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"This could be a time for desperately needed rethinking, not more tinkering around the edges, to forge a new approach to national health."

This new report summarizes the literature on military compensation, with the goal of identifying ways to improve efficiency.

The Department of Defense assesses and monitors the health readiness of America's armed forces. New RAND research examines DoD's suite of health readiness assessments and identifies potential opportunities for improvement, increased efficiencies, and cost savings.

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which launched in July 2022, provides an easy-to-remember phone number that connects people to emergency mental health services. Our new study finds that most types of mental health crisis services did not increase following the launch of 988.

Leading AI labs are in hot pursuit of artificial general intelligence, which would produce human-level—or even superhuman-level—intelligence across many cognitive tasks. RAND's Jim Mitre and Joel Predd highlight 5 hard national security problems such a development could present: ➡️ wonder weapons ➡️ systemic shifts in power ➡️ nonexperts empowered to develop weapons of mass destruction ➡️ artificial entities with agency ➡️ instability

We're hosting a summit to identify promising practices to develop the health care workforce in the United States. Register to join us in Washington, D.C. on March 17.

Violence by K–12 students is disturbingly common. Ensuring that schools have effective ways to identify and prevent such incidents is critical. Our new report builds an inventory of intervention options for schools that are managing behavioral threats.

North Korea's nuclear ambitions. China's assertive territorial claims. The delicate balance of power involving Taiwan. Right now, the Indo-Pacific stands at the forefront of global strategic interests. Five RAND researchers with deep expertise in the region discuss what you need to know.

In China, young people make up an ever-smaller share of the population. New RAND research examines how the country's demographic changes might affect the future of its military.

"A system-based, or layered, approach, puts the odds in law enforcement's favor, as the attacker must be lucky many times to succeed while defenders only need to succeed once." RAND experts consider evidence-based solutions to mitigate mass attacks.