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Feb 6, 2025

Van woorden naar daden: Een verkenning en kritische beschouwing van het concept 'stochastisch terrorisme': [An exploration and critical review of the concept of 'stochastic terrorism']

Study examining the concept of stochastic terrorism, which posits that influential figures can indirectly incite violence through hostile but veiled language, amplified on social media, increasing the likelihood of someone turning to violence.
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Feb 5, 2025

Specialist or Technical Career Track Officers in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy

The Air Force is expanding the commissioned officer career track to include specialist or technical roles. This report describes how the Army and Navy select, train, and promote officers in specialist or technical career tracks as a reference.
Commentary

Feb 4, 2025

After the Assad Regime's Fall, Will Syrian Refugees Return?

The sudden fall of Syria's Assad regime in early December has raised an important question: Can the 6 million who became refugees during the 14-year civil war now go home? Although the political landscape has changed drastically, many factors work against a mass return of refugees to Syria.
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Feb 3, 2025

Chinese Cognitive Domain Operations as Propaganda Attacks on the US-Japan Alliance

Chinese propagandists use cognitive domain operations to weaken cohesion between the United States and its allies by making Japan an example of the costs China will impose for such collaboration.
Commentary

Feb 1, 2025

The Philippines Is Ever More Focused on Taiwan

China's pressure campaign against Taiwan will keep the United States and the Philippines increasingly engaged on cross-strait security with an eye toward limiting the impact a Taiwan conflict would almost certainly have on the Philippines.
Commentary

Jan 31, 2025

The Indo-Pacific: What You Need to Know Now

As the United States navigates a pivotal leadership transition, the Indo-Pacific region stands at the forefront of global strategic interests. We asked a team of RAND researchers with deep expertise in the region to assess the issues, objectives, and outlook for the Indo-Pacific at this critical moment.
Commentary

Jan 30, 2025

How Might the United States Engage with China on AI Security Without Diffusing Technology?

Given the transnational risks posed by AI, the safety of AI systems, wherever they are developed and deployed, is of concern to the United States. Since China develops and deploys some of the world's most advanced AI systems, engagement with this U.S. competitor is especially important.
Commentary

Jan 30, 2025

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

While AI may provide a way to help protect critical infrastructure, there is a growing need to stress test critical infrastructure for reliability and resilience across wide scenarios of AI adoption.
Commentary

Jan 30, 2025

The Military Is a Hammer, and Not All Problems Are Nails

Americans have demonstrated a deep weariness with the burdens of “U.S. global leadership” that foreign policy professionals under governments from both parties have said America must bear. A reexamination of how American military power is used could help to lessen that burden.
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Jan 30, 2025

An Operational Reserve for New Domains: Designing a Selected Reserve Augmentee System for the 21st Century

The authors analyze the U.S. Space Command’s missions and potential contributions from reserve component (RC) personnel and recommend ways to reform the systems to document RC requirements and utilize individual members when needed.
Research

Jan 30, 2025

Factors Shaping the Future of China's Military

In this report, the authors analyze China's current population dynamics to consider how demographic changes will affect the People's Liberation Army and China's broader society and to improve understanding of China's near-term military strategy.
Research

Jan 30, 2025

Expanding the Scope of End-Use Monitoring Policies to Address Operational Use of U.S.-Origin Weapons

This report provides an analysis of existing end-use monitoring programs and policy and provides recommendations on how an expanded program could monitor recipients' operational use of U.S.-origin defense articles.

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