RAND Corporation

🏥 Healthcare

Aug 18, 2026

Virtual Culturally Grounded Interventions for Substance Use in Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Emerging Adults

This paper tests two culturally grounded virtual interventions for substance use among urban American Indian and Alaska Native emerging adults

United States

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🏥 Healthcare

Aug 18, 2026

Tobacco Dependency Treatment Services for People with Severe Mental Illness

The research highlights the importance of a tailored service for people with severe mental illness, but that additional metrics could be more broadly captured on service user outcomes and service costs

United States

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💼 Business

Aug 18, 2026

Integrated Strategic Forecasting

The authors describe the combined methodology of integrated strategic forecasting, a new exploratory approach to futures and anticipatory planning that leverages the unique advantages of scenario planning and crowdsourced forecasting

Global

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👥 Society

Aug 15, 2026

"The Force Is in Our Union"

This study examines how a sample of Latino Catholic parishioners in eastern Los Angeles perceive their role in neighborhood change before and after participating in a park environmental advocacy training

United States

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👥 Society

Aug 15, 2026

Illegal Firearms Markets

This article examines illegal firearms markets in the United States, analyzing transaction patterns, the diversion of guns from legal commerce to criminal use, cross-border trafficking, and privately made firearms

United States

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📈 Economy

Aug 15, 2026

Stability and Turbulence in Illegal Drug Markets

This article provides a primer on illegal drug markets, with a focus on the structure and nature of these markets and the enterprises involved

Global

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🌍 Geopolitics

Aug 14, 2026

Exploring AI’s Operational Implications in a Future U.S.-China Conflict

The wargame Camp(ai)gn explores the military implications of artificial intelligence. This paper presents gameplay observations about how autonomous systems might shape the character of conflict, logic of escalation, and choices facing commanders

United States

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📚 Education

Aug 13, 2026

Modernizing Department of the Air Force Training and Education Approaches

Stackable certificate programs in artificial intelligence and advanced technologies could build technological fluency in U.S. Department of the Air Force critical missions and career fields and modernize existing professional military education

United States

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💼 Business

Aug 13, 2026

Respirator Surge Manufacturing

Small and medium-sized enterprises stepped up production of personal protective equipment in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and could do so again if the conditions exist for them to remain viable, competitive, and surge ready

United States

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🌱 Environment

Aug 13, 2026

Southern California Edison's Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program

This report provides an interim review of Southern California Edison’s Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program, describing program activity to date and identifying issues that may inform future wildfire compensation program design

United States

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🌍 Geopolitics

Aug 12, 2026

Defense Requirements Planning in Comparative Organizations

The authors examine the defense requirements processes of China, Russia, Australia, and the United Kingdom to better understand these systems, draw comparisons, and leverage potential practices for the U.S. Department of War

Global

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🌱 Environment

Aug 12, 2026

Assessing the Energy Potential of Artificial Intelligence Data Center Sites

This brief describes a framework designed to assess possible data center sites for their energy potential. The framework is intended to serve as an energy-potential screening tool for planners, policymakers, and developers

United States

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