Policy Minded

Insights from RAND on the State of the Union; China's surveillance balloon and the U.S. recovery mission; the benefits of mental health first aid training; and Japan's long-awaited return to geopolitics. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Insights from RAND on the State of the Union; China’s surveillance balloon and the U.S. recovery mission; the benefits of mental health first aid training; and Japan's long-awaited return to geopolitics. For more information on this week’s episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

What the U.S. military might learn from the war in Ukraine; how the United States and France could further cooperate in the Indo-Pacific; mitigating software supply chain risk; and U.S. policy toward Southeast Asia. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

How the United States can help avoid a drawn-out war in Ukraine; what the evidence says about the effects of gun laws; how teachers feel about limits on their instruction; why America's policy of "strategic ambiguity" toward Taiwan may be doing more harm than good; and policies that could help address migrant surges. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Why we need governance in outer space; how the war in Ukraine could end sooner than expected; lessons from the FAA system failure; and why Twitter isn't a "digital town square." For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

What the evidence says about U.S. gun laws; containing the COVID-19 outbreak in China; whether or not Americans are growing tired of the war in Ukraine; sexual harassment and sexual assault in military settings; and what space might look like in 2050. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

RAND has been committed to unbiased and effective analysis tackling the world's biggest challenges since its founding 75 years ago. We invited RAND's President and CEO, Jason Matheny, to share his vision for RAND in 2023 and beyond. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Measuring America's civic infrastructure; a potential explanation for the public debut of Kim Jong-un's daughter; India's "ultra-realist foreign policy"; treating opioid use disorder in the early pandemic; and how to respond to Chinese economic coercion. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Understanding the racial wealth gap — and what might help close it; what prevents people of color from becoming and staying teachers; three keys to rebuilding Ukraine after the war; and China's global basing ambitions.

What to watch for as the situation in China unfolds, the downsides of diplomacy with Russia, why intelligence work can be traumatizing and what to do about it, and managing expectations about the efficacy of the "mansion tax" in Los Angeles. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.