Rand Corporation: 374 books
by Stacie L. Pettyjohn
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
This monograph describes the evolution of the U.S. global defense posture from 1783 to the present as the nation grew from a relatively weak and insular regional power into the preeminent global power. As new and unpredictable threats emerge, alliance relationships are revised, and resources decline, past efforts at dealing with similar problems yield important lessons for future decisions.
Stretching and Exploiting Thresholds for High-Order War
How Russia, China, and Iran Are Eroding American Influence Using Time-Tested Measures Short of War
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Since 9/11, Russia, China, and Iran have successfully exploited or stretched U.S. thresholds for high-order war in order to further their strategic ends and, in the process, undermine U.S. interests. Each of these countries has made expert use of some combination of measures short of war to enact...
by Brian A. Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
The sharing of intelligence and law enforcement information is a central part of U.S. domestic security efforts, yet there are concerns about the effectiveness of information-sharing and fusion activities and their value relative to the public funds invested in them. This report lays out the challenges...
by Paul K. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2010
Deterring terrorism is best approached as part of a broad effort to influence all elements of a terrorist system, and simple, conceptual models of decisionmaking can help in understanding how to affect others' behavior. The paper lays out a theory of how to use influence to affect elements of a terrorist...
Enlisting Madison Avenue
The Marketing Approach to Earning Popular Support in Theaters of Operation
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2007
Virtually every action, message, and decision of a military force shapes the opinions of an indigenous population: strategic communication, treatment of civilians at vehicle checkpoints, and the accuracy or inaccuracy of aerial bombardment. Themes of U.S. goodwill mean little if its actions convey...
by Katherine M. Harris, Lori Uscher-Pines, Soeren Mattke
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Vaccine-preventable disease continues to take a heavy toll on adults despite the widespread availability of effective vaccines. This report identifies where efforts to improve the delivery of adult vaccination have stalled and recommends targeted strategies that are supported by available evidence and build on existing infrastructure.
Social Fitness and Resilience
A Review of Relevant Constructs, Measures, and Links to Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
One of a series of reports designed to support Air Force leadership in promoting resilience among Airmen, its civilian employees, and Air Force family members, this report examines social fitness, or the combination of resources from social connections that influence how individuals respond to stressful...
by Jesse Sussell, James A. Thomson
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
This report addresses two questions: first, whether the spatial distribution of the American electorate has become more geographically clustered over the last 40 years with respect to party voting and socioeconomic attributes; and second, whether this clustering process has contributed to rising polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Stray Dogs and Virtual Armies
Radicalization and Recruitment to Jihadist Terrorism in the United States Since 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Since 9/11, "homegrown terrorists" have planned or implemented terrorist activities, supported others' terrorist activities, or become radicalized in the United States and traveled abroad to conduct activities against other countries or the United States. This paper examines the cases of homegrown terrorism,...
Planning Tool to Support Louisiana's Decisionmaking on Coastal Protection and Restoration
Technical Description
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
A computer-based decision-support tool, called the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) Planning Tool, provided technical analysis that supported the development of Louisiana's Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast through CPRA and community-based deliberations. This document...
Medical Fitness and Resilience
A Review of Relevant Constructs, Measures, and Links to Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between medical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature, which address preventive...
Hackers Wanted
An Examination of the Cybersecurity Labor Market
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
The perceived shortage of cybersecurity professionals working on national security may endanger the nation’s networks and be a disadvantage in cyberspace conflict. RAND examined the cybersecurity labor market, especially in regard to national defense. Analysis suggests market forces and government...
The U.S.-China Military Scorecard
Forces, Geography, and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996–2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
A RAND study analyzed Chinese and U.S. military capabilities in two scenarios (Taiwan and the Spratly Islands) from 1996 to 2017, finding that trends in most, but not all, areas run strongly against the United States. While U.S. aggregate power remains greater than China’s, distance and geography...
Fostering Innovation in Community and Institutional Corrections
Identifying High-Priority Technology and Other Needs for the U.S. Corrections Sector
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Given the challenges posed to the U.S. corrections sector, such as tightened budgets and increasingly complex populations under its charge, it is valuable to identify opportunities where changes in tools, practices, or approaches could improve performance. In this report, RAND researchers, with the...