Environmental Justice, Mental Health Care, Insomnia: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on environmental justice, access to mental health care, why America should stick with Europe. and more. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 21, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
Countering Russia's Nuclear Threat in Europe
President Vladimir Putin ' s announced plan to put nuclear arms in Belarus may pose risks to NATO ' s nuclear posture. Three decades after the Soviet collapse, some allies might be uneasy about re-energizing NATO ' s nuclear mission. But others might argue that not responding to Russia ' s moving forward its nuclear arms could cause the Kremlin to doubt NATO ' s nuclear credibility. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 20, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: William Courtney Source Type: blogs
Militaries, Metals, and Mining
Securing access to supply, increasing global and domestic capacity, and diversifying supply chains upstream to downstream for critical minerals should be at the top of the agenda for both nations and private industry. Failure to do so could put both climate mitigation strategies and U.S. military readiness at risk. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 18, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Fabian Villalobos; Morgan Bazilian Source Type: blogs
A Potential Backslide in Mental Health Care for Millions of Americans
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declaration expires in less than a month. When it does, it will have broad-sweeping effects, and one of the most significant is little known: It could begin undoing the expansion of mental health care access for millions of Americans. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 18, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Ryan K. McBain Source Type: blogs
Stalled in Ukraine, Kremlin Increasingly Turns to Political Theater
Stymied in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has amped up the political theater to achieve his objectives. How do we interpret Putin ' s statements? While no nuclear threat should be ignored, Putin ' s pronouncements remain in the realm of propaganda. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 17, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Brian Michael Jenkins Source Type: blogs
A Good Night's Sleep, What's It Worth to You?
Most people in the developed world would fork over serious bucks—14 percent of their paycheck—to avoid the health-threatening, productivity-sapping effects of insomnia. When it comes to sleep, quality and quantity should be parallel goals. And the benefit of achieving them could be priceless. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 17, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Wendy M. Troxel; Robert J. Romanelli Source Type: blogs
Stick with Europe
The United States ' chief competitive advantage in the contest with China is its dominant global network of friends and allies. Now is the time to strengthen those coveted ties—in Europe and elsewhere. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 17, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Michael J. Mazarr Source Type: blogs
Why China Should Worry About Asia's Reaction to AUKUS
If most Indo-Pacific nations support AUKUS — or refuse to condemn it — then Beijing will have more geostrategic and military implications to worry about than AUKUS itself. As long as AUKUS continues to assuage nuclear proliferation concerns it will be viewed in the region as a legitimate counter to Chinese military excesses. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 15, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Derek Grossman Source Type: blogs
Truth Decay and National Security, Gun Violence, Blockading Crimea: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on Truth Decay and national security, America ' s gun violence problem, how Ukraine could blockade Crimea, and more. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 14, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
Building a Professional Early Childhood Workforce Requires a'Compensation-First' Approach
The benefits and costs of large-scale professionalization efforts in early childhood education (ECE) are not yet clear. And we know little about the implications of such policies for a workforce that already faces a great deal of instability. However, research on ECE professionalization offers some lessons. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 12, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Daphna Bassok; Laura Bellows; Kate Miller-Bains Source Type: blogs
As China Ascends, Concerns Grow It Might Be Tempted into a'Splendid Little War '
When a nation newly ascends or returns to the status of a leading international power, it often feels the need to publicly demonstrate its rise through a brief, victorious war. Today, China ' s increasing strength may tempt it to pursue such a conflict, and not necessarily with Taiwan, if it anticipates that victory will be swift, decisive, and demonstrative. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 11, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Scott Savitz Source Type: blogs
Why Blockading Rather Than Retaking Crimea Might Be Kyiv's Best Option
Ukraine may lack the military capability to retake Crimea from Russia. But Kyiv might still achieve some of its key objectives by blockading the peninsula. New technology may ease this task. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 10, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Scott Savitz; William Courtney Source Type: blogs
Europe: Ukraine's Essential Ally
While the United States is Ukraine ' s primary military backer, Europe is sharing the war ' s overall burden, sanctioning Russia, arming Ukraine, and helping prepare it to join the European Union, as well as absorbing huge economic costs. Europe ' s partnership with the United States on Ukraine may be Western diplomacy ' s finest hour since the Berlin Wall fell. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 10, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: William Courtney; Hans Binnendijk Source Type: blogs
Advancing Women's Health Requires Better Evidence
For decades, advances in health and health care have had a bias toward the male body. By shifting the focus of research to women ' s bodies and building out this base of evidence on women ' s health, scientists and doctors can improve health outcomes and overall quality of life for women, all while also saving money. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 10, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Chloe E. Bird Source Type: blogs
Dementia and National Security, Finland Joins NATO, the Four-Day School Week: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the risk that dementia could pose to national security, Finland ' s NATO membership, the downside of a four-day school week, and more. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - April 7, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
