David Groves discusses an innovative approach to dealing with the many challenges that may contribute to sustainable and affordable solutions of long term water supplies in California.

RAND recently assessed accountability systems in five public secvice sectors (child care, education, health care, public health emergency preparedness, and transportation) and made recommendations on how to improve them.

At this program, Brian Michael Jenkins explored some of the most significant political, fiscal, social, cultural, psychological, and military implications of U.S. policymaking since 9/11.

Madeline Di Nonno, executive director for the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, and Rebecca Collins discuss how media images of girls influence how they see themselves and whether portrayals of sex in popular media influence behavior.

Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Bratton joins Greg Ridgeway, director of the RAND Safety and Justice Program, in this dialogue about the effect of mounting constraints on city and state resources and the state of public safety in Los Angeles and California.

Economist Krishna B. Kumar discusses India's impact on the global economy and the implications of India's economic rise for the United States.

On July 26, 2011, RAND experts discussed the military, political, fiscal, social, cultural, psychological, and moral implications of U.S. policymaking since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

At this June 2011 RAND Policy Circle event in Pittsburgh, a selection of RAND's top experts in education policy shared fresh, evidence-based perspectives on measuring school performance.

On June 16, 2011, RAND senior political scientist Seth Jones, an expert on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and al Qa'ida who has worked abroad in conflict zones over the last several years, presented "After bin Laden: The United States, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

On February 17, 2011, the RAND Corporation presented "A Conversation with John Deasy, the Next Superintendent of LAUSD" as part of its Distinguished Speaker series in Santa Monica, California.