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Mar 23, 2026
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May 5, 2026
In this report, the authors outline potential ways to harness the full potential of U.S. Department of War security force assistance activities in Latin America.
In this report, the authors analyze how China conceptualizes science and technology as part of the country's broader national strategy by drawing on a variety of government documents, literature, and international reports.
Expert Insights
May 4, 2026
Open-weight AI models (OWMs) introduce distinct risk factors for which existing evaluation practices, largely designed for closed-weight model deployment, fail to account. The authors propose proportional evaluation approaches for OWMs.
Press
Apr 29, 2026
Two new RAND studies examine cannabis use, spending, enforcement, and policy options in Indiana, one of the few states where cannabis remains fully illegal, even for medical purposes.
This report presents educational information and insights for those who are evaluating Indiana's cannabis policies or considering potential alternatives.
Apr 27, 2026
The authors examine key threat categories to the agricultural industries of the U.S. Corn Belt and identify proactive and integrated approaches to safeguarding U.S. crop production against emerging biological, environmental, and societal risks.
Commentary
Apr 15, 2026
A simulation of a blockade of the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea and the recent blockade of the Strait of Hormuz underscored that diversifying energy supply routes, maritime logistics, and data systems is no longer optional for Korea—it is a strategic necessity.
Article
Apr 14, 2026
What look like seabed rocks are polymetallic nodules, rich in the minerals that drive modern economies. They could help break U.S. reliance on China, which controls the market. But nobody has ever mined seabed nodules at scale, much less processed them for industrial use.
Apr 13, 2026
This report describes a series of exercises run with the Business and Civil Society scenario on the Infinite Potential platform. Players took on roles as business and civil society leaders and tackled challenges arising from artificial intelligence.
Apr 6, 2026
In this after-action report, the authors describe a series of exercises centered on the misuse of artificial intelligence models to generate novel biological threats and intended to elicit policy options that could help reduce the risks and impact.
Apr 4, 2026
Trump's Iran war is not the catastrophe that some make it out to be, nor is the United States stuck in a quagmire. The war has already succeeded in setting the Iranian threat back, and the United States retains multiple pathways forward.
