Rand imprint: 375 books
From Insurgency to Stability
Volume I: Key Capabilities and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
This book identifies the procedures and capabilities that the U.S. Department of Defense, other agencies of the U.S. government, U.S. allies and partners, and international organizations require in order to support the transition from counterinsurgency, when the military takes primary responsibility...
EU Civilian Crisis Management
The Record So Far
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
The European Union has been deploying civilians in conflict and postconflict stabilization missions since 2003, and the scope of civilian missions is likely to increase in the future. This volume offers a general overview and assessment of the EU's civilian operations to date, as well as a more in-depth...
Libya After Qaddafi
Lessons and Implications for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
The 2011 overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi by internationally backed rebel groups has left Libya’s new leaders with a number of post-conflict challenges, including establishing security, building political and administrative institutions, and restarting the economy. This report assesses...
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...
Mexico Is Not Colombia
Alternative Historical Analogies for Responding to the Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations, Supporting Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Despite the scope of the threat they pose to Mexico’s security, violent drug-trafficking organizations are not well understood, and optimal strategies to combat them have not been identified. While there is no perfectly analogous case to Mexico’s current security situation, historical case studies...
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...