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    , the diminishing role of facts in U.S. public life, has taken hold over the last two decades. What might make someone more susceptible—or more resistant—to this phenomenon? Our new report looks at the role of reasoning & cognitive biases. 🧵

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    Great work by my colleague analyzing the unintended effects of certain criminal records restrictions.

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  3. "We identified that these standards, intended to support the growth and maintenance of a fit, healthy force … potentially conflict with the intended purpose of assessing and ensuring the physical fitness and health of Marines."

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  4. "Sophisticated information capabilities are not built in a day but honed over time… Ukraine has invested in and retooled its approach to the informational aspects of crisis and conflict … resulting in the robust capability we're witnessing today."

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  5. India's and China's positions on Putin's war in Ukraine are no surprise, says RAND's . But what's remarkable is how few other countries in the Indo-Pacific have joined efforts to punish Russia.

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  6. 🎧 On this week's episode of , we discuss: ► How insurgency could give Ukraine an edge in its fight against Russia ► Curbing U.S. hospital prices ► Policies to support single mothers.

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  7. Why does multilateralism seem to be losing out?

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  8. "Even if Putin retains the south and eastern regions Russia now occupies, it still may well be he has wholly overestimated the number of potential Ukrainian collaborators… Putin's chances of achieving even reduced ambitions in Ukraine may be dim."

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  9. How will the war in Ukraine end? One of our experts looks at three internal clocks—Ukraine's, Russia's, and the West's.

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  10. Many unemployed Americans who have criminal records face restrictions when they try to enter the workforce. RAND's has been researching this issue at a time when workers are badly needed.

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  11. Our research suggests that Russia uses mercenaries due in great part to its inherent military and civil weaknesses.

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  12. "Historical analogies allow us to make sense of complex world events. They should not be seen as a 'playbook' to divine the future. In fact, treating them as such can have the opposite effect: It can cause us to misread the present."

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  13. How does China view competition in the gray zone between peace and war? How does it employ gray zone tactics? And which of these are the most problematic? New research:

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  14. When will the war end? The answer comes down to three clocks, says RAND's Raphael Cohen: "Ukraine's, which is counting down in years, Russia's, in months, and the United States and NATO's, which is stalled at the moment but could restart quite quickly."

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  15. Even if attaining algorithmic equity is fundamentally difficult, seeking it isn't futile, says . "Forcing an optimized algorithm to behave equitably might nudge it off the pinnacle of performance—but that may be a preferable trade-off."

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    17 hours ago

    The West may gain substantial economic leverage to influence outcomes. It could refuse to ease or lift sanctions as long as any Russian forces stay in or could use economic leverage to seek to bring alleged perpetrators of war crimes to justice.

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    It's weird. Imran Khan has all of a sudden become the Rodrigo Duterte of Pakistan--effusive and inexplicable praise for his country's longstanding enemy.

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    "Our research indicates that the Marine Corps' Body Composition and Military Appearance Program is potentially harming Marines."

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  19. While "globalization" describes the effects of increasing international openness and interdependence, "global citizenship" is how we deal with this phenomenon—harvesting its benefits, working together to deal with its challenges. How can it be fostered?

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  20. Nearly 100,000 U.S. service members experience chronic pain in a given year, making pain the leading cause of disability among active-duty personnel.

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  21. "The international criminal court is not adhered to by Russia, so there could be various legal as well as political issues involved before … the case would go before an international tribunal," says RAND's on . Full segment:

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