As the United States continues to shift its focus towards great power competition with China, the race in defense technology is becoming increasingly prominent. America may retain the technological edge… Continue reading "RAND Proposes New Framework For Assessing Chinese Technological Advances"
A recently released RAND report titled “China-Russia Cooperation: Determining Factors, Future Trajectories, Implications for the United States” asses exactly what the title says it assesses. With around 270 pages of… Continue reading "New RAND Report Asses China-Russia Cooperation"
In a recent publication titled “Anticipating Adversary Military Interventions”, RAND attempted to discover “what drives US adversaries to use military forces abroad”. In order to find an answer, researchers focused… Continue reading "RAND Report Asks What Pushes America’s Competitors to Send Military Abroad"
Welcome to another Weekend Briefing, where we round-up the week’s most important defense news and some of the stories that may have flown under the radar. This week at Overt… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (2-6 August)"
Between 19 and 29 July, RAND published three reports focusing on foreign disinformation campaigns. Two of these were focused on social media with one report focusing on Chinese social media… Continue reading "New RAND Studies Tackle Foreign Disinformation in the United States"
At a recent press briefing the US Department of Defense (DoD) Press Secretary John F. Kirby announced plans to launch a sixth DoD Regional Center focused on the Arctic. The… Continue reading "US Announces New Center for Arctic Security Studies"