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Russia's Chechen Wars 1994-2000
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95Russian and rebel military forces fought to control the Chechen city of Grozny in 1994-1995 and 1999-2000, as well as clashing in smaller towns and villages. This work examines both Russian and rebel tactics and operations in those battles. more...
Assessing Russia's Decline
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95Continuing trends toward military, political, economic, and social decline in Russia threaten the interests of the United States and its allies. Moscow?s capacity to govern is called into question by increasing crime and corruption (and by political and economic regionalization). Both the military nuclear arsenal and the civilian nuclear power sector... more...
Nuclear Deterrence in Europe
RAND Corporation 2011; US$ 9.95Examines Russias evolving framework for nuclear deterrence and its implications for U.S. military operations in Europe. more...
U.S. Interests in Central Asia
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95Examines long-term U.S. military interests in Central Asia. more...
Making Liberia Safe
RAND Corporation 2007; US$ 9.95Liberias new government, under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has made security sector transformation a high priority. The authors analyze Liberias complex security environment, set forth an integrated security concept to guide the formation and use of those forces and new institutions to manage them, and assemble a complete security... more...
U.S. Policy Options for Iraq
RAND Corporation 2007; US$ 9.95Iraq is the most pressing national security issue facing the United States today. This book evaluates the costs and benefits of five alternative strategies the United States could pursue in Iraq. The authors argue that, as long as the United States remains in Iraq, policy actions must focus on improving the security of Iraq's population by reducing... more...
Women and Nation-Building
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95This study examines gender-specific impacts of conflict and post-conflict and the ways in which events in these contexts may affect women differently than they affect men. It analyzes the roles of women in the nation-building process and considers outcomes that might occur if current practices were modified. The recent nation-building activities in... more...
After Saddam
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Examines prewar planning efforts for postwar Iraq, the role of U.S. military forces after the end of major combat, and civilian efforts at reconstruction. more...
Russian Foreign Policy
RAND Corporation 2009; US$ 9.95As Russias economy has grown, so have the countrys global involvement and influence, which often take forms that the United States neither expects nor likes. The authors assess Russias strategic interests and goals, examining the countrys domestic policies, economic development, security goals, and worldview. They assess implications... more...
Improving Capacity for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
RAND Corporation 2009; US$ 9.95U.S. experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan have demonstrated that improving U.S. capacity for stabilization and reconstruction operations is critical to national security. The authors recommend building civilian rather than military capacity, realigning and reforming existing agencies, and funding promising programs. They also suggest improvements to... more...









