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Apr 29, 2025

The Quantum Age and Its Impacts on the Civil Justice System

The authors evaluate the future impacts of quantum computing for insurers, law firms, courts, and regulatory agencies in the civil justice system with regard to potential implications for cryptography, liability and insurance, and privacy.
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Apr 28, 2025

Preparing the U.S. Coast Guard for Future Gray-Zone Competition: Project Evergreen Analysis

This report presents key aspects of how the U.S. Coast Guard can contribute to national strategic priorities by enforcing the rules-based order and deterring aggressive behavior in the maritime domain to reduce ambiguity in the gray zone by the 2040s.
Commentary

Apr 24, 2025

Protecting Our Borders: Leveraging Technological Assets and Local Knowledge in Remote Communities

As threats from transnational criminal organizations and foreign interference increase along U.S. borders, expanding federal partnerships with local and Indigenous actors represents a vital step toward bolstering national security.
Research

Apr 24, 2025

Conceptualising Digital Capability: Enabling NATO Digital Capabilities Series: Paper 1

This paper, part one of a three-part series, examines digital capabilities within NATO, clarifying their role in NATO’s core tasks. We recommend fostering a shared understanding of key concepts for effective digital transformation.
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Apr 23, 2025

Benchmarking the Transportation Security Administration’s Covert Index Testing Program

The Transportation Security Administration conducts covert testing programs, such as Index testing, to ensure security effectiveness. A RAND research team benchmarked this program against analogues and recommends steps for implementing standards.
Research

Apr 16, 2025

Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement

The design of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) highlights potential impacts on law enforcement. This report identifies key design choices and law enforcement techniques that may need to evolve if a U.S. CBDC is launched.
Expert Insights

Apr 16, 2025

Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement: Key Insights

The introduction of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) could have effects on law enforcement. This paper identifies key design choices and law enforcement techniques that may need to evolve if a U.S. CBDC is launched.
Research Summary

Apr 15, 2025

Integrating Commercial Space Services into the DoD Architecture: Understanding Operational and Policy Implications

This summary describes highlights from a congressionally directed study exploring implications from the use of commercial space services by the U.S. Department of Defense on space operations and the overall policy environment.
Research Summary

Apr 14, 2025

Understanding Processing at Ports of Entry

This brief presents results of an analysis of the capacity of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations for the safe, humane, and orderly processing of likely asylum seekers and unaccompanied alien children at ports of entry.
Commentary

Apr 11, 2025

Could China's U.S. Spies Conduct Physical Sabotage in a Conflict?

In the same way that China's hackers graduated from stealing trade secrets to building sophisticated cyber weapons, its spies in the United States may be developing the skills to physically sabotage critical infrastructure during a conflict. But there's still time to address this possibility.
Research

Apr 8, 2025

Emerging Technology and Risk Analysis: Digital Personhood

This report describes the implications of various forms of digital personhood: digital proof of the existence of a physical human, digital twins that provide virtual models of physical objects (i.e., a human), and virtual (or synthetic) persons.
Research

Apr 4, 2025

Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Alien Children at Ports of Entry: An Analysis of Processing and Processing Capacity

The authors of this report analyze the capacity of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations for the "safe, humane, and orderly" processing of likely asylum seekers and unaccompanied alien children at ports of entry.

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Strategic Imperatives in the U.S.-China Technology Race: Power, Hardware, and Engineering Expertise

The United States Needs to Stress Test Critical Infrastructure for Different AI Adoption Scenarios

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The Quantum Age and Its Impacts on the Civil Justice System

Preparing the U.S. Coast Guard for Future Gray-Zone Competition: Project Evergreen Analysis

Protecting Our Borders: Leveraging Technological Assets and Local Knowledge in Remote Communities

Conceptualising Digital Capability: Enabling NATO Digital Capabilities Series: Paper 1

Benchmarking the Transportation Security Administration’s Covert Index Testing Program

Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement

Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement: Key Insights

Integrating Commercial Space Services into the DoD Architecture: Understanding Operational and Policy Implications

Understanding Processing at Ports of Entry

Could China's U.S. Spies Conduct Physical Sabotage in a Conflict?

Emerging Technology and Risk Analysis: Digital Personhood

Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Alien Children at Ports of Entry: An Analysis of Processing and Processing Capacity

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Critical Infrastructure Protection

Strategic Imperatives in the U.S.-China Technology Race: Power, Hardware, and Engineering Expertise

The United States Needs to Stress Test Critical Infrastructure for Different AI Adoption Scenarios

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

Error

The Quantum Age and Its Impacts on the Civil Justice System

Preparing the U.S. Coast Guard for Future Gray-Zone Competition: Project Evergreen Analysis

Protecting Our Borders: Leveraging Technological Assets and Local Knowledge in Remote Communities

Conceptualising Digital Capability: Enabling NATO Digital Capabilities Series: Paper 1

Benchmarking the Transportation Security Administration’s Covert Index Testing Program

Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement

Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement: Key Insights

Integrating Commercial Space Services into the DoD Architecture: Understanding Operational and Policy Implications

Understanding Processing at Ports of Entry

Could China's U.S. Spies Conduct Physical Sabotage in a Conflict?

Emerging Technology and Risk Analysis: Digital Personhood

Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Alien Children at Ports of Entry: An Analysis of Processing and Processing Capacity

Oops! An unexpected error has occurred.