RAND Corporation photograph

RAND Corporation

Use attributes for filter !
Web site www.rand.org
President, RAND EuropeHans Pung
HeadquartersSanta Monica
California
United States
FoundedMay 14
1948
Subsidiaries RAND Project Air Force
RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy
RAND Education
Founders Curtis LeMay
Henry H. Arnold
Donald Wills Douglas Sr.
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID510386
Send edit request

About RAND Corporation


RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank created in 1948 by Douglas Aircraft Company to offer research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces. It is financed by the U. S. government and private endowment, corporations, universities and private individuals.

Kyiv missile strikes: Tracking the rise of Russian attacks

Kyiv missile strikes: Tracking the rise of Russian attacks
Jun 2,2023 8:50 pm

... Dara Massicot, senior policy researcher at the Rand Corporation, says that the aim of the attacks is to wear down Ukrainian air defences...

The biggest intelligence leaks in US history

The biggest intelligence leaks in US history
Apr 14,2023 9:10 pm

... In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, an analyst at the Rand Corporation, leaked a report commissioned by the US military about the Vietnam War...

How Xi Jinping made himself unchallengeable

How Xi Jinping made himself unchallengeable
Oct 16,2022 8:41 pm

... " The message helps counteract any tendency that might develop in the military to build loyalty towards senior PLA leaders who might someday oppose Xi, " said Timothy Heath, a senior international defence researcher at US think tank Rand Corporation...

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea
Sep 30,2022 7:40 am

... " It s North Korea s way of showing defiance of the [US] alliance, " Soo Kim, an analyst at the Rand Corporation, told AFP...

United States passes one million Covid deaths

United States passes one million Covid deaths
May 12,2022 12:20 pm

... But a study from the Rand Corporation credited the jabs with saving 140,000 lives in the US A separate analysis by the Peterson Center for Healthcare and the Kaiser Family Foundation estimated that around a quarter of the US deaths - about 234,000 people - could have been prevented with vaccines...

Ukraine conflict: Why is Russia losing so many tanks?

Ukraine conflict: Why is Russia losing so many tanks?
Apr 12,2022 8:45 am

... According to the Rand Corporation and the IISS, in total at the start of the conflict...

Putin in India: What Russian president's visit means for world politics

Putin in India: What Russian president's visit means for world politics
Dec 6,2021 4:34 am

... " Both Russia and India are wary of the Taliban and the Haqqani Network, and the potential for terrorism coming out of Afghanistan and impacting their countries, So, Afghanistan really is an area of strong agreements between New Delhi and Moscow, " says Derek Grossman, senior defence analyst at the US-based Rand Corporation think-tank...

Should workers be allowed to nap at work?

Should workers be allowed to nap at work?
Feb 16,2020 8:22 am

... A 2016 analysis conducted by the Rand Corporation pegs, including lost productivity...

The biggest intelligence leaks in US history

Feb 15,2020 9:28 pm

The latest leak rocking the US intelligence world is not the First Time classified documents have made their way into The Public eye.

On Friday, the US government, with the Massachusetts Air National Guard 's intelligence wing, for allegedly leaking highly sensitive documents on to The Internet .

Major news organisations Bellingcat, the New York Times and the Washington Post have reported Mr Teixeira on the Social Media platform Discord. The documents eventually leaked on to the wider internet.

They provide details into recent conditions in Ukraine, as well as intelligence on US allies like South Korea and Israel. The leaks come at a sensitive moment in Ukraine's war against Russia, as The Conflict enters its second year.

This leak is the latest in a long line of unexpected disclosures of classified US documents. Some of them changed The Course of US history and were hailed as heroic - while others landed their leakers in prison for years.

The Pentagon Papers

The release of the Pentagon Papers is perhaps The Most famous and impactful leak of classified documents in US history.

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg , an analyst at the Rand Corporation , leaked a report commissioned by the US military about the Vietnam War . The Conflict was widely criticised At Home and abroad, and The Report revealed the extent to which the US government had kept details from The Public .

The New York Times used the documents to publish a blockbuster expose on The Scope of America's actions in Vietnam.

Mr Ellsberg was initially charged with espionage, but a judge dismissed the charges 1973. Now 92, he is now considered one of The Most important government whistleblowers in US history, and a well-known advocate for government transparency.

The NSA leaks

In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked a tranche of intelligence documents to The Guardian and the Washington Post, showing that the US government was illegally collecting citizens' phone data.

The documents revealed the inner workings of the secretive National Security Agency, one of the primary US intelligence agencies. They also shed significant light on the secretive data collection actions taken by governments around The World , including US allies like the UK, Australia and New Zealand .

The trove of documents provided to the newspapers are some of the largest leaks in US history. The US government charged Mr Snowden with espionage and theft of government property, and Mr Snowden eventually gained asylum in Russia, where he now lives In Exile .

He has become an advocate for protecting journalists against surveillance.

Chelsea Manning and Wikileaks

In 2010, Chelsea Manning , then a soldier and analyst in the US Army, began sharing thousands of classified documents with Wikileaks. The organisation, then led by Julian Assange , was dedicated to publishing secret documents provided to the media.

The trove of documents provided by Manning contained details about The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as a tranche of diplomatic cables. Wikileaks then made many of them public and the documents were covered by major media organisations.

One of The Most notable disclosures was a graphic video of a US Apache helicopter killing 12 civilians, including two Reuters journalists, in Baghdad in 2007.

Manning was ultimately sentenced to 35 years in prison. Her sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama 2017, after she had served for seven years.

Manning unsuccessfully ran for the US Senate in 2018.

The Reality Winner case

In 2017, a former Air Force member and NSA translator, Reality Winner , was arrested and charged for providing a classified report to news website The Intercept.

The document detailed one of Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election by employing a phishing scheme against local election officials.

Winner posted the document anonymously, but federal investigators were able to deduce its origins when The Intercept provided it to the NSA for verification.

After Her arrest, Winner told the US television programme 60 Minutes that she felt compelled to tell Americans The Truth about Russia's attempts to meddle in the 2016 election, given then-President Donald Trump 's repeated denials.

She had believed that " somebody needs to Step Forward and put this right, " she told 60 Minutes .

Winner was found guilty of leaking the documents to a media organisation. She spent Four Years in prison and was released On Probation in 2021.

Related Topics

Source of news: bbc.com

Related Persons

Next Profile ❯