May 21, 2025 · Warfare and Military Operations RAND researchers examine military and national security issues across a broad spectrum—from political dissent and military training to tactical …

Feb 1, 2018 · The People's Liberation Army's approach to training, organizing, and equipping for modern warfare over the past two decades has been influenced by systems thinking. It now characterizes …

Apr 5, 2018 · The authors examine historical antecedents of political warfare and current-day practices through in-depth case studies of Russia, Iran, and the Islamic State. They use these cases to derive …

The Future of Warfare in 2030: Project Overview and Conclusions Who will the United States fight against and who will fight with it? Where will these future conflicts be fought? What will future …

Aug 26, 2020 · The Future of Warfare in 2030: Project Overview and Conclusions This report is the overview in a series that seeks to answer questions about the future of warfare, including who might …

Jul 3, 2025 · RAND researchers evaluated how artificial intelligence could reshape four "building block" competitions in military operations: quantity versus quality, hiding versus finding, centralized versus …

Overarching Findings and Recommendations report synthesizes and summarizes findings from two companion reports, Proxy War-fare in Strategic Competition: State Motivations and Future Trends …

Jan 14, 2025 · The United States should address broader national security risks beyond terrorism by consolidating irregular warfare capabilities under a new Cabinet-level agency, similar to Britain's …

Known opera-tional systems include the anti–air raid operational system, anti-land-ing operational system, firepower warfare operational system, blockade system, and information operational …

May 21, 2025 · RAND Space Enterprise Initiative The RAND Corporation's Space Enterprise Initiative--a new virtual center--is a one-stop shop for space research and related activities across RAND. Led by …