Rand Corporation imprint: 317 books
Rhetoric vs. Reality
What We Know and What We Need To Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2001
How can the education of our nation's children be improved? Vouchers and charter schools aim to improve education by providing families with more choice in the schooling of their children and by decentralizing the provision of educational services. While supporters argue that school choice is essential...
The Next Supreme Leader
Succession in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
As the commander in chief and highest political authority in Iran, the current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has played a critical role in the direction of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This monograph identifies three key factors that will shape succession of the next Supreme Leader and...
Troubled Partnership
U.S.-Turkish Relations in an Era of Global Geopolitical Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2010
U.S.-Turkish relations, long a vital element of U.S. policy, have seriously deteriorated in recent years. However, the arrival of a new U.S. administration offers an opportunity to repair recent fissures. Priority should be given to harmonizing policy toward Iraq and the Middle East as well as Central Asia and the Caucasus.
by Brian A. Jackson, Kay Sullivan Faith, Henry H. Willis
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
The ability to measure emergency preparedness is critical for policy analysis in homeland security. Yet it remains difficult to know how prepared a response system is to deal with large-scale incidents, whether it be a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or industrial or transportation accident. This...
by Henry H. Willis, Joel B. Predd, Paul K. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
This report offers research and recommendations on ways to measure the overall efforts of the national border-security enterprise between ports of entry. Focusing on three missions--illegal drug control, counterterrorism, and illegal migration--this report recommends ways to measure performance of...
Life after Lisbon
Europe’s Challenges to Promote Labour Force Participation and Reduce Income Inequality
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
The economic crisis of 2008 has undone much of the progress on improving employment and growth in Europe. The review concludes that policy makers should focus on enabling social policy that allows individuals to achieve their productive potential.
Predictive Policing
The Role of Crime Forecasting in Law Enforcement Operations
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Predictive policing is the use of analytical techniques to identify targets for police intervention with the goal of preventing crime, solving past crimes, or identifying potential offenders and victims. These tools are not a substitute for integrated approaches to policing, nor are they a crystal ball....
Occupying Iraq
A History of the Coalition Provisional Authority
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Focuses on the activities of the Coalition Provisional Authority during the first year of the occupation of Iraq. Based on interviews and nearly 100,000 never-before-released documents from CPA archives, the book recounts and evaluates the efforts of the United States and its coalition partners to...
by Daniel Byman, John G. McGinn, Keith Crane
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1999
Coercion--the use of threatened force to induce an adversary to change its behavior--is a critical function of the U.S. military. U.S. forces have recently fought in the Balkans, the Persian Gulf, and the Horn of Africa to compel recalcitrant regimes and warlords to stop repression, abandon weapons...
by Ian Lesser, John Arquilla, Bruce Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 1999
Traces the recent evolution of international terrorism against civilian and U.S. military targets, looks ahead to where terrorism is going, and assesses how it might be contained. The authors consider the threat of information-based terrorism and of weapons of mass destruction, with an emphasis on...
by Brian Michael Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
The author presents a clear-sighted and sobering analysis of where we are today in the struggle against terrorism. Jenkins, an internationally renowned authority on terrorism, distills the jihadists• operational code and outlines a pragmatic but principled approach to defeating the terrorist enterprise....
The U.S. Military Response to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Considerations for Army Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
This report examines how Joint Task Force-Haiti (JTF-Haiti) supported the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts in Haiti. It focuses on how JTF-Haiti was organized, how it conducted Operation Unified Response, and how the U.S. Army supported that effort. The analysis includes a review of...
Deterrence and First-Strike Stability in Space
A Preliminary Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2010
Space stability appears to be eroding as a growing number of states acquire the ability to degrade or destroy U.S. space assets. The United States needs a coordinated national space deterrence strategy designed to operate on both sides of a potential adversary's cost-benefit decision calculus. Future...
by Steven Garber
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Liability effects on the economic performance of the pharmaceutical industry play a prominent role in the debate about the economic effects of product liability in the United States. The author analyzes incentive effects on company decisions, implications for economic outcomes such as drug safety and...