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Aug 15, 2023

Resisting Russia: Insights into Ukraine's Civilian-Based Actions During the First Four Months of the War in 2022

The authors examine civilian contributions to Ukraine's aims to regain territorial integrity and maintain political sovereignty. Ukrainian civilian resistance also offers insight into future trends in conventional wars for territorial integrity.
Research

Jul 27, 2023

A night-time lighting analysis of Tibet's prisons and detention centres

Using the innovative method of night-time lighting data, this study aims to shed light on the prisons and detention centres in Tibet.
Research Summary

Jul 27, 2023

What night-time lighting tells us about Tibet's prisons and detention centres

This study aims to shed light on the prisons and detention centres in Tibet, using the innovative method of night-time lighting data.
Commentary

Jul 17, 2023

The Promise—and Pitfalls—of Researching Extremism Online

How big of a problem is extremism in the United States and around the world? Is it getting worse? Are social media platforms responsible, or did the internet simply reveal existing trends? We have few answers because this research is easy to do poorly and hard to do well.
Article

May 3, 2022

How to Avoid Extremism on Social Media

Extremist groups have been trolling the internet for decades, and they have learned to temper their words and disguise their intentions. A new scorecard can help users—or parents, or advertisers, or the social media companies themselves—understand when they might be interacting with extremist content.
Expert Insights

Apr 12, 2022

How Extremism Operates Online: A Primer

In this Perspective, the second in a RAND Corporation series on online extremist material, the authors explore how the internet affects extremist activities and how exposure to or consumption of such content influences the behavior of internet users.
Research

Feb 28, 2022

Options for Strengthening All-Source Intelligence: Substantive Change Is Within Reach

Foreign attacks against the United States occur frequently. The authors propose game-changing ideas to enable intelligence analysts to address long-standing challenges related to the use of open sources, analytic tradecraft, and politicization.
Research Summary

Feb 11, 2022

Assessing Systemic Strengths and Vulnerabilities of China's Defense Industrial Base

This brief presents an assessment of the strengths and vulnerabilities of China's defense industrial base (DIB), using a methodology that could be applied to assess any country's DIB.
Research

Feb 11, 2022

Assessing Systemic Strengths and Vulnerabilities of China's Defense Industrial Base: With a Repeatable Methodology for Other Countries

The authors assess the strengths and vulnerabilities of China's defense industrial base (DIB) by designing and applying a comparative analytic structure that could be used to assess any country's DIB.
Research

Jan 14, 2022

Tracking the Relocation of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: A Nighttime Lighting Approach

This report uses nighttime lighting data to track the relocation of Rohingya refugees from the Cox's Bazaar region of Bangladesh to Bhasan Char, a 'floating island' in the Bay of Bengal built to house roughly 100,000 refugees.
Expert Insights

Dec 2, 2021

The Online Extremist Ecosystem: Its Evolution and a Framework for Separating Extreme from Mainstream

The authors describe white supremacists' and other extremists' use of the internet and introduce a framework for internet users to categorize virtual platforms and understand their potential to encounter extreme content online.
Research

May 14, 2021

Through the Looking Glass: Chinese Open Source Assessments of North Korea's Ballistic Missile Capabilities

This report examines Chinese assessments of North Korean ballistic missile capabilities between 1998 and 2017. Chinese analyses mirror Western conclusions that North Korea has a functional ICBM that can reach the U.S. with a nuclear weapon.

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Resisting Russia: Insights into Ukraine's Civilian-Based Actions During the First Four Months of the War in 2022

A night-time lighting analysis of Tibet's prisons and detention centres

What night-time lighting tells us about Tibet's prisons and detention centres

The Promise—and Pitfalls—of Researching Extremism Online

How to Avoid Extremism on Social Media

How Extremism Operates Online: A Primer

Options for Strengthening All-Source Intelligence: Substantive Change Is Within Reach

Assessing Systemic Strengths and Vulnerabilities of China's Defense Industrial Base

Assessing Systemic Strengths and Vulnerabilities of China's Defense Industrial Base: With a Repeatable Methodology for Other Countries

Tracking the Relocation of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: A Nighttime Lighting Approach

The Online Extremist Ecosystem: Its Evolution and a Framework for Separating Extreme from Mainstream

Through the Looking Glass: Chinese Open Source Assessments of North Korea's Ballistic Missile Capabilities

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Resisting Russia: Insights into Ukraine's Civilian-Based Actions During the First Four Months of the War in 2022

A night-time lighting analysis of Tibet's prisons and detention centres

What night-time lighting tells us about Tibet's prisons and detention centres

The Promise—and Pitfalls—of Researching Extremism Online

How to Avoid Extremism on Social Media

How Extremism Operates Online: A Primer

Options for Strengthening All-Source Intelligence: Substantive Change Is Within Reach

Assessing Systemic Strengths and Vulnerabilities of China's Defense Industrial Base

Assessing Systemic Strengths and Vulnerabilities of China's Defense Industrial Base: With a Repeatable Methodology for Other Countries

Tracking the Relocation of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: A Nighttime Lighting Approach

The Online Extremist Ecosystem: Its Evolution and a Framework for Separating Extreme from Mainstream

Through the Looking Glass: Chinese Open Source Assessments of North Korea's Ballistic Missile Capabilities

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