Desert Storm aims to examine the lessons of the Gulf War from a high-level, strategic defense perspective. It opens up an informed debate concerning the true military and geopolitical lessons of the conflict....Daugiau...
Previous research has identified that logistics and sustainment shortfalls are a critical barrier to U.S. operational success in the Indo-Pacific. In this report, the authors identify five case countries (Australia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapo...Daugiau...
Previous research has identified that logistics and sustainment shortfalls are a critical barrier to U.S. operational success in the Indo-Pacific. In this report, the authors identify five case countries (Australia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapo...Daugiau...
Michael J Mazarr, Gwen Mazzotta, Dara Massicot, Anthony Atler, Jason H Campbell, Nathan Chandler, Alexis Dale-Huang, Kotryna Jukneviciute, Raymond Kuo, Krista Langeland...
The authors explore the challenge of renewing competitive dynamism in the face of national decline. They examine common patterns of national renewal and the qualities that determine a societys capacity for renewal. From this analysis, they derive...Daugiau...
The United States, according to official U.S. national security statements and an avalanche of commentary since about 2016, is engaged in a long-term strategic rivalry with China and a lesser -- but still critical -- rivalry for influence with Russi...Daugiau...
This report is part of a larger RAND Corporation study on the societal foundations of national competitiveness. This report is part of a larger RAND Corporation study on the societal foundations of national competitiveness....Daugiau...
Ensuring military access to the territory of allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific in the event of a future conflict with China is a critical concern for U.S. policymakers. The physical and political geography of the region sharply limits U.S. opti...Daugiau...
The U.S. defense strategy and posture have become insolvent. To defeat evolving threats, such as Chinas broad military modernization and Russias reconstituted forces, more-coordinated efforts by the United States and its allies are required....Daugiau...
This report, one of two, focuses on whether partners and allies have the willingness to support U.S. operations in a major Indo-Pacific conflict. The companion report focuses on technical and operational issues....Daugiau...
Jonathan P Wong, Katheryn Giglio, Michael J Mazarr, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Michael Bohnert, Scott Boston, Christian Curriden, Derek Eaton, Gregory Weider Fauerbach, Joslyn Fleming...
This report seeks to address how the U.S. Army can most effectively project and employ land power in the Indo-Pacific, during competition and conflict, with a focus on scenarios involving China....Daugiau...
Nations rise and fall, succeed or fail in rivalries, and enjoy stability or descend into chaos because of a complex web of factors. One critical component is a nations essential social characteristics. This report examines the characteristics of...Daugiau...
Michael J Mazarr, Krista Langeland, Ashley L Rhoades, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Alexis A Blanc, Derek Eaton, Katie Feistel, Edward Geist, Timothy R Heath, Christian Johnson...
The authors examined potential effects that emerging technologies could have on U.S. national security policy and identified long-term effects that these technologies might have on effectiveness and stability-two major aspects of deterrent relationsh...Daugiau...
Michael J Mazarr, Lyle J Morris, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Jonah Blank, Samuel Charap, Michael S Chase, Beth Grill, Derek Grossman, Dara Massicot, Jennifer D P Moroney...
In this study, RAND researchers examined the current role of security cooperation efforts as a tool in the emerging strategic competition among the United States, Russia, and China-- In this study, RAND researchers examined the current r...Daugiau...
Michael J Mazarr, Ariane M Tabatabai, Jonah Blank, Samuel Charap, Benjamin N Harris, Timothy R Heath, Niklas Helwig, Jeffrey W Hornung, Lyle J Morris, Ashley L Rhoades...
The U.S. National Security Strategy is built around the expectation of a new era of intensifying international competition that the United States is expected to confront. Yet there is little rigorous analysis of what such an era might look like or ho...Daugiau...
The authors discuss the need and potential for norms constraining cyber aggression. They review the history of cyber norms and the current policies surrounding them and propose a renewed agenda for the United States to encourage their develo...Daugiau...
Michael J Mazarr, Eugene Han, Samuel Charap, Abigail Casey, Irina a Chindea, Christian Curriden, Alyssa Demus, Bryan Frederick, Arthur Chan, John P Godges...
The consensus inside and outside the U.S. government is that the international system is headed for a renewed era of intense and sometimes bitter competition among leading states. The objective of this research was to assess the emerging strategic co...Daugiau...
As part of a series of reports in which RAND researchers examine the established concepts of deterrence and develop a framework for evaluating the strength of deterrent relationships, this report explores two ongoing examples of extended det...Daugiau...
In this report, RAND researchers identify eight common characteristics of gray zone aggression, develop a framework for assessing the health of U.S. and partner deterrence in the gray zone, and apply the framework to three case studies: Chin...Daugiau...
Desert Storm aims to examine the lessons of the Gulf War from a high-level, strategic defense perspective. It opens up an informed debate concerning the true military and geopolitical lessons of the conflict....Daugiau...
