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Exploring Differences in Organizational Culture Within the Department of Defense
The authors of this report analyzed the organizational culture of communities within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to understand how the current culture could be characterized and how DoD's culture varies within the department.
Jun 22, 2023
James Ryseff, Jonathan Welch, Lewis Schneider
Report
Simulating Chinese Gray Zone Coercion of Taiwan: Identifying Redlines and Escalation Pathways
This paper shares the results of an exercise hosted by the RAND Corporation to explore the risk of escalation from Chinese activities in the gray zone to conventional war. The results showed an overall low risk of Taiwanese escalation.
Jun 22, 2023
Raymond Kuo, Christian Curriden, Cortez A. III Cooper, Joan Chang, Jackson Smith, Ivana Ke
Journal Article
Terrorism, Dynamic Commitment Problems, and Military Conflict
Why do states initiate costly wars when the risk posed by terrorism appears marginal? We present two explanations and empirical evidence.
Jun 21, 2023
Navin Bapat, Sean M. Zeigler
Report
Scientific and Technological Flows Between the United States and China
The objective of this report is to quantify and describe three types of scientific and technological flows between the United States and China to help assess the net effect of these types of flows on U.S. national security.
Jun 15, 2023
Jon Schmid, Nathaniel Edenfield
Report
Reconstructing Ukraine: Creating a Freer, More Prosperous, and Secure Future
The authors of this analysis draw on lessons from relevant historical examples of post-war and post–natural disaster reconstruction to provide insights on how to organize, finance, and provide security for Ukraine's reform and reconstruction.
Jun 14, 2023
Howard J. Shatz, Gabrielle Tarini, Charles P. Ries, James Dobbins
Report
Toward a Unified Multiscale Computational Model of the Human Body's Immediate Responses to Blast-Related Trauma: Proceedings and Expert Findings from a U.S. Department of Defense International State-of-the-Science Meeting
These proceedings describe the tenth U.S. Department of Defense International State-of-the-Science Meeting on Blast Injury Research, where experts discussed innovations in multiscale modeling of the human body's response to blast-related trauma.
Jun 13, 2023
Samantha McBirney, Emily Hoch
Testimony
Chinese Strategy in the Freely Associated States and American Territories in the Pacific: Implications for the United States: Addendum
Document submitted June 5, 2023, as an addendum to testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs on May 16, 2023.
Jun 12, 2023
Derek Grossman
Journal Article
Entente Versus Alliance: When Should States Be Friends but Not Allies?
This essay examines the conditions under which states choose to adopt formal alliances or instead craft ambiguous relations, commonly known as ententes.
Jun 8, 2023
Emerson M. Niou, Sean M. Zeigler
Journal Article
Competitive Alliances and Civil War Recurrence
Why do internal wars start anew after they apparently end? This essay examines competition between allied rebel groups in civil wars as a contributor to civil war renewal.
Jun 8, 2023
Sean M. Zeigler
Journal Article
Invisible Blockades and Strategic Coercion
The use of naval mines goes back more than two centuries, but the use of these weapons by both Russia and Ukraine has renewed discussion about the value of this technology for modern warfare.
Jun 7, 2023
Scott Savitz, Scott C. Truver
Journal Article
Not-So-Great Powers: U.S.-China Rivalry in the Neomedieval Age
Counterintuitive as might sound, U.S. decisionmakers should avoid strategies and methods drawn from industrial-age great power competition.
Jun 7, 2023
Timothy R. Heath
Report
U.S.-China Rivalry in a Neomedieval World: Security in an Age of Weakening States
This report examines how the U.S.-China rivalry might unfold in a period that retains aspects of modern life but features weakening states, fragmenting societies, imbalanced economies, pervasive threats, and the informalization of warfare.
Jun 6, 2023
Timothy R. Heath, Weilong Kong, Alexis Dale-Huang
Report
Military-to-Civilian Occupational Matching: Using the O*NET to Provide Match Recommendations for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force
The authors employ a unique method for military-to-civilian occupational matching by comparing survey data collected from service members in selected military occupations with similar data previously collected for civilian occupations.
Jun 6, 2023
Jeffrey B. Wenger, Elizabeth Hastings Roer, Jonathan P. Wong
Journal Article
An Unwinnable War: Washington Needs an Endgame in Ukraine
While the Western response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine was clear from the start, the objective has been nebulous. After over a year of fighting, the likely direction of this war is coming into focus.
Jun 6, 2023
Samuel Charap
Research Brief
The Time for International Space Traffic Management Is Now
As space traffic becomes more congested, risks to space objects and space-related services grow. The authors offer recommendations to make progress in establishing an international space traffic management organization to combat those risks.
Jun 5, 2023
Bruce McClintock, Douglas C. Ligor, Dan McCormick, Marissa Herron, Kotryna Jukneviciute, Thomas Van Bibber, Katie Feistel, Akhil Rao, Adi Rao, Taylor Grosso, Michael Fenner, Hanjun Lee, Abdullah Ar Rafee, Tomás Urbina
Report
International Space Traffic Management: Charting a Course for Long-Term Sustainability
As outer space becomes more congested, contested, and competitive, risks to space safety, security, and sustainability heighten. The authors identified lessons from other domains and offer recommendations to make progress in space traffic management.
Jun 5, 2023
Bruce McClintock, Douglas C. Ligor, Dan McCormick, Marissa Herron, Kotryna Jukneviciute, Thomas Van Bibber, Katie Feistel, Akhil Rao, Adi Rao, Taylor Grosso, Michael Fenner, Hanjun Lee, Abdullah Ar Rafee, Tomás Urbina
Journal Article
Geographical Access to Specialized Behavioral Health Treatment Programs for U.S. Active Duty Service Members and Military Families from Military Installations
The purpose of this study is to determine geographical access to specialized behavioral health programs tailored to active duty U.S. service members and military families from military installations.
Jun 1, 2023
Jonathan H. Cantor, Patricia K. Tong
Report
National Guard Youth ChalleNGe: Program Progress in 2021–2022
The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program serves young people ages 16 to 18 experiencing difficulty in traditional high school. This report covers the program years 2021–2022 and is the seventh in a series on this quasi-military residential program.
Jun 1, 2023
Jennie W. Wenger, Linda Cottrell, Stephani L. Wrabel
Report
Chinese Next-Generation Psychological Warfare: The Military Applications of Emerging Technologies and Implications for the United States
This report explores Chinese military thinking about next-generation psychological warfare, with a special focus on the applications of emerging technologies and implications for the United States.
Jun 1, 2023
Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga
Report
Examining New Approaches for Implementing Vaccine Mandates Within the Department of Defense: How Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Could Improve Future Vaccination Campaigns
The authors examine how the Department of Defense (DoD) COVID-19 vaccination program was implemented, determine how previous DoD vaccination programs influenced those decisions, and identify opportunities to strengthen DoD's vaccination program.
May 30, 2023
Daniel M. Gerstein, Trupti Brahmbhatt, Samantha Cherney, Kristie L. Gore

