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Mar 7, 2024

NATO Enlargement Amidst Russia's War in Ukraine: How Finland and Sweden Bolster the Transatlantic Alliance

This Perspective examines the contributions Finland and Sweden can make to NATO, having joined after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. It explores what they bring in terms of military capability, innovation, resilience and emergency preparedness.

James Black, Charlotte Kleberg, Erik Silfversten
Mar 5, 2024

Borders and Values: A Game About the Challenges of Immigration Policy in the United States

Borders and Values is a four-player board game that allows you to explore the challenges and complexity of immigration policy in the United States.

Brian A. Jackson, David R. Frelinger, Emily Yoder, Stephen M. Worman
Feb 28, 2024

Understanding and Measuring Hype Around Emergent Technologies

The authors of this paper discuss the harms associated with inaccurate or excessive hype about emerging technologies and describe an approach to analyzing such hype.

Swaptik Chowdhury, Timothy Marler
Feb 20, 2024

The Era of Coast Guards: Combating Gray Zone Tactics Through an Indo-Pacific Combined Maritime Force of Law Enforcement Partners

This paper describes how a combined maritime force of international coast guards and maritime law enforcement agencies under U.S. Coast Guard leadership might institute a shared vision focused on enforcing maritime law and international norms.

Eric Cooper
Jan 25, 2024

The Operational Risks of AI in Large-Scale Biological Attacks: Results of a Red-Team Study

In this report, the authors share final results of a study of potential risks of artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of biological weapon attacks. The findings indicate that AI did not measurably change the operational risk of such an attack.

Christopher A. Mouton, Caleb Lucas, Ella Guest
Jan 18, 2024

Central Bank Digital Currencies and U.S. Strategic Competition with China

The report describes the potential role of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in strategic competition, focused on China's CBDC project and how international governance of CBDCs and design choices of a U.S. CBDC might affect U.S. national power.

Daniel Egel, Jim Mignano, Sale Lilly, James V. Marrone, Max Rangeley, Charles P. Ries, Jessie Wang, Dulani Woods
Jan 12, 2024

Interactive Pardee RAND Food-Energy-Water Security Index

To provide information to agencies and efforts focused on food, water, and energy resources, RAND researchers developed the Pardee RAND Food-Energy-Water Index.

Henry H. Willis, David G. Groves, Jeanne S. Ringel, Zhimin Mao, Shira Efron, Michele Abbott, Zohan Hasan Tariq, Michael W. Robbins
Dec 29, 2023

RAND Methodological Guidance for Conducting and Critically Appraising Delphi Panels

This manual provides methodological guidance and practical advice for what to consider when designing, implementing, and reporting Delphi panel results. It also includes a checklist that can be used to assess a Delphi study's quality.

Dmitry Khodyakov, Sean Grant, Jack Kroger, Melissa Bauman
Dec 28, 2023

From LATE to ATE: A Bayesian Approach

Develops a Bayesian model that produces a posterior distribution of the marginal treatment effect function.

Isaac M. Opper
Dec 15, 2023

Defining and Mapping Social Vulnerability as a Proxy for Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County

Food insecurity is a significant public health problem. RAND researchers used publicly available data to map the extent of social vulnerability in Los Angeles County and in the service area of West Side Food Bank to help better target food bank resources.

Alina I. Palimaru, Andrea S. Richardson, Leah Dion, Wendy Hawkins
Dec 14, 2023

What Americans Think About Veterans and Military Service: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey

This report details public perceptions of veterans and the U.S. military and public willingness to encourage a young person to join the military as identified in American Life Panel surveys administered in February and June 2022.

Meredith Kleykamp, Daniel Schwam, Gilad Wenig
Dec 11, 2023

China's AI Exports: Technology Distribution and Data Safety

The authors analyze a new project finance dataset on China's development-funded artificial intelligence (AI) export projects — adding interview-based country case studies — to better understand China's AI exports and their impact on developing countries.

Jennifer Bouey, Lynn Hu, Keller Scholl, William Marcellino, Rafiq Dossani, Ammar A. Malik, Kyra Solomon, Sheng Zhang, Andy Shufer

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NATO Enlargement Amidst Russia's War in Ukraine: How Finland and Sweden Bolster the Transatlantic Alliance

Borders and Values: A Game About the Challenges of Immigration Policy in the United States

Understanding and Measuring Hype Around Emergent Technologies

The Era of Coast Guards: Combating Gray Zone Tactics Through an Indo-Pacific Combined Maritime Force of Law Enforcement Partners

The Operational Risks of AI in Large-Scale Biological Attacks: Results of a Red-Team Study

Central Bank Digital Currencies and U.S. Strategic Competition with China

Interactive Pardee RAND Food-Energy-Water Security Index

RAND Methodological Guidance for Conducting and Critically Appraising Delphi Panels

From LATE to ATE: A Bayesian Approach

Defining and Mapping Social Vulnerability as a Proxy for Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County

What Americans Think About Veterans and Military Service: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey

China's AI Exports: Technology Distribution and Data Safety

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NATO Enlargement Amidst Russia's War in Ukraine: How Finland and Sweden Bolster the Transatlantic Alliance

Borders and Values: A Game About the Challenges of Immigration Policy in the United States

Understanding and Measuring Hype Around Emergent Technologies

The Era of Coast Guards: Combating Gray Zone Tactics Through an Indo-Pacific Combined Maritime Force of Law Enforcement Partners

The Operational Risks of AI in Large-Scale Biological Attacks: Results of a Red-Team Study

Central Bank Digital Currencies and U.S. Strategic Competition with China

Interactive Pardee RAND Food-Energy-Water Security Index

RAND Methodological Guidance for Conducting and Critically Appraising Delphi Panels

From LATE to ATE: A Bayesian Approach

Defining and Mapping Social Vulnerability as a Proxy for Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County

What Americans Think About Veterans and Military Service: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey

China's AI Exports: Technology Distribution and Data Safety

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