Gene Germanovich

In this report, the authors use 11 case studies to create a typology of the barriers that impede U.S. security cooperation with highly capable allies and partners; identify some of the more specific barriers in the air, space, and cyber domains; suggest mitigation strategies for each of these barriers; and propose a preliminary approach for implementing some of these mitigation strategies.

The perennial debate about whether U.S. allies are contributing sufficiently to the collective defense of the post-World War II liberal international order has resurfaced in recent years. In this report, RAND researchers describe the Burdensharing Index that they constructed to aid in measuring and analyzing allied contributions.

Recent national defense policies focus on the importance of multinational interoperability to meeting U.S. defense goals. By recounting their literature review and structured interviews with planners and army leadership, the authors describe potential benefits of interoperability, the applicability of those benefits in particular contexts, and the significant costs and risks that investing in it might entail.

Ballistic glass delamination creates spots, bubbles, and discoloration on the windshields of U.S. Marine Corps tactical vehicles, impairing driver visibility. To address this issue, RAND researchers use a simulation model to estimate the effects of delamination on future sustainment costs and vehicle availability under various repair and replacement scenarios and identify steps that the Marine Corps could take to mitigate the associated risks.