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      The New Calculus of Escalation

      Martin C. Libicki

      A reevaluation of conflict thresholds in the context of complex cyber, conventional, and nuclear war

      The return of great power competition has renewed concerns about managing escalation, lest a minor…

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      The New Calculus of Escalation

      Martin C. Libicki

      A reevaluation of conflict thresholds in the context of complex cyber, conventional, and nuclear war

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      Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar

      Martin C. Libicki

      Cyberwar is nothing so much as the manipulation of ambiguity. This title addresses such issues as the pros and cons of counterattack, the value of deterrence and vigilance, and other…

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      Defending Cyberspace and Other Metaphors

      Martin C Libicki (RAND Corporation, California)

      Information warfare, as any casual observer of the Pentagon can attest, remains a hot-button topic in the military community. Thus does war follow commerce into cyberspace, pitting foes against one…

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      Conquest in Cyberspace: National Security and Information Warfare

      Martin C. Libicki (RAND Corporation, California)

      Computer hackers operating from anywhere can enter cyberspace and take control of other people’s computers, steal their information, corrupt their workings, and shut them down. As Conquest in Cyberspace explains…

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      Conquest in Cyberspace: National Security and Information Warfare

      Martin C. Libicki (RAND Corporation, California)

      Computer hackers operating from anywhere can enter cyberspace and take control of other people’s computers, steal their information, corrupt their workings, and shut them down. As Conquest in Cyberspace explains…

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      How Insurgencies End

      Ben Connable,Martin C. Libicki

      Compares a quantitative and qualitative analysis of insurgency case studies with lessons from insurgency and counterinsurgency literature. While no two insurgencies are the same, the authors find that modern insurgencies…

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      Assessing Living Conditions in Iraq’s Anbar Province in 2009

      Audra Grant,Martin C. Libicki

      In May-June 2009, RAND carried out a survey of conditions in Anbar Province, once one of Iraq1s most violent areas. The resulting data on security and the effects of war…

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      Exploring Terrorist Targeting Preferences

      Martin C Libicki (RAND Corporation, California),Peter Chalk,Melanie Sisson

      Governments spend billions to protect against terrorism. Might it help to understand what al Qaeda would achieve with each specific attack? This book examines various hypotheses of terrorist targeting: is…

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      How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering Al Qa'ida

      Seth G. Jones,Martin C. Libicki

      All terrorist groups end. But how do they end? Most groups since 1968 have ended because they joined the political process or are defeated by police and intelligence services. This…

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      Hackers Wanted: An Examination of the Cybersecurity Labor Market

      Martin C. Libicki,David Senty,Julia Pollak

      The perceived shortage of cybersecurity professionals working on national security may endanger the nation’s networks and be a disadvantage in cyberspace conflict. RAND examined the cybersecurity labor market, especially in…

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      The Defender’s Dilemma: Charting a Course Toward Cybersecurity

      Martin C. Libicki,Lillian Ablon,Tim Webb

      This report, the second in a series, reveals insights from chief information security officers; examines network defense measures and attacker-created countermeasures; and explores software vulnerabilities and inherent weaknesses.

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      Markets for Cybercrime Tools and Stolen Data: Hackers’ Bazaar

      Lillian Ablon,Martin C. Libicki,Andrea A. Golay

      Criminal activities in cyberspace are increasingly facilitated by black markets. This report characterizes these markets and describes how they have evolved, to provide insight into how their existence can harm…

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      Global Demographic Change and Its Implications for Military Power

      Martin C. Libicki,Howard J. Shatz,Julie Taylor

      Analyzes the impact of demographics on the prospective production of military power and the causes of war by projecting working-age populations through 2050 and assessing effects on manpower, national income…

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      An Assessment of the Assignments and Arrangements of the Executive Agent for DOD Biometrics and Status Report on the DOD Biometrics Enterprise

      Douglas Shontz,Martin C. Libicki,Rena Rudavsky,Melissa A. Bradley

      As the need to identify known and suspected combatants has elevated the importance of biometrics in the Department of Defense (DoD), RAND researchers assessed how current activities are supporting end…

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      Ramifications of Darpa’s Programming Computation on Encrypted Data Program

      Martin C. Libicki,Olesya Tkacheva,Chaoling Feng,Brett Hemenway

      RAND was asked to evaluate whether the Programming Computation on Encrypted Data program-which expands the knowledge base of the global cryptographic community-is likely to provide more benefits to the United…

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      Internet Freedom Software and Illicit Activity: Supporting Human Rights Without Enabling Criminals

      Sasha Romanosky,Martin C. Libicki,Zev Winkelman,Olesya Tkacheva

      Examines the portfolio of tools funded by the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor that help support Internet freedom and assesses the impact of these tools in…

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      Getting to Yes with China in Cyberspace

