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National security workforce applicants must provide detailed personal information for the background investigation to adjudicate their security clearance eligibility. The authors aim to identify...

Using an updated version of RAND's Recruiting Resource Model, the authors analyze the relationship between observed and alternative mixes of Army spending on recruiting resources (advertising,...

Training and education in the Department of the Air Force (DAF) is undergoing a major transformation as part of an effort to maintain an asymmetric advantage over competitors. As part of this...

Publicly available information (PAI) is a critical form of information for use in military operations. Multiple agencies within the Army collect and analyze PAI, but these efforts are disconnected...

The high demand for National Guard support of domestic operations has raised concerns about potential impacts for Guard members and their families and a variety of personnel management challenges...

The authors examined friction between the U.S. Army's People First objectives (which focus on command climate, cohesive teams, career goals, and work-life balance) and mission readiness objectives...

Amid increasing concerns about the current readiness assessment system, the U.S. Air Force is evolving its training infrastructure to adapt for operations in contested and denied environments, an...

A competition for digital infrastructure (DI) is underway between the United States and China, which has implications for military forces and operations that rely on this infrastructure in...

This report presents an assessment of the quantum technology industrial bases of several U.S.-allied nations that are major players in the development of quantum technology, beginning with a global...

The authors developed an Army Enlistment Options Optimizer approach that creates bundles of bonus and less costly non-bonus enlistment incentives. Survey respondents choose the bundle they most value...

Some schools have begun employing artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools to help identify students at risk for suicide and self-harm. The authors provide a preliminary examination of how these...

Researchers assessed the risk that eight climate hazards--drought, extreme cold, extreme heat, flooding, sea-level rise, severe storm systems, tropical cyclones and hurricanes, and wildfire--will...

The authors identify promising advanced training-technology investments and how the U.S. Department of the Air Force can track and integrate them using a quantitative modeling approach, stakeholder...

This report's authors examine the contributions of overseas campaigning instruments to U.S. strategic goals. The authors conducted statistical analyses of the relationships between these tools and...

This report describes issues related to the attribution of biological weapons use and identifies areas in which the U.S. Department of Defense could enhance its capabilities for U.S. efforts in such...

This report documents an analysis, conducted in response to the California Public Banking Option Act, of the feasibility of a CalAccount Program, which offer Californians access to a voluntary,...

This report presents strengths and limitations of cost-effectiveness analysis and related metrics to inform the U.S. Army and Department of Defense community about whether, when, and how to usefully...

RAND researchers constructed a Burdensharing Index to aid in measuring and analyzing the contributions that U.S. allies make to the collective defense of the post-World War II liberal international...

The authors assess the question of whether the Department of the Air Force (DAF) acquisition workforce management and development structures can meet the force modernization needs of both the U.S...

The research in this report explores how large retail companies invest in the human capital of frontline workers and whether disclosures of those investments in annual filings to the U.S. Securities...

Researchers from the RAND Corporation and AidData jointly built a new database on China's artificial intelligence (AI) export projects funded with official development financing. In this report, the...

This report surveys open-source literature across the Chinese defense enterprise to present a composite image of People's Liberation Army (PLA) perspectives and key factors for U.S.-China crisis...

RAND and the Observer Research Foundation convened an in-person Track II Dialogue on January 12, 2024. These conference proceedings provide a summary of the event, conclusions from it, and the full...

The relationship between Belarus and Russia is unique and complex. At first glance, their similarities are numerous. Their ties are based on a shared history and language, a deep cultural affinity,...

RAND researchers estimated the costs Russia is incurring as a result of its invasion of Ukraine: As of September 2022, military costs reached $40 billion, full-year 2022 gross domestic product losses...

The 2022 National Defense Strategy calls for "integrated deterrence" in how the U.S. military uses its cyberspace forces to address the strategic challenges posed by revisionist powers, such as China...

This report presents an examination of how cyber-related risks compare with other risks to defense-industrial supply chains, including how attackers might use supply chains to wage attacks, such as...

This report examines how U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) planners could use operations, activities, and investments in the coming decades to address security threats related to stressors from climate...

To support defense planners in crafting effective deterrence strategies for Europe and the Middle East, RAND researchers conducted a multimethod analysis--consisting of a literature review,...

The authors of this report assess mathematical strategies for quantifying complexity in wartime environments and provide a framework that will help make complexity a concrete consideration in...