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  The Role of Information in U.S. Concepts for Strategic Competition

  Gray zone activities—acts of aggression that remain below the threshold of war—can be used to gain an edge in great-power competition. How can the information environment support U.S. responses to these activities?

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  Joint Requirements Framework for Collaboration at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

  To help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security plan and assess joint activities, researchers created a framework with a decision aid, a taxonomy, a tool for selecting program types, and recommendations for structuring joint programs for success.

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  Prioritizing Security Cooperation with Highly Capable U.S. Allies: Framing Army-to-Army Partnerships

  In this report, researchers present recommendations for enabling the U.S. Army to better prioritize and coordinate its security cooperation activities with its allies for coalition operations and engagements in third countries.

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  The U.S. Army's Role in the Pacific Theater: A Panel Discussion with General Charles A. Flynn

  Speaking at a RAND Corporation event, General Charles A. Flynn, head of the U.S. Army Pacific, said that the nation's land force provides two distinct values in a maritime region: (1) supporting allies and partners and (2) providing enabling capabilities to the Joint Force, including sustainment and logistics.

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  Preserving the ROK-U.S. Alliance by Sustaining Military Exercises

  The Republic of Korea (ROK)/U.S. military forces based in the ROK are in a constant state of training, which is required to maintain military effectiveness. North Korea seeks to stop this ROK/U.S. military training, but taking the North Korean complaints seriously could be a mistake.

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  Army Theater Fires Command: Integration and Control of Very Long-Range Army Fires

  The U.S. Army is developing a new generation of surface-to-surface fires with very long ranges. To help with integration, the Army proposed creating the Theater Fires Command, which will need to operate as part of a joint force.

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  Supporting Joint Warfighter Readiness: Opportunities and Incentives for Interservice and Intraservice Coordination with Training-Simulator Acquisition and Use

  As conflicts increasingly involve joint operations, joint simulation-based training becomes more important. The authors examine gaps between joint training needs and current and future resources to improve coordination within and among the services.

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  Running the Joint: Air Force Efforts to Build a Joint Task Force Headquarters

  The authors examine U.S. Air Force efforts to develop a capability to carry out a Joint Task Force Headquarters (JTF HQ) mission. The findings will be relevant to anyone interested in Air Force efforts to stand up a JTF HQ.

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  Could France Support a U.S.-Led War in Eastern Europe?

  France has a greater range of capabilities than most other European militaries. It has remained strongly committed to NATO and bilateral defense cooperation with the United States. What capabilities might France bring to a hypothetical high-intensity conventional war against Russia?

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  The Demand for Responsiveness in Past U.S. Military Operations

  The Department of Defense argues that it must maintain a high level of readiness across the joint force to remain highly responsive. The author conducts a historical analysis to identify the demand for responsiveness in past U.S. military operations.

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  Multiple Dilemmas: Challenges and Options for All-Domain Command and Control

  The authors examine potential command-and-control impediments to multidomain operations and propose alternative models for joint all-domain command and control.

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  Multiple Dilemmas for the Joint Force: Joint All-Domain Command and Control

  The authors examine potential command and control impediments to multidomain operations and propose alternative models for joint all-domain command and control.

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  Unlocking NATO's Amphibious Potential: Lessons from the Past, Insights for the Future

  Researchers analyze the past, present, and future employment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's amphibious forces, highlight ongoing initiatives, and identify several efforts that should be pursued to advance its amphibious capabilities.

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  Two Vignettes: How Might Combat Operations Be Different Under the Information Joint Function?

  RAND researcher Christopher Paul employs storytelling to illustrate two distinct approaches to Joint Combat Operations. While both vignettes result in the expulsion of adversary forces and the restoration of territorial integrity, they take different approaches to kinetic and informational power.

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  Joint All-Domain Command and Control for Modern Warfare: An Analytic Framework for Identifying and Developing Artificial Intelligence Applications

  The authors examine and recommend opportunities for applying artificial intelligence and, more broadly, automation to deliberate planning for joint all-domain command and control for the U.S. Air Force.

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  Enhancing Assessments of Space Mission Assurance

  The authors describe decisionmaker needs for assessments of space mission assurance (SMA), challenges for conducting SMA assessments, the shortfalls that may result from the challenges, and options for addressing the shortfalls.

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  How Norway's Allies View Its Defense Challenges and Opportunities

  Norway's Ministry of Defence will shortly publish its next Long Term Plan, which outlines how the Armed Forces, in tandem with other elements of government and society, can best address the threats to Norway. Other countries can learn from how Norway chooses to tackle emerging challenges, and can benefit from its lessons learned.

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  Enhancing Security on NATO's Northern Flank: Options for Norway

  Norway supports deterrence, crisis management, and security in the High North—which includes the Scandinavian territories and northern Russia. What regional insights can other NATO allies provide to help Norway in its security role?

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  How to Measure the Effectiveness of Special Operations

  How can Army special operations missions be assessed? A new methodology relies on operational, intelligence, and publicly available data, since operational-level special operations commands often lack the staff and resources to generate assessment-level information.

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  OCEANS 17 Tabletop Exercise: Findings and Recommendations

  In December 2017, the RAND Corporation conducted a tabletop exercise on air operations across the boundaries between geographic combatant commands. This report describes the exercise's design, key insights from our analysis, and recommendations.

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