Pandemics Don't Really End — They Echo
Pandemics have always frayed the social fabric, disrupted economies, deepened social divides, and intensified prejudices, leaving behind psychological scars — all of which have lasting political repercussions. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt long after the last rapid test comes back positive. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 28, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Brian Michael Jenkins Source Type: blogs
The War in Ukraine, Income Share Agreements, the Tech'Cold War': RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on why Ukraine isn ’ t like World War I, an alternative to student loans, the tech “ Cold War " between the United States and China, and more. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 25, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
ECOWAS: In Need of Help in Niger?
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu recently sought the Nigerian national legislature ' s backing for a possible military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to turn back a coup that toppled the government of Niger. An ECOWAS intervention would have a better chance of succeeding if other nations joined the effort. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 25, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Oluwatimilehin Sotubo Source Type: blogs
These Technologies Could Defeat China's Missile Barrage and Defend Taiwan: Analysis
Earlier this year, a group of experts from RAND and the Special Competitive Studies Project launched a new wargame effort around China ' s invasion of Taiwan — but unlike most D.C.-based wargames, this effort heavily involved members of the commercial technology sector, in order to understand what near-term capabilities might be brought to bear on a Taiwan scenario. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 24, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Jim Mitre Source Type: blogs
Normalizing Assad Won't Solve the Syrian Refugee Crisis
As much as Syrian refugees would like to return home eventually and as much as neighboring countries would welcome an end to the challenges of hosting large refugee communities, now is not the right time for mass Syrian refugee repatriation. Regional governments could instead focus on supporting refugees where they are, especially by allowing them to be legal, productive members of local economies. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 23, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Nadia Almasalkhi Source Type: blogs
Is Believing Our Kids Are Safer Worth Closing Off Some of Their Futures?
Placing an officer in a school appears to reduce violence and petty crimes within a school, but also creates long-term negative consequences for students who are increasingly likely to become involved in the school disciplinary system. Even as we believe that, by putting more police officers in schools, we are keeping our kids safer, we are also closing off future success to some of them. And that has a cost for us all. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 22, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Lucy C. Sorensen Source Type: blogs
India Is Pushing Back Against China in South Asia
The jostling between India and China for influence in South Asia will likely prove crucial to the fate of U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy. The good news, at least for now, is that New Delhi has been mostly successful in pushing back against Beijing ' s rising influence across the region. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 21, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Derek Grossman Source Type: blogs
Much of the Damage in Maui Will Be Invisible, but Very Real
In addition to decimating buildings and other infrastructure, disasters also destroy human capital, the collective knowledge and skills that drive individual economic earnings, as well as regional economic growth. Failing to address these more-hidden damages is incredibly costly. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 21, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Isaac M. Opper Source Type: blogs
Maui Wildfires, Regulating AI, Ukraine's Civilian Resistance: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the invisible damage of Maui ’ s wildfires, making the artificial intelligence supply chain safer, how Ukrainian civilians resist Russia, and more. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 18, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
Maui Wildfires, Regulating AI, Ukraine's Civilian Resistance: RAND Weekly Recaps
This weekly recap focuses on the invisible damage of Maui ’ s wildfires, making the artificial intelligence supply chain safer, how Ukrainian civilians resist Russia, and more. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 18, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: blogs
Winning the Tech Cold War
Emerging technologies increasingly make it possible for machines to innovate much faster and more efficiently than humans ever could. The Pentagon can draw some important lessons for technology competition with China by looking at the U.S.-Soviet race to develop nuclear weapons during the Cold War. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 17, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Caitlin Lee Source Type: blogs
Defense Budgeting and the Dilemma of Lost Time
Since 2011, Congress has routinely struggled to pass a budget on time. Instead, Congress leverages continuing resolutions to fund the government and prevent shutdowns. This flawed process that relies on temporary fixes is hampering Pentagon planning and could pose long-term risks to U.S. military readiness and competitiveness. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 16, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: John Hoehn; Paul Cormarie Source Type: blogs
What Are Practical Steps to Embrace the Messiness of Public-Private Collaboration in the Fight Against Botnets?
Botnets are networks of computers infected with malware that an attacker controls and uses to fulfill malicious cyber activities. Decisionmakers could incorporate a complex adaptive systems perspective to assess if their organization and immediate network, as well as the overall ecosystem, are adaptable and resilient enough to respond to botnet activities. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 16, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Daniel Cunningham Source Type: blogs
Rethinking Who's Winning the U.S.-China Tech Competition
The competition between the U.S. and China is a multi-dimensional contest involving technological, economic, military, and political elements. To accurately assess a nation ' s standing, the focus should shift from measures (raw numerical data) to metrics, which offer meaningful interpretations of these numbers. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 16, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Jon Schmid Source Type: blogs
A Model for Regulating AI
While AI will bring many benefits, it is also potentially dangerous. We would do well to establish a model of oversight that focuses on the three parts of the AI supply chain: hardware, the training of each model, and rigorous review before each model is released. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - August 16, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Jason Matheny Source Type: blogs
