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Modernizing China's Military
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95Projects future growth in Chinese defense expenditures, evaluates the current and likely future capabilities of China's defense industries, and compares likely future defense expenditure levels with recent expenditures by the United States and the US Air Force more...
Encouraging Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in Ukraine
RAND Corporation 2007; US$ 9.95Despite the fact that two ostensible economic policy priorities in Ukraine are to liberalize trade and improve the climate for foreign direct investment (FDI), successive Ukrainian governments have found it singularly difficult to pass legislation and implement policies to address these priorities. The studys primary objective was to analyze... more...
Irans Political, Demographic, and Economic Vulnerabilities
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Iran is one of the most important U.S. foreign policy concerns but is. extraordinarily difficult to engage. The authors assess current political,. ethnic, demographic, and economic trends and vulnerabilities in Iran, then. offer recommendations on U.S. policies that might foster the trends. beneficial to U.S. interests. However, if these trends do... 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...
Europe's Role in Nation-Building
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Two previous RAND volumes addressed the roles of the United States and the United Nations in nation-building, defined as the use of armed force in the aftermath of a conflict to promote a durable peace and representative government. This volume presents six case studies of recent European-led nation-building missions: Albania, Sierra Leone, Macedonia,... 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...
Pacific Currents
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95The six U.S. allies and partners examined here view Chinas rise primarily as an economic opportunity, if a mixed one. Its involvement in the region is welcome, but domination is not. Comprehensive U.S. engagement remains essential to them. 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...
Imported Oil and U.S. National Security
RAND Corporation 2009; US$ 9.95In 2007, the United States imported 58 percent of the oil it consumed. This book critically evaluates commonly suggested links between these imports and U.S. national security and assesses the economic, political, and military costs and benefits of potential policies to alleviate imported oilrelated challenges to U.S. national security. more...
Withdrawing from Iraq
RAND Corporation 2009; US$ 9.95In studying the withdrawal from Iraq, RAND assessed logistical constraints, trends in insurgent activity, the readiness of Iraqi security forces, and implications for the size of the residual U.S. force and for security in Iraq and the region. This report presents alternative schedules: one consistent with the Obama administrations intentions,... more...