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Exploring Differences in Organizational Culture Within the Department of Defense

Simulating Chinese Gray Zone Coercion of Taiwan: Identifying Redlines and Escalation Pathways

Terrorism, Dynamic Commitment Problems, and Military Conflict

Scientific and Technological Flows Between the United States and China

Reconstructing Ukraine: Creating a Freer, More Prosperous, and Secure Future

Toward a Unified Multiscale Computational Model of the Human Body's Immediate Responses to Blast-Related Trauma: Proceedings and Expert Findings from a U.S. Department of Defense International State-of-the-Science Meeting

Chinese Strategy in the Freely Associated States and American Territories in the Pacific: Implications for the United States: Addendum

Entente Versus Alliance: When Should States Be Friends but Not Allies?

Competitive Alliances and Civil War Recurrence

Invisible Blockades and Strategic Coercion

Not-So-Great Powers: U.S.-China Rivalry in the Neomedieval Age

U.S.-China Rivalry in a Neomedieval World: Security in an Age of Weakening States

Military-to-Civilian Occupational Matching: Using the O*NET to Provide Match Recommendations for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force

An Unwinnable War: Washington Needs an Endgame in Ukraine

The Time for International Space Traffic Management Is Now

International Space Traffic Management: Charting a Course for Long-Term Sustainability

Geographical Access to Specialized Behavioral Health Treatment Programs for U.S. Active Duty Service Members and Military Families from Military Installations

National Guard Youth ChalleNGe: Program Progress in 2021–2022

Chinese Next-Generation Psychological Warfare: The Military Applications of Emerging Technologies and Implications for the United States

Examining New Approaches for Implementing Vaccine Mandates Within the Department of Defense: How Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Could Improve Future Vaccination Campaigns

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