By Type All Authors ReportChina's AI Exports: Developing a Tool to Track Chinese Development Finance in the Global South — Technical DocumentationThis report is the technical documentation for a tool that tracks Chinese government–supported development finance projects that used or enabled artificial intelligence technology in the Global South between 2000 and 2017.Dec 11, 2023 ReportChina's
FeaturedThe range of nuclear deterrence strategies includes minimal or "limited" deterrence, massive retaliation with a force greater than that originally used by the aggressor, and mutual assured destruction ("MAD"). From RAND's Soviet-era work on game theory to today's current states of concern, such as North Korea and Iran, RAND has applied strategic analysis to international
FeaturedThe Persian Gulf region—which includes Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iraq—contains an estimated 50 percent of the world's oil reserves and thus plays a strategic geopolitical role. RAND has a strong presence in and focus on the region, with an office in Doha, focusing primarily on domestic and regional
By Type All Subtopics All Authors Journal ArticleHousing Insecurity and Sleep Among Welfare Recipients in CaliforniaThe objective of this study was to estimate the effect of housing insecurity on sleep duration and sleep quality.Oct 16, 2023 CommentaryEncouraging Consistency in National Security TransparencyThe United States remains the leader in space in both national security and commercial
Featured CommentarySouth Korea's Extraordinary Fertility DeclineThe complicated history of family planning as well as socioeconomic and political factors may all play roles in depressing birth rates in South Korea. But the nation's fertility decline is just one piece in a complicated gender puzzle.Jul 22, 2022 ReportLess Than One-Third of Unhoused People in L.A. Would Accept
Research BriefWhat Climate-Related Conflict Could Mean for U.S. Central CommandClimate change will hit the Middle East and Central Asia especially hard, with effects on both personal well-being and regional stability. It will likely create increased demand for stabilization operations, non-combatant evacuation operations, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.Nov 29, 2023 ReportMischief, Malevolence, or Indifference? How
FeaturedEast Asia, comprising China, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, and North and South Korea, is a region that has historically been of critical interest to the United States. In particular, China's growing economic, military, and diplomatic power in the region and North Korea's nuclear ambitions have long been a focus of U.S. foreign policy and of RAND
The RAND BlogTerrorism Threat Assessment Terrorism Threat Assessment commentaryThe Israel-Hamas War Has Upended the Terrorist Threat MatrixToday's terrorist threat matrix seems more like an abstract expressionist painting. To those accustomed to traditional landscapes, it is difficult to discern what it depicts. The fighting in Gaza may well provoke terrorist repercussions beyond the region, the magnitude
By Type All Subtopics All Authors CommentaryCan NATO Supercharge Military Greening?NATO has taken significant steps to reduce environmental impacts of military activities and has set voluntary emissions reduction targets for its member states. By leveraging its existing standardization processes to encompass a wider range of equipment, supplies, and practices, NATO can solidify its role as
FeaturedFrom education, energy security, immigration, and health care to information technology, justice, and security policy, Europe faces myriad challenges in the 21st century. RAND research has long tackled similar problems facing the United States, and for nearly 30 years, RAND Europe has applied its analytical expertise in these areas to public- and private-sector clients throughout