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RAND research is conducted on a uniquely broad front for clients around the globe that include both the public and private sectors. Research and analysis is carried out by four programs that address social and economic policy issues, both in the United States and overseas; by four federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) that focus on U.S. national security policy issues; and by RAND's wholly owned subsidiaries, RAND Europe and RAND Australia.
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Homeland Security Operational Analysis CenterGo to Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center
The center will conduct analyses and make recommendations to strengthen DHS across its missions to prevent terrorism and enhance security.
homeland security, counterterrorism, border security, cyber security, emergency preparednessDepartment of Homeland Security -
RAND Army Research DivisionGo to RAND Army Research Division
The United States Army's only federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) for studies and analysis
Army Military Research, Arroyo CenterUnited States Army, U.S. Army, US ArmyDepartment of Defense (DoD) Department of the Army-
Forces and LogisticsGo to Forces and LogisticsU.S. Army, US Army, readiness, force readiness, defense, operational forces, industrial base, military equipment, mobility, operational concepts, alternative force structures, acquisition reform, cyber, cyber-warfare, cyber warfare, cost-estimating, military deployment
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Personnel, Training, and HealthGo to Personnel, Training, and HealthU.S. Army, US Army, psychological health, invisible wounds, veterans, veteran's affairs, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), medical deployment, medicine, army medicine, army doctor, army nurse, deployed medic, soldier mobility, recruit, recruiting, recruiters, soldier pay, pay, promote, promotion, retention, active, active forces, national guard, reserve, reserves, reserve forces, contractor, military contractor, personnel, personnel management, gender diversity, deployment
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Strategy, Doctrine, and ResourcesGo to Strategy, Doctrine, and ResourcesU.S. Army, US Army, security environment, force structure, battlefield, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, ISR, defense, command and control, counterinsurgency
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RAND AustraliaGo to RAND Australia
RAND Australia is an independent for-profit research institute whose mission is to help improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis.
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RAND EducationGo to RAND Education
Helping make educational policies, programs, and practices more effective for all
summer learning, early childhood education, teacher effectiveness, value-added modeling, standards-based reforms, accountability, and testing, educational technology, 21st century skills, charter schools, K-12 education reform, educational equityDepartment of Education (DOE) Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Wallace Foundation Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) American Institutes for Research (AIR) Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit (BVIU) New Leaders for New Schools Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) Supreme Education Council Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) The Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH) Qatar University University of Arizona, Tucson The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven Policy Studies Associates, Inc. (PSA) College Bound Economic Mobility Corporation (EMC) Educational Testing Service (ETS) The Fund for Public Schools (FPS) The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation National Science Foundation (NSF) University of Michigan (UM) State of Qatar California Municipal Agencies (CMA) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State of Hawaii University of Arizona -
RAND EuropeGo to RAND Europe
More than 20 years of not-for-profit research by the European subsidiary of the RAND Corporation
European Union, modelling, evaluation and impact, innovation, healthcare, defenceWorld Bank Qatar Foundation World Health Organization (WHO) European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) European Commission Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG-CNECT, DGCNECT) Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG-EMPL DGEMPL) Directorate-General for Health and Consumers (DG-SANCO, DGSANCO) Directorate-General for Internal Market and Services (DG-MARKT, DGMARKT) Directorate-General for Justice (DG-JUST, DGJUST) Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG-RTD DGRTD) European Defence Agency (EDA) Europol Finance Unit (EFU) Agence Française de Developpement Department of Energy and Climate Change Department of Health HS2 (High Speed Two) Ministry of Defence National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) Wellcome Trust GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) United Kingdom (UK) Department for International Development (DFID) Transport for London (TfL)-
Defence, Security, and Infrastructurecyber security and cybercrime, information assurance, defence acquisition, defense planning, terrorism, security, and resilience, EU border control, complex weapons, crime and reoffending, recidivism, illicit markets, substance misuse, migration and integration, community cohesion, drug strategy, transport and travel demand modeling, high speed rail
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Home Affairs and Social Policyworkforce, skills systems, gender equality, children, well-being, workplace safety, consumer responsiveness, consumer preferences, Sub-Saharan Africa, HIV/AIDS, cash transfers, good governance, malaria, HIV prevention
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Innovation, Health, and Sciencefunding and supporting science, translational research, internet, public-private partnerships, research governance, competitiveness, scientific research, healthcare governance, public health, population health assessments, hospital leadership, HIV/AIDS and ARVs antiretroviral therapy, healthcare quality, discrete choice modeling, health sector modeling, logic models, frameworks, programme and project evaluation, impact assessment, futures analysis
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RAND Gulf States Policy InstituteGo to RAND Gulf States Policy InstituteLouisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, hurricanes, coastal protection and restoration, community resilience, flood insurance program
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RAND HealthGo to RAND Health
