The UK has made progress toward a whole-system approach to drug policy, but unclear accountability and persistent stigma are stalling reform.

The arrival of postindustrial society has transformed the traditional bases of national power, and thus the methods used to measure the relative power of nations should be reassessed as well.

In 2025, the U.S. federal debt exceeded $37 trillion. The Congressional Budget Office forecasted in March 2025 that the debt will reach 156 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2055. Left ...

The U.S. defense strategy and posture have become insolvent. The tasks that the nation expects its military forces and other elements of national power to do internationally exceed the means that are ...

Migration over the U.S. southwest border in the past decade has been composed of growing numbers of undocumented and asylum-seeking families and children from Mexico and Central America, with larger ...

In 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping endorsed a new initiative, known as the Global Energy Interconnection (GEI), that could help solve humanity's pressing energy and climate dilemmas through the ...

This report deals with one aspect of RAND's continuing study of methods for improving decisionmaking. It describes the results of an extensive set of experiments conducted at RAND during the spring ...

Advances in technology can bring about dramatic changes in military operations, often termed revolutions in military affairs or RMAs. Such technology-driven changes in military operations are not ...

A description of the Delphi Technique which attempts to make effective use of informed intuitive judgment in long-range forecasting. The Delphi method in its simplest form solicits the opinions of ...

Congress created the Commission on the National Defense Strategy in the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act as an independent body charged with assessing the 2022 National Defense ...

Get updates from RAND delivered straight to your inbox. We're at an inflection point. Evidence about the health risks of alcohol use is becoming clearer, along with a growing visibility of sober ...

Although military technology is increasingly available and affordable, not all states have the capacity to improve military effectiveness by acquiring hardware. Integrative difficulties — in command ...