2012-05-10T16:32:37Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/c/crane_keith.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/11/29/WP.html 2007-11-29T14:57:00Z 2007-11-29T14:57:00Z

A carbon dioxide tax with refund is fair because the people responsible for the most emissions would pay the most. The tax would also be progressive. Many Americans with lower incomes would find the refund would more than defray the higher costs of gasoline and electric power, write Keith Crane and James Bartis.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/02/11/PS.html 2007-02-11T12:00:01Z 2007-02-11T12:00:01Z

Published commentary by RAND staff: Iraq's Jobs-for-Peace Mirage', in Project Syndicate--an association that distributes commentaries to 291 newspapers in 115 countries.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/01/29/CSM.html 2007-01-29T12:00:01Z 2007-01-29T12:00:01Z

Published commentary by RAND staff: Put Iraqi Insurgents Out of Business, in Christian Science Monitor.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2005/05/08/PPG.html 2005-05-08T14:54:00Z 2005-05-08T14:54:00Z

Published commentary by RAND staff.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3129.html 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report provides estimates of the resource costs of Western export credit policies, particularly the granting of guarantees on Western credits to the Soviet Bloc.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3961.html 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compares the extent to which economic reforms in Poland, Hungary, and China significantly improved the operation of their economies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3419.html 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report extends, through 1983, estimates of the economic costs of the Soviet empire that were published in a previous RAND study (R-3073/1-NA) covering the period 1971 to 1980.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3903.html 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Analyzes the collapse of Communist rule in Eastern Europe in 1989 and assesses the role of changes in Soviet foreign policy in precipitating this collapse.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3444.html 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Provides military expenditure estimates for the Northern Tier countries of the Warsaw Pact (Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, and Poland) and Hungary, assesses the political and economic factors that determine these...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3518.html 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report assesses the effectiveness of specialization agreements for increasing economic integration and achieving other policy goals of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3674z1.html 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Assesses the value to the United States and to the Republic of the Philippines of U.S. access to military facilities in the Philippines.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3201.html 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Develops various scenarios to analyze the hard currency debt problems of Poland, Hungary, and Romania.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3726z1.html 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Assesses the current and future contribution of the East German armed forces to the Warsaw Pact and attempts to determine whether their role in the Pact has changed in recent years.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3368.html 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines probable changes in Soviet economic policies toward Eastern Europe during the next decade.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG304z1.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines U.S. and UN nation-building missions since WWII, to analyze military, political, humanitarian, and economic activities in post-conflict situations, determine key principles for success, and draw implications for future missions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG613.html 2007-07-15T23:49:00Z 2007-07-15T23:49:00Z

This book examines possible U.S. strategies for Iraq. It argues that the United States must focus on providing security to Iraq's population and emphasizes the need for policymakers to prepare and plan not only for