The nation's most trusted source of objective health policy research
obesity, substance abuse, medicaid and medicare, affordable care act (ACA), quality of care, end-of-life care, health information technology (IT), maternal, child, and adolescent health, public health and health systems preparednessMedical Research Acquisition Activity (MRAA) Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS, CMMS) National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBA) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA, VA) Sepulveda VA Medical Center Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá (INCAP) Los Angeles County (LAC) Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health (DoH) American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) National University of Singapore (NUS) University of Arkansas (UA) University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) University of California, San Diego (UCSD) University of Pittsburgh (UP, UPitt) Aetna Foundation The Lance Armstrong Foundation California HealthCare Foundation The Commonwealth Fund Elizabeth Dole Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) McCormick Tribune Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation CIGNA Healthcare Econometrica, Inc. Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. IMPAQ International NC Healthcare Innovation, LLC Optimer Pharmaceuticals PepsiCo. Inc. WellPoint Health Network Inc. American Medical Association (AMA) America's Health Insurance Plans Foundation (AHIPF) Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission (ATSC) Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Blue Shield of California California Mental Health Services Authority (CMHSA) Children's Hospital Boston (CHB) Children's National Medical Center (CNMC) Community Care Behavioral Health Organization (CCBHO) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute DC Cancer Consortium ECRI Institute HelpMeSee Inc. Himalayan Cataract Project Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Integrated Healthcare Associates (IHA) Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) Samueli Institute Seattle Children's Research Institute (SCRI) The Urban Child Institute (UCI) National Science Foundation (NSF) University of Michigan (UM) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Pennsylvania State University (PSU) Howard Heinz Endowment (HHE) World Bank National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute on Aging (NIA) Harvard University University of Southern California (USC) International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Vanderbilt University (VU) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) Social Security Administration (SSA) Department of Defense (DoD) National Institutes of Health (NIH) California Municipal Agencies (CMA) District of Columbia (Washington D.C., Washington DC) University of California (UC)-
Bing Center for Health EconomicsGo to Bing Center for Health Economicshealth financing, health care costs, health care spending, medicaid, medicare, affordable care act (ACA), health care markets, health care access, health care enrollment, health insurance
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RAND Center of Excellence on Health System PerformanceGo to RAND Center of Excellence on Health System Performancehealth outcomes, health care access, neighborhood health, community health, community mental health, environmental health, vulnerable populations, race/ethnicity and health, gender disparities in health
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RAND Drug Policy Research CenterGo to RAND Drug Policy Research Centermarijuana, underage substance use, drug markets, smoking cessation, alcohol, prescription drug abuse, substance abuse prevention, substance abuse treatment, drug harm reduction, tobacco
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RAND Gulf States Policy InstituteGo to RAND Gulf States Policy Institute
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Southern California Evidence-based Practice CenterGo to Southern California Evidence-based Practice Centerhealth care technology, health care quality measurement and improvement, health care performance measures, Agency for Healthcare Research and quality (AHRQ), health evidence evaluation, comparative effectiveness, systematic reviews
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RAND InternationalGo to RAND InternationalKurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Qatar Foundation
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Center for Asia Pacific PolicyGo to Center for Asia Pacific PolicyCAPP, India, China, Phillipines, Australia, Sino-US Relations, Sino-U.S. Relations, Chinese military, Chinese population, Indian military, Indian population, Asia demography, Asian demographics, U.S.-Asia relations, North Korea, South Korea, Republic of Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Center for Global Risk and SecurityGo to Center for Global Risk and SecurityAir Travel, Airline Security, Terrorism, Airport Security, global security environment, threat assessment, threat prediction, risk management, risk assessment, security leaks, information leaks
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Center for Middle East Public PolicyGo to Center for Middle East Public PolicyIran, Iraq, Syria, Persian Gulf, Gulf Cooperation Council, Democratic Transitions Muslim Identity, Islam, Yemen, Egypt Elections, Lebanon, Jordan, Libya, North Africa, Mahgreb, Israelis and Palestinians, West Bank, Terrorism, Rule of Law, Middle Eastern Youth, Middle East Youth
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Center for Russia and EurasiaGo to Center for Russia and EurasiaThe World Bank, Soviet Union, Former Soviet States, USSR, Cold War, Yugoslavia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Europe
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Other Regional ResearchGo to Other Regional Research
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RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and EnvironmentGo to RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment
