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In this Call with the Experts podcast, Jeffrey Hiday, director of Media Relations at RAND, is joined by RAND experts William Courtney, an adjunct senior fellow; Samuel Charap, a senior political scientist; James Black, Assistant Director, Defence and Security, RAND Europe; Ann Marie Dailey, a policy researcher; and Khrystyna Holynska, an assistant policy researcher. They discuss the state of the conflict in Ukraine and its prospects, the war's global implications, possible outcomes and solutions, and what the West and the rest of the world might be doing now and once hostilities end.

In this Call with the Experts podcast, Jeffrey Hiday, director of Media Relations at RAND, is joined by RAND experts Ray Block, a senior political scientist, Todd Helmus, a senior behavioral scientist at RAND, William Marcellino, a senior behavioral scientist, and Miriam Matthews, a senior behavioral and social scientist. In this call, they discuss the rapidly degrading environment for authentic information about the Israel-Hamas war, amplified by the proliferation of generative AI.

In this Call with the Experts podcast, Jeffrey Hiday, director of Media Relations at RAND, is joined by RAND experts Raphael Cohen, director of the Strategy and Doctrine Program of RAND Project Air Force and a senior political scientist, Brian Michael Jenkins, senior adviser to the RAND president and author of many books on terrorism, and Ann Daily, a policy researcher. In this call, they discuss potential military responses from the Israeli Defense Forces and the United States, Israeli-Palestinian political dynamics, non-state terror groups and hostage situations, and geopolitical implications.

In this Call with the Experts podcast, Jeffrey Hiday, director of Media Relations at RAND, is joined by RAND experts Kotryna Jukneviciute, Barry Pavel, Stephen J. Flanagan, Samuel Charap, Michael J. Mazarr, and Karl P. Mueller. In this call, they discuss the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, and the effect it will have on Ukraine's reconstruction.

In this Call with the Experts podcast, Jeffrey Hiday, director of Media Relations at RAND, is joined by RAND experts Ambassador Charlie Ries, an adjunct senior fellow, Howard Shatz, a senior economist, and Gabby Tarini, an associate policy researcher. In this call, they discuss the timing and costs of the reconstruction of Ukraine, the challenges of managing reconstruction funds, and the role of U.S. legislation in this effort.

In this Call with the Experts podcast, Jeffrey Hiday, director of Media Relations at RAND, is joined by RAND experts Ruth Harris, director of RAND Europe's Defence and Security Group, Dara Massicot, senior policy researcher, David Ochmanek, senior international/defense researcher, Barry Pavel, vice president of RAND’s National Security Research Division, and John Tefft, adjunct senior fellow. In this call, they discuss the Western alliance providing aid to Ukraine, the expansion of NATO, the latest weapons systems and their capabilities, likely areas of upcoming fighting, prospects for an end to the war, and broader implications for global trade, diplomacy, and China-Taiwan tensions.