion topics, threats to critical infrastructure.
America’s high prescription drug prices, L.A.’s housing crisis, stopping the spread of false information.
The future of Alzheimer’s treatment in America, allied space power, raising the stakes in Ukraine.
The Israel-Hamas war, AI and the risk of biological attacks, supporting veterans.
The facts on hiring people with criminal histories, Taiwan's election, how to deal with the Houthis.
The cost of care for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, how climate change could affect elections, planning for Ukraine's recovery.
The trouble with a cease-fire in Gaza, what Americans think of veterans and the military, tropical cyclones.
Looking back at the big policy stories of 2023.
Can psychedelic-assisted therapies help veterans with PTSD?
How economics might lead to peace in Gaza, the link between climate change and conflict, "crime-free housing" policies.
Insights on the Israel-Hamas war, promoting the 988 hotline, the nuclear threat facing South Korea.
Veterans Day: Supporting those who served
The information war between Israel and Hamas, recreational cannabis, gun violence in America.
What Happens When AI and Gene Editing Come Together?
Expert insights on the Israel-Hamas war.
The risk of escalation in Ukraine, estimating disaster recovery costs, detecting deepfakes.
Exposure to Trauma in the Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities
E'All work and no pay’ for teachers, the costs of insomnia, connections between wildfires and food insecurity.
Preparing for a Future with More Flooding
Why Ukraine isn’t like World War I, an alternative to student loans, the tech “Cold War.”
Maui’s wildfires, regulating artificial intelligence, New York City’s housing crisis.
Russia’s private military contractors, Truth Decay and national security, stackable college credit.
U.S. and allied defense strategy, supporting Ukrainian refugees, the mental health crisis in U.S. jails.
Dysfunction on Russia’s front lines, India’s regional diplomacy, stopping mass shooters who seek fame.
This week’s NATO summit, Russia’s failures in Ukraine, why superintendents are stressed.
Taiwan, what’s next for Wagner fighters, the importance of having legal counsel.
Teacher well-being, Russian private military companies, AI conspiracy theories.
Reconstructing Ukraine, what to do about wildfires, virtual mental health care.
Extremist beliefs among veterans, space traffic management, crises facing the Russian military.
What teachers think about carrying guns to school, F-16s for Ukraine, commercial space flight.
The End of Title 42: What's Next for U.S. Immigration Policy?
The emergency phase of the pandemic ends; reducing labor trafficking in the United States; the history of great-power wars.
Violence in Sudan, preventing alcohol-related deaths, the North Korean nuclear threat.
Environmental justice, mental health care, why America should stick with Europe.
Truth Decay and national security, gun violence, how Ukraine could blockade Crimea.
Dementia and national security, Finland joins NATO, the four-day school week.
Preventing school violence, dealing with drug cartels, neurodiversity and national security.
The Iraq War 20 years later, the pandemic and prison education, North Korea’s latest threats.
Opioids in America, Silicon Valley Bank’s demise, Taiwan’s semiconductor dominance.
U.S. security cooperation with China and Russia, artificial intelligence, supporting students’ civic skills.
A look back at the war in Afghanistan, the Ohio train derailment, state data on gun deaths.
Russia’s war in Ukraine reaches the one-year mark: a conversation with RAND’s Dara Massicot.
Earthquake in Turkey and Syria, improving data collection on gun violence, sexual assault in the military.
The State of the Union, China’s spy balloon, mental health first aid training.
Lessons from the war in Ukraine, U.S.-France cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, software supply chain risk.
Avoiding a long war in Ukraine, responding to the gun violence crisis, limits on teachers’ instruction.
Space governance, the war in Ukraine, protecting critical infrastructure.
A Conversation with RAND’s CEO, Jason Matheny
Civic infrastructure, Kim Jong-un's daughter, India’s ambiguous position on Russia.
The racial wealth gap, building a more diverse teacher workforce, Ukrainian reconstruction.
Protests in China, the harm in negotiating with Russia, trauma in the U.S. Intelligence Community.
Declining dementia rates, the dangers of deepfakes, data privacy after Roe.
Veterans Day: Helping veterans succeed in civilian jobs, a bakery that doubles as a business school, Black Americans’ military service.
Lessons learned from COVID-19, planning to end the war in Ukraine, reducing deaths in law enforcement custody.
Racism and patient safety, abortion after the Dobbs ruling, space mirrors.
Russia’s latest gambits, support for Chinese President Xi Jinping, machine learning.
Legalizing cannabis, the Russian nuclear threat, digital offshoring.
Civic education in America, Russia’s coercive behavior toward the West, Twitter’s bot problem.
RAND insights on the war in Ukraine, U.S. policy in the Middle East, building a more diverse teacher workforce.
U.S. national security after Roe, supporting women veterans, responding to the next pandemic.
Back to school, telemedicine abortion, diversity in the military.
Incarceration and homelessness in L.A., Russia’s ongoing military struggles, NATO expansion.
Politicized topics in schools, where the war in Ukraine may be headed, post-quantum cryptography.
RAND’s new president and CEO, bias in health care algorithms, U.S.-China crisis communications.
Talking to Russia, how racial bias compounds, the consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade.
The U.S. economy’s pandemic recovery, a new national mental health hotline, firearm homicides.
How Americans store their guns, the dangers of ‘replacement theory,’ the war in Ukraine.
The repeal of Roe v. Wade, the dangers of deepfakes, America’s new mental health hotline.
Synthetic opioids, Ukrainian grain, the metaverse.
Teachers’ stress, U.S. strategy toward Russia, addressing open-air drug dealing in San Francisco.
RAND’s new president and CEO, how Americans view diplomacy and diplomats, transportation equity.
Gun policy in America, tracking online extremism, the war in Ukraine.
Tackling Truth Decay, how tech experts view the military's use of artificial intelligence, regulating outer space.