JIE works with the public and private sector, across multiple disciplines to find solutions to complex policy problems.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Bureau of Reclamation (BoR) Department of Justice (DoJ) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development District Qatar National Food Security Programme Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters State of California California Energy Commission (CEC) Department of Water Resources (DWR) City of Santa Monica Los Angeles County Probation Department (LACPD) The Superior Court of California–County of San Francisco Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration (OCPR) Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Dartmouth College Tulane University Communities Foundation of Texas The Ford Foundation Rosenberg Foundation Brown and Caldwell Guardians of Honor, LLC Institute for Mobility Research (IMR) KeyLogic Systems, Inc. MWH Americas NuStats Homeboy Industries The Kearny Alliance Stockholm Environment Institute Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) Department of Energy (DoE) Qatar Foundation MacArthur Foundation National Science Foundation (NSF) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Pennsylvania State University (PSU) Howard Heinz Endowment (HHE) World Bank National Academy of Sciences (NAS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Department of the Interior (DoI) People's Republic of China (PRC) State of Qatar United Arab Emirates (UAE) California Municipal Agencies (CMA) State of Louisiana-
Center for Catastrophic Risk Management and CompensationGo to Center for Catastrophic Risk Management and Compensation
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Center for Corporate Ethics and GovernanceGo to Center for Corporate Ethics and Governance
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Center for Health and Safety in the WorkplaceGo to Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace
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Center on Quality PolicingGo to Center on Quality Policing
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Drug Policy Research CenterGo to Drug Policy Research Center
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Homeland Security and Defense CenterGo to Homeland Security and Defense Centerborder security, cyber threats, counterterrorism, critical infrastructure protection, emergency preparedness, community resilience, domestic intelligence
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Infrastructure Resilience and Environmental PolicyGo to Infrastructure Resilience and Environmental Policyclimate change, water resources management, entrepreneurship and innovation, environmental regulation, hurricanes and flooding, alternative and renewable energy, fossil fuels and carbon capture, conservation and green building
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Institute for Civil JusticeGo to Institute for Civil Justicecorporate ethics and governance, catastrophic risk management and compensation, alternative dispute resolution, asbestos litigation, class actions and mass torts, juries and verdicts, product liabilityCommission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Risk Management Solutions
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Justice PolicyGo to Justice Policypublic safety, policing, criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections, crime, gangs, and violence prevention, drug policy, occupational safety
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RAND Gulf States Policy InstituteGo to RAND Gulf States Policy Institute
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Science, Technology, and PolicyGo to Science, Technology, and Policy
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Water and Climate Resilience CenterGo to Water and Climate Resilience Center
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RAND Labor and PopulationGo to RAND Labor and Population
Research and analysis to improve social and economic well-being around the world
aging, labor markets and human capital, children and families, social insurance and welfare, financial and economic decision making, disabilities, international developmentThe William and Flora Hewlett Foundation University of Michigan (UM) World Bank National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute on Aging (NIA) Harvard University University of Southern California (USC) International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) MacArthur Foundation Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Department of Labor (DoL) Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Federal Reserve Bank of New York United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Spencer Foundation SurveyMETER Israel Israeli Prime Minister's Office State of New Mexico Tilburg University, CentERdata Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development Taos Pueblo Social Security Administration (SSA) World Health Organization (WHO) Smith Richardson Foundation National Institutes of Health (NIH)-
American Life PanelGo to American Life Panel
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Center for Chinese Aging StudiesGo to Center for Chinese Aging Studies
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Center for Disability ResearchGo to Center for Disability Researchsocial security disability insurance, SSDI, disability benefits
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Center for Financial and Economic Decision MakingGo to Center for Financial and Economic Decision Makingbehavioral finance, financial literacy, retirement savings and security, investor protection, financial stability, financial services, personal wealth
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Center for Latin American Social PolicyGo to Center for Latin American Social Policysouth america, mexico, central america, crime and drugs, rainforest, immigration, social security programs and pension reform
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Center for Research and Policy in International DevelopmentGo to Center for Research and Policy in International Developmenteconomic growth, developing countries, low-income countries
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Center for the Study of AgingGo to Center for the Study of Agingdementia, elderly, retirement, social security, health and retirement study HRS
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Displaced New Orleans Residents SurveyGo to Displaced New Orleans Residents Survey
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Family Life SurveysGo to Family Life Surveys
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Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood SurveyGo to Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey
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Multi Mode Interviewing CapabilityGo to Multi Mode Interviewing Capability
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Population Research CenterGo to Population Research Centerdemography, human capital investments, children and families, data collection
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RAND Summer InstituteGo to RAND Summer Institute
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RAND National Security Research DivisionGo to RAND National Security Research Division
The RAND National Security Research Division (NSRD) conducts research and analysis for all national security sponsors other than the U.S. Air Force and the Army.
