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Rhetoric and Reality
Understanding Russiaโs grand strategy can help U.S. decisionmakers assess the depth and nature of potential conflicts between Russia and the United ...
[Building a Sustainable International Order series]
In the first report of a series on the emerging international order, RAND researchers examine the liberal order in effect since World War II, includin...
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introducti...
Since 1945, the United States has pursued its global interests by building and maintaining various alliances, economic institutions, security organiza...
Changes in U.S. Regional Security Policies to Operationalize a Realist Grand Strategy of Restraint
Under a realist grand strategy of restraint, the United States would cooperate more with other powers, reduce its forward military presence, and end s...
The Total Force Policy Era, 1970โ2015
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 โtr...
"There is an ongoing debate about the effects of U.S. military presence on conflict around the globe. In one view, U.S. military presence helps to det...
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...
Assessing Options for U.S. Strategy Toward Russia After the Ukraine War
Although there is no end in sight to the Russia-Ukraine war, U.S. policymakers should begin considering postwar Russia strategy now. The authors revie...
Indo-Pacific Partners' Views on Possible Changes in the U. S. Relationship with Taiwan
The authors examine how three U.S. regional allies--Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the Philippines--would respond to a change in U.S. policy toward...
Drivers of Decisions to Contribute to NATO Collective Defense
Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and military operations in Eastern Ukraine have prompted renewed discussion about the possibility of a Russian atta...
This report examines options for future U.S. policies regarding international economic institutions, bilateral and regional security organizations, an...
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....
Evaluating Options for Complicating Adversary Decisionmaking
The 2018 U.S. National Defense Strategy instructed the U.S. military to become more operationally unpredictable and suggested that doing so would help...
Another World War and Cold War
The authors show that there is no such thing as a "traditional" U.S. military policy. Rather, the laws that authorize, empower, and govern the U.S. ar...
The U.S. Department of Defense has been increasingly focused on competition with Russia and China and, in the extreme, the possibility of great power ...
In this report, RAND researchers assess the evidence for claims that U.S. security relationships cause the United States to adopt its partners' intere...
Challenges and Options for All-Domain Command and Control
The authors examine potential command-and-control impediments to multidomain operations and propose alternative models for joint all-domain command an...
Implications for USAF Force Presentation
This report's authors identify capabilities the Air Force needs to carry out distributed operations in a contested environment. They then assess wheth...
The Military Implications of a Restrained U.S. Grand Strategy in the Asia-Pacific
RAND researchers propose possible warfighting scenarios in the Asia-Pacific region that could guide defense planning if the United States adopted a gr...
The authors evaluate claims about the potential economic benefits of U.S. military engagement and find evidence that U.S. alliances increase bilateral...
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...
The Role of Doctrine in Preparing Airmen for Joint Operations
Concepts for future joint operations call for higher levels of integration among the services than in the past. Therefore, the Air Force is considerin...