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The Israel-Iran Conflict: Q&A with RAND Experts

RAND experts provide insights into the strategic, diplomatic, and economic dimensions of this unfolding crisis.

2d ago

People watch as a fire burns at the Sharan oil depot following Israeli strikes in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025. Photo by Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters

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Why the United States, South Korea, and Japan Must Cooperate on Shipbuilding

To counter the pace of China’s shipbuilding, the United States, South Korea, and Japan should form a shipbuilding alliance.

Jun 12

Workers observe a propeller installation for USS Nimitz at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, October 16, 2018. Photo by Brian Kilpatrick/U.S. Navy

Jun 12

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Apprentices Needed: Construction Shortages Threaten American Growth

Not enough people work in construction to turn plans into actual, hammer-and-nail reality.

Jun 10

Carpenter Paul Olson, a new apprentice in construction, works to install exterior sheet rock on an apartment complex in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 14, 2023. Photo by Anthony Souffle/TNS/ABACA via Reuters

Jun 10

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Telescopes, Not UFOs: Long-Term Investments in Space Science Are the Way to Find Alien Life

Funding for space science is under threat. The ability to make further advances cannot be taken for granted.

Jun 5

An illustration of a hycean world — an exoplanet with a liquid water ocean beneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, orbiting a red dwarf star, based on observations by the James Webb Space Telescope, April 17, 2025. Illustration by A. Smith, N. Madhusudhan/University of Cambridge/ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters

Jun 5

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Silent Speech, Loud Questions: The Dawn of Brain-Computer Communication

It’s important to consider not just what brain-computer interfaces can do — but what they should do.

Jun 3

A silhouette of a man’s head with a computer chip superimposed with network wires extending from it. Photo by metamorworks/Getty Images

Jun 3

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Five Questions: Jim Mitre on Artificial General Intelligence and National Security

A computer with human — or even superhuman — levels of intelligence remains, for now, a what-if.

May 31

Jim Mitre, Vice President and Director of RAND Global and Emerging Risks. Photo by Evan Banks/RAND

May 31

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High Stakes: Is the Dutch Cannabis Experiment Really a Game Changer?

A new chapter in Dutch soft-drug policy began with the kick-off of the long-awaited cannabis experiment in early April.

May 28

A coffee shop selling cannabis in Breda, Netherlands, December 16, 2023. Photo by Utrecht Robin/ABACA via Reuters

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A Defining Year for Space: Why the U.S. and Europe Must Unite or Fall Behind

The U.S. and European allies must ask themselves how they can unite to work better together in space.

May 23

Models of the Orion European Service Module 1 and Orion Crew Module at a press conference for the Artemis I lunar mission in Cologne, Germany, September 3, 2023. Photo by IMAGO/Robert Schmiegelt/Reuters

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When AI Takes Time to Think: Implications of Test-Time Compute

The rise of reasoning models adds another tool to the AI development toolkit and has implications for policy, competition, and security.

May 21

A server room with racks of servers. Photo by Nikada/Getty Images

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Protecting Our Borders: Leveraging Technological Assets and Local Knowledge in Remote Communities

Expanding federal partnerships with local and Indigenous actors represents a vital step toward bolstering national security.

May 15

A Shadow Wolf calling in his sightings of footprints and vehicle tracks in Sells, Arizona, February 10, 2023. Photo by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

May 15

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