Department of Energy (DoE) Department of the Navy Marine Corps Joint Staff National Defense University (NDU) Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Deputy Secretary of Defense (DSD) Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (OD-CAPE) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD-ATL) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD-PR) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD-P) Unified Combatant Commands Pacific Northwest National Laboratory U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Department of State (DoS) Intelligence Community Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Republic of Singapore Ministry of Defence Carnegie Corporation of New York The Export-Import Bank of Korea Korea Institute for Defense Analyses Smith Richardson Foundation Department of Defense (DoD)-
Acquisition and Technology Policy CenterGo to Acquisition and Technology Policy CenterATP, national defense, Navy, Coast Guard, military technology, cyber, cyber-attach, cyber attack, cyber defense, cyber-defense, ballistic missile, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), information warfare, force modernization and employment, counterterrorism, joint force cooperation, force cooperation, counterinsurgency, insurgency, Australian Navy, Australian Air Force
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Forces and Resources Policy CenterGo to Forces and Resources Policy CenterFRP, national defense, force management, force readiness, military health, invisible wounds, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), psychological health, treatment, medical / medicine, TRICARE, wounded warrior, active forces, active duty, reserve forces, Navy reserves, child care, veterans, veteran affairs, US Navy, U.S. Navy, joint operations, gender diversity, force deployment, Military Suicides
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Homeland Security and Defense CenterGo to Homeland Security and Defense Center
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Intelligence Policy CenterGo to Intelligence Policy CenterIPC, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), defense intelligence agency, internet privacy, data fusion, data synthesis, geospatial awareness, military technology, data analysis, threat identification, counterterrorism, counterinsurgency
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International Security and Defense Policy CenterGo to International Security and Defense Policy CenterISDP, counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, failed states, stabilization efforts, diplomatic solutions, political environment, arms proliferation and control, Weapons of Mass Destructions (WMD), nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, tactics, Air Travel, Airport Security, Airline Security, Air Transportation
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National Defense Research InstituteGo to National Defense Research Institute
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RAND Project AIR FORCEGo to RAND Project AIR FORCE
Since its founding in 1946, PAF has remained the U.S. Air Force's only federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) concerned entirely with studies and analyses.
Department of Defense (DoD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)-
Force Modernization and Employment ProgramGo to Force Modernization and Employment ProgramFMEP, defense, U.S. Air Force (USAF), US Air Force, risk assessment, force mobility, long range strike, cyber, cyber-attack, cyber attack, information warfare, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), combat air forces, command and control, nuclear proliferation
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Manpower, Personnel, and Training ProgramGo to Manpower, Personnel, and Training ProgramMPT, workforce size and composition, recruiting, military recruiting, pay, promote, promotion, military career field, retention, active duty, active forces, air national guard, reserves, reserve component, reserve forces, military contractor, airman, airmen, deployment
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Resource Management ProgramGo to Resource Management ProgramRMP, DoD policies and practices, military logistics, force readiness, military privatization, privatized military, military contracting, national defense, U.S. Air Force (USAF), US Air Force, cost-estimating, military acquisition
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Strategy and Doctrine ProgramGo to Strategy and Doctrine ProgramSDR, defense strategy and planning, defense planning, regional analysis, security environment, space power, U.S. Air Force (USAF), US Air Force, joint operations, force development, strategic airlift, ballistic missile, missile defense
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Multi-Division CentersGo to Multi-Division Centers
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Drug Policy Research CenterGo to Drug Policy Research Center
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Homeland Security and Defense CenterGo to Homeland Security and Defense Center
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RAND Research DisciplinesGo to RAND Research Disciplines
- Arts and Letters
- Behavioral Sciences
- Business
- Computer Sciences
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RAND Economics GroupGo to RAND Economics Group
- Engineering
- RAND Information Sciences Group
- International Relations
- Law
- Life Sciences
- Mathematics
- Operations Research
- Physical Sciences
- Policy Analysis
- Political Science
- Social Sciences
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RAND Statistics GroupGo to RAND Statistics Group
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RAND Survey Research GroupGo to RAND Survey Research Group
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Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School and Emerging Policy Research and Methods
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Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate SchoolGo to Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School
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Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human ConditionGo to RAND Pardee Center
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RAND Journal of EconomicsGo to RAND Journal of Economics
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