      Scott Warren Harold,Martin C. Libicki,Astrid Stuth Cevallos

      This study explores U.S. policy options for managing cyberspace relations with China via agreements and norms of behavior. If negotiations can lead to meaningful norms, this report looks at what…

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      Dominant Battlespace Knowledge

      The Department of Defense has been successfully exploiting rapidly developing advances in information technology for military gain. On tomorrow’s multidimensional battlefield - or battlespace - the increased density, acuity, and…

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      Byting Back: Regaining Information Superiority Against 21st-century Insurgents

      Martin C Libicki (RAND Corporation, California),David C Gompert (Rand Corporation California),David R Frelinger,Raymond Smith

      Libicki et al. argue that information collection requirements and systems for counterinsurgency are important because the community that conducts counterinsurgency crosses national and institutional boundaries and because the indigenous population…

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      Living Conditions in Anbar Province in June 2008

      Professor Keith Crane,Martin C Libicki (RAND Corporation, California),Audra K Grant,James B Bruce (RAND),Omar Al-Shahery

      In 2008, RAND carried out a survey of conditions in Anbar Province, once one of Iraq’s most violent areas. The resulting data on demographics, employment, income and standards of living…

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      Influences on the Adoption of Multifactor Authentication

      Martin C. Libicki,Edward Balkovich,Brian A. Jackson,Rena Rudavsky,Katharine Watkins Webb

      Passwords are proving less and less capable of protecting computer systems from abuse. Multifactor authentication (MFA)

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      What Should be Classified?: A Framework with Application to the Global Force Management Data Initiative

      Martin C. Libicki,Brian A. Jackson,David R. Frelinger,Beth E. Lachman,Cesse Ip

      The Global Force Management Data Initiative was launched to improve aggregation of unclassified force-structure data. Aggregation, though, raised concerns about classification because the system might be attractive to a potential…

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      Underkill: Scalable Capabilities for Military Operations Amid Populations

      David C Gompert (Rand Corporation California),Stuart E Johnson,Martin C Libicki (RAND Corporation, California),David R Frelinger,John Gordon (University of East Anglia UK)

      The U.S. military is ill-equipped to strike at extremists who hide in populations. Using deadly force against them can harm and alienate the very people whose cooperation U.S. forces are…

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      Internet Freedom and Political Space

      Olesya Tkacheva,Lowell H. Schwartz,Martin C. Libicki,Julie E. Taylor,Jeffrey Martini

      The Internet is a new battleground between governments that censor online content and those who advocate Internet freedom. This report examines the implications of Internet freedom for state-society relations in…

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      A Framework for Programming and Budgeting for Cybersecurity

      John S. Davis,Martin C. Libicki,Stuart E. Johnson,Jason Kumar,Michael Watson

      This report explains the menu of actions for defending an organization against cyberattack and recommends an approach for organizing the range of actions and evaluating cybersecurity defensive activities.

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      Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-Mccurdy Breaches: Excalibur Artillery Projectile and the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning Program, with an Approach to Analyzing Complexity and Risk

      Irv Blickstein,Jeffrey A. Drezner,Martin C. Libicki,Brian McInnis,Megan McKErnan

      Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

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      Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches: Zumwalt-Class Destroyer, Joint Strike Fighter, Longbow Apache, and Wideband Global Satellite

      Irv Blickstein,Michael Boito,Jeffrey A Drezner,James Dryden,Kenneth Horn

      Congressional concern with cost overruns, or breaches, in several major defense acquisition programs led the authors, in a partnership with the Performance Assessments and Root Cause Analysis Office in the…

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      Acquisition of Space Systems: Past Problems and Future Challenges

      Yool Kim,Elliot Axelband,Abby Doll,Mel Eisman,Myron Hura

      As Department of Defense plans for the next-generation space systems in an increasingly challenging fiscal and security environment, it is important to apply lessons learned from past space acquisition, which…

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      War by Other Means: Building Complete and Balanced Capabilities for Counterinsurgency - RAND Counterinsurgency Study Final Report

      David C. Gompert,John Gordon

      Examines how the United States should improve its counterinsurgency (COIN) capabilities through, for example, much greater focus on understanding jihadist strategy, using civil measures to strengthen the local government, and…

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      The U.S.-China Military Scorecard: Forces, Geography, and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996-2017

      Eric Heginbotham,Michael Nixon,Forrest E. Morgan,Jacob L. Heim,Jeff Hagen

      A RAND study analyzed trends in the development of Chinese and U.S. military capabilities in two scenarios (centered on Taiwan and the Spratly Islands) and multiple types of operations from…

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      Chinese Responses to U.S. Military Transformation and Implications for the Department of Defense

      James C. Mulvenon,Michael S. Chase,David Frelinger,Martin Libicki,Murray Scott Tanner

      For the past decade, Chinese military strategists have keenly observed the changes in U.S. national strategy and military transformation. This report examines the constraints, facilitators, and potential options for Chinese…

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