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The illicit antiquities market is fueled by a well-documented rise in looting at archaeological sites and a fear that the proceeds of such looting may...
The Role of Airpower in Operation Inherent Resolve
Airpower played a pivotal role in the U.S.-led fight against the Islamic State from 2014 to 2019 and contributed to the success of Operation Inherent ...
THE RATIONALE FOR A NEW INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE
Since the late 1950s, the United States has fielded a Triad consisting of air-, sea-, and land-based nuclear delivery systems. After decades of servic...
The authors describe the Third Offset -- a U.S. strategy centered on the potential of technology to offset Chinese and Russian military advances and t...
Scenarios, Findings, and Recommendations
RAND researchers generated four plausible near-term great power war scenarios and assessed how they could shape the postwar strategic environment....
Exploring the Benefits and Costs of a Less-Hardline Approach
Using four historical case studies, the authors found that limited less-hardline approaches can lead to durable but narrow gains. However, issues left...
Lessons and Challenges from Three Historical Crises Between Nuclear-Armed Powers
The return of great-power competition has highlighted the risks of conflict with nuclear-armed great powers. Such a conflict would entail escalation r...
supporting material on historical great power wars
What happens after great power wars? The deterioration of U.S. relations with China and Russia in recent years has refocused attention on the possibil...
National Security Council Decisionmaking and the Inertia of U. S. Afghanistan Policy, 2001-2016
The authors examined the reasons behind the inertia of the U.S. policy objective in Afghanistan through interviews with the senior leaders involved in...
Assessing U.S. Concepts and Approaches
Improvements in Russian and Chinese counterspace capabilities could endanger the space-based capabilities that the United States relies on for a broad...
The total force era, 1970-2015
Tracing the evolution of the U.S. Army throughout American history, the authors of this four-volume series show that there is no such thing as a "trad...
A Net Assessment of U.S. and Chinese Approaches
The authors conduct a net assessment of U.S. and Chinese approaches to development assistance and cooperation, using a data-driven comparison to revea...