Policy Minded

Mitigating potential risks of a Western response to Russia; insights from RAND on President Biden's first State of the Union address; and the not-so-distant-future of outer space. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Insights from RAND experts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine; why it may be time for a new approach to helping unemployed Americans; how substance use disorder complicates sex trafficking cases; teachers' views on anti-bias education; and the economic benefits of investing in foreign-language education. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

A Russian invasion of Ukraine could lead to a massive refugee crisis; the benefits of investing in women's health research; how to end all U.S. roadway deaths; pandemic-related staffing challenges in America's schools; and programs available to support incarcerated parents and their children. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

School district leaders' concerns about mental health and political polarization; how to bring stability to Russia's backyard; what satellite images reveal about China's treatment of the Uyghur people; the final report from the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking; and how expanding the child tax credit helped tackle child poverty. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

The dangers of NATO's open-ended process of expansion; U.S. strategic competition with Russia; how U.S. health care systems emphasize volume over value; the need for a common definition of "climate migrants;" and how the military can prepare for the next pandemic. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

What the Pentagon can do better to prevent civilian casualties; how secondary school principals were doing one year into the pandemic; examining Americans' drinking habits in the COVID-19 era; strategies to promote vaccination equity; and how a deeply divided American public could affect U.S. deterrence. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Considering U.S.-Russia diplomacy in the context of the Ukraine crisis; how citizen science can help communities become safer and stronger; protecting the U.S. blood supply from future shocks; and new "visual essays" that show why people might join—and later leave—extremist groups. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

The geopolitical risks of tinkering with the climate; how NATO could help ease the Ukraine-Russia impasse; debating workers' compensation in the COVID-19 era; potentially huge cost savings from biosimilar drugs; and what the evidence says about education benefits for veterans. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Why extremism and addiction may be similar; a better way to assess the risk of recidivism; how the United States could deliver on global vaccine diplomacy; modernizing America's nuclear Triad; and how collaboration technologies could change demographic trends. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.

Our top 10 list of RAND research projects covers a wide range of topics, including how stress is affecting America's teachers; reforming the U.S. mental health care system; addressing the threat of violent extremism; China's disappeared Uyghurs; and the high prices of prescription drugs in the United States. For more information on this week's episode, visit rand.org/podcast.