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Responses to Territorial Revision
Key Findings Territorial revision is a rare event, and successful conquest is even rarer. Since World War II, there have been only 70 conquest attempts, of which 29 resulted in the conqueror holding the conquered territory ten years later. Revision attempts tend to raise regional state threat perception. Spillover effects — in this case, the possibility of continued territorial seizure by the successful conqueror — drove behavior to guard against further attempts at territorial revision.
Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades
Availability: Web-Only Year: 2025 Pages: 58 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/RRA2642-2 Document Number: RR-A2642-2 Putney, Angela and Emily Ellinger, Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades: Survey of SUAS, RAND Corporation, RR-A2642-2, 2025. As of April 8, 2025: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2642-2.html Putney, Angela and Emily Ellinger, Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades: Survey of SUAS. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2025.
The Best Self-Tanners for a Sun-Kissed Glow
As the days get warmer and the sun sticks around a little longer, one of the best seasons is right around the corner: SUMMER! And with summer comes that gorgeous, bronzy glow. But if you’re anything like me, getting a natural tan takes some time, so I love starting the season with some help from self-tanner. It gives me that sun-kissed look without spending hours in the sun. Tans take time, so why not try one of these go-to self-tanners to jumpstart your summer season?
Access Denied? Non-Aligned State Decisions to Grant Access During War
Access decisions play a crucial role in large-scale conflicts and yet the decision-making process of potential host nations has largely been unexplored. Rick talks with TNSR author Emily Ellinger about how leaders consider regime survival, economic repercussions, and potential retaliation when making access decisions. Image: service de photographie des armees france via Wikimedia Commons
Access Denied?
Access decisions play a crucial role in war, with belligerent states employing various methods to gain access into neutral states. Yet, the decision-making process of potential host nations has largely been unexplored for modern, large-scale conflicts. This gap is addressed by exploring three themes — political survival, economic consequences, and the risk of retaliation through two historical cases, Greece in World War I and Sweden in World War II.
Access Denied? Non-Aligned State Decisions to Grant Access During War
How do state leaders determine whether they should grant military access to outside powers during a war in which their country is not involved? In many cases, leaders may feel they have pre-committed to a decision either through an existing alliance with a foreign power or through their own involvement in the conflict. The decision to grant access therefore becomes secondary to the decision to become directly involved.
Managing Escalation Between Nuclear-Armed Powers
Key Findings The United States will have a limited ability to control how adversaries interpret its coercive actions. Adversaries may wrongly surmise U.S. intentions from uncoordinated, unauthorized, or unrelated policies or actions—and vice versa. Decisionmakers may not immediately recognize that a crisis or conflict has begun.
Assessing Misperceptions Online About the Security Clearance Process
The authors of this report describe and analyze online information and potential misinformation about the security clearance process. Internet access allows the public to inquire about this process on public forums. Reviewing the content on such forums provides insight into what people are asking — and what answers they are getting — to reveal potential misperceptions about the process. Research Questions What types of information about the security clearance process are online?
Can Machine-Learning Tools Tell If You're Lying?
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Competition and Restraint in Cyberspace
The authors discuss the need and potential for normative constraints on cyber aggression. They describe how norms tend to arise, review the history of governmental and private initiatives on cyber norms, and outline principles governing U.S. policy on the issue. The authors propose a bottom-up, "outside-in" agenda for the United States to encourage the development of norms to limit the most damaging forms of cyber aggression.
Updating Personnel Vetting and Security Clearance Guidelines for Future Generations
This research was sponsored by the Security, Suitability, and Credentialing Performance Accountability Council Program Management Office and conducted within the Cyber and Intelligence Policy Center of the RAND National Security Research Division (NSRD). This report is part of the RAND Corporation Research report series. RAND reports present research findings and objective analysis that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors.
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