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@rand.orgWhat does an effective biosecurity strategy look like? RAND's Steph Guerra explains in this new Q&A:
@rand.orgThis new report examines the relative strengths and weaknesses of several U.S. policy tools aimed at securing the domestic supply of critical minerals:
@rand.org"New leadership could ease Israel's isolation temporarily. But will a deeper shift be possible?"
RAND's Shira Efron discusses: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/opinion/israel-elections-palestinians.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.kqYf.qc3MGY8Zrpc1&smid=url-share
@rand.orgWhat do we know about how students are using AI? How effective are schools' cell phone policies? And what do schools need to navigate these and other challenges?
@rand.orgWhat is mirror life? How could it pose catastrophic risk? And what might be done to prevent its creation?
This new research brief explains: https://bit.ly/3V6BjHw
@rand.org"I study crime, so I rarely get to deliver good news. This is good news. The generation that filled our prisons is aging out, and the generation behind it is not replacing them." https://phys.org/news/2026-09-steep-decline-prison-population.html
@rand.orgMore than 1 in 5 children report using AI for emotional support. Is this good news or bad?
RAND's Ryan McBain discusses: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2854950
@rand.orgRAND's Carter Price has an idea for how to give workers an edge in the age of AI:
@rand.orgWe've appointed Amanda Hsiao as Distinguished Hu Chair in Taiwan Policy. She will strengthen our research on Taiwan's evolving politics, capacity, and strategic outlook, as well as its interactions with rapidly changing regional and global dynamics.
@rand.orgNew research compares veterans' and non-veterans' earnings outcomes over time:
@rand.orgAI-related harms are already creating demand for insurance. But they don't fit neatly within existing insurance lines.
This new report assesses how insurers are responding—whether through exclusions, endorsements, affirmative coverage, or silence: https://bit.ly/3TcEflj
@rand.orgWhat is a rideout strategy? And how might the U.S. use this approach on the road toward artificial general intelligence? Find out in a new episode of Policy Minded. ⤵
@rand.org"Where the current tax code sometimes disincentivizes keeping human workers, our proposed change would flip the script."
@rand.orgThe U.S. has launched a wide-ranging industrial policy effort to secure the domestic supply of critical minerals. But which policy tools work? And what are their trade-offs?
@rand.orgRAND researchers used survey data from the American Youth Panel to trace patterns of "disconnection" among 18- to 22-year-olds. Here's what they found. ⤵
@rand.org"A big part of any new mineral source, particularly seabed mining, is processing… All the mining in the world is not going to help us if you don't have processing capacity." https://news.bloombergtax.com/health-law-and-business/critical-minerals-refining-gap-to-test-deep-sea-mining-ambitions
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@rand.orgThe most plausible end state, the authors write, "is to create the conditions that encourage and require China to constrain its ambitions and aggressiveness—to become not a friend or ally but a great power more capable of controlled coexistence."
@rand.orgIn its competition with China, the U.S. must preserve its vital interests without blowing up the relationship.
@rand.orgWashington should also seek to strengthen its existing global power alignments, which remain a huge advantage. And focusing more on homeland resilience issues could put the U.S. on better footing, whether in peacetime or war.
