Rand Corporation: 374 books
The Latin American Drug Trade
Scope, Dimensions, Impact, and Response
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
Transnational crime remains a particularly serious problem in Latin America, with most issues connected to the drug trade. There are several relevant roles that the U.S. Air Force can and should play in boosting Mexico's capacity to counter drug production and trafficking, as well as further honing and adjusting its wider counternarcotics effort in Latin America.
Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century
Lessons from the Cold War for a New Era of Strategic Piracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Deterrence remains a primary doctrine for dealing with the threat of nuclear weapons in the 21st century. The author reviews the history of nuclear deterrence and calls for a renewed intellectual effort to address the relevance of concepts such as first strike, escalation, extended deterrence, and other...
by James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Keith Crane
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2001
Reviews UN efforts to transform eight unstable countries into democratic, peaceful, and prosperous partners, and compares those missions with U.S. nation-building operations. The UN provides the most suitable institutional framework for nation-building missions that require fewer than 20,000 men-one...
Libya's Post-Qaddafi Transition
The Nation-Building Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
A year after Qaddafi's death, the light-footprint approach adopted for Libya's postwar transition is facing its most serious test. Security, the political transition, and economic development all present challenges. But if Libya's transitional authorities and the international community handle this...
by Mark W. Friedberg, Peggy G. Chen, Kristin R. Van Busum
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
The American Medical Association asked RAND Health to characterize the factors that affect physician professional satisfaction. RAND researchers sought to identify high-priority determinants of professional satisfaction by gathering data from 30 physician practices in six states, using a combination...
by David Galula
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2002
When Algerian nationalists launched a rebellion against French rule in November 1954, France was forced to cope with a varied and adaptable Algerian strategy. In this volume, originally published in 1963, David Galula reconstructs the story of his highly successful command at the height of the rebellion....
Military Capabilities for Hybrid War
Insights from the Israel Defense Forces in Lebanon and Gaza
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
The Israel Defense Forces have gained much experience against hybrid opponents--Hezbollah and Hamas--in recent conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza. The lessons from these experiences are relevant to understanding the capabilities the U.S. Army and the joint force will require in the future. Principal findings...
The Battle Behind the Wire
U.S. Prisoner and Detainee Operations from World War II to Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
This report finds parallels in U.S. prisoner and detainee operations in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq: underestimation of the number to be held, hasty scrambling for resources, and inadequate doctrine and policy. Later, attempts to educate and influence prisoners and detainees are often made....
Exploring Patterns of Behaviour in Violent Jihadist Terrorists
An analysis of six significant terrorist conspiracies in the UK
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
An examination of the groups/cells and their 38 core individuals involved in the six most serious violent Jihadist terrorist conspiracies and attacks in the UK between 2004 and 2007 to see if they exhibited any specific types of behaviour.
Preservation of Affordable Rental Housing
Evaluation of the MacArthur Foundation's Window of Opportunity Initiative
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
In 2000, the MacArthur Foundation began the Window of Opportunity, a 20-year, $187 million philanthropic initiative intended to help preserve privately owned affordable rental housing. The authors of this report assess whether the initiative achieved its goals and identify lessons learned about effective...
The U.S. Experience with No-Fault Automobile Insurance
A Retrospective
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
No-fault regimes, a formerly popular alternative to the tort compensation system for auto-accident victims, have gradually lost support. Over time, premiums and claim costs have grown in no-fault states relative to other states, primarily driven by explosive medical cost increases. No-fault and tort...
Project Retrosight
Understanding the returns from cardiovascular and stroke research: The Policy Report
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2011
This work explores impacts of cardiovascular and stroke research funded 15-20 years ago and draws out aspects associated with high or low impact. It describes 29 case studies of grants from Australia, Canada and UK. Policy summary volume.
by David I. Auerbach, Paul Heaton, Ian Brantley
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
This report identifies potential mechanisms through which the Affordable Care Act (ACA) might affect liability claim costs and develops rough estimates of the size and direction of expected impacts as of 2016. Overall, effects of the ACA appear likely to be small relative to aggregate auto, workers’...
The Affordable Care Act and Health Insurance Markets
Simulating the Effects of Regulation
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
In this report, the authors estimate the effects of the Affordable Care Act on health insurance enrollment and premiums for ten states (Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas) and for the nation overall, with a focus on outcomes in the nongroup and small group markets.