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Mar 10, 2025

Policy Options to Prevent the Creation of Mirror Organisms

Ongoing research could lead to the creation of mirror organisms, whose molecular components are mirror images of those found in nature. This paper examines policy options to prevent their creation, given the potential risks such organisms pose.
Research

Jun 20, 2024

Cooperation and Dependence in Belarus-Russia Relations

The authors examine areas of convergence and divergence in the Belarus-Russia relationship, particularly regarding foreign and domestic policies, military and security cooperation, and economic and defense industrial ties.
Research

Feb 26, 2024

Implementing Safe Areas: Lessons from History

While safe areas are intuitively attractive, their effectiveness depends on the resources and resolve of the implementing forces, rules of engagement, and geography.
Research

Feb 6, 2024

Attributing Biological Weapons Use: Strengthening Department of Defense Capabilities to Investigate Deliberate Biological Incidents

This report describes issues related to the attribution of biological weapons use and identifies areas in which the U.S. Department of Defense could enhance its capabilities for U.S. efforts in such investigations and strengthen United Nations policy.
Research

Feb 5, 2024

The Future of Multilateral Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention

The multilateral system, defined as the set of rules, norms, and institutions that together constitute the world's governance architecture, is not static. Several drivers of change threaten to erode hard-earned gains the system has delivered.
Press

Sep 19, 2023

Experts Available to Comment on Ukraine President's Remarks to U.N. General Assembly

RAND researchers are available to comment on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's remarks this week to the U.N. General Assembly in New York City and to U.S. policymakers, including President Biden and members of the 118th Congress, in Washington, D.C.
Research

Aug 9, 2023

The Prisoner Dilemma: Policy Options to Address Circumstances of ISIS Prisoners in Northeastern Syria

RAND researchers hosted a subject-matter expert workshop to determine proposed courses of action to reduce security threats from and meet international standards for prisons holding presumed former Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters.
Commentary

Jul 10, 2023

Yemen's Year-Long Truce Creates Opportunities for Durable Peace

The truce in Yemen does not represent a comprehensive peace, but it does offer a path to ending the civil war for good. Going forward, an inclusive political process—one that includes all parts of Yemeni society, including women, civil society groups, and youth—will be critical.
Research

Jun 13, 2023

Antarctica at Risk: Geostrategic Manoeuvring and the Future of the Antarctic Treaty System

Leveraging open-source literature and a tabletop exercise, the authors examine the possible implications that geostrategic manoeuvring in the Antarctic in the coming decades might have on the longevity and resilience of the Antarctic Treaty System.
Research

Jun 5, 2023

International Space Traffic Management: Charting a Course for Long-Term Sustainability

As outer space becomes more congested, contested, and competitive, risks to space safety, security, and sustainability heighten. The authors identified lessons from other domains and offer recommendations to make progress in space traffic management.
Research Summary

Jun 5, 2023

The Time for International Space Traffic Management Is Now

As space traffic becomes more congested, risks to space objects and space-related services grow. The authors offer recommendations to make progress in establishing an international space traffic management organization to combat those risks.
Research

Jan 25, 2023

Cross-Domain Lessons for Space Traffic Management: An Analysis of Air and Maritime Treaty Governance Mechanisms

In this report, the authors examine the treaty-based governance systems from both the air and maritime domains as potential models for the development of an international space traffic management system.

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Policy Options to Prevent the Creation of Mirror Organisms

Cooperation and Dependence in Belarus-Russia Relations

Implementing Safe Areas: Lessons from History

Attributing Biological Weapons Use: Strengthening Department of Defense Capabilities to Investigate Deliberate Biological Incidents

The Future of Multilateral Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention

Experts Available to Comment on Ukraine President's Remarks to U.N. General Assembly

The Prisoner Dilemma: Policy Options to Address Circumstances of ISIS Prisoners in Northeastern Syria

Yemen's Year-Long Truce Creates Opportunities for Durable Peace

Antarctica at Risk: Geostrategic Manoeuvring and the Future of the Antarctic Treaty System

International Space Traffic Management: Charting a Course for Long-Term Sustainability

The Time for International Space Traffic Management Is Now

Cross-Domain Lessons for Space Traffic Management: An Analysis of Air and Maritime Treaty Governance Mechanisms

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Policy Options to Prevent the Creation of Mirror Organisms

Cooperation and Dependence in Belarus-Russia Relations

Implementing Safe Areas: Lessons from History

Attributing Biological Weapons Use: Strengthening Department of Defense Capabilities to Investigate Deliberate Biological Incidents

The Future of Multilateral Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention

Experts Available to Comment on Ukraine President's Remarks to U.N. General Assembly

The Prisoner Dilemma: Policy Options to Address Circumstances of ISIS Prisoners in Northeastern Syria

Yemen's Year-Long Truce Creates Opportunities for Durable Peace

Antarctica at Risk: Geostrategic Manoeuvring and the Future of the Antarctic Treaty System

International Space Traffic Management: Charting a Course for Long-Term Sustainability

The Time for International Space Traffic Management Is Now

Cross-Domain Lessons for Space Traffic Management: An Analysis of Air and Maritime Treaty Governance Mechanisms

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