Michelle Ziegler

Aug 19, 2024 | rand.org | Michelle Ziegler

For more than two decades, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has been using its Project Evergreen strategic foresight initiative to prepare for the missions of the future. Over time, the Office of Emerging Policy (DCO-X) has organized scores of workshops with both USCG personnel and subject-matter experts to explore a variety of scenarios portraying what the executive branch, Congress, and the public might expect from the service decades into the future and how the service might respond.

Jun 25, 2024 | rand.org | Abbie Tingstad |Fabian Villalobos |Rebecca Tisherman |Michelle Ziegler

This RAND paper was developed to communicate the results of a tabletop exercise (TTX) conducted as part of a broader event, a workshop called “Critical Minerals in the Arctic: Forging the Path Forward,” which RAND cosponsored with the Wilson Center, the University of Alaska, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Arctic Energy Office.

May 1, 2024 | rand.org | Scott Savitz |Michelle Ziegler

The collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge was a tragic loss of life and one that awakened Americans to the fragility of the maritime transportation system. While this disaster appears to have been purely accidental, adversaries of the United States are likely observing how vulnerable a major port could be to an attack by something as common as a cargo ship going nine miles per hour.

May 1, 2024 | thecipherbrief.com | Scott Savitz |Michelle Ziegler

Posted: May 1st, 2024 OPINION — The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge caused a tragic loss of life and awakened Americans to the fragility of the maritime transportation system. While this disaster appears to have been purely accidental, adversaries of the United States are likely taking note of how vulnerable a major American port could be to an attack by something as common as a cargo ship going nine miles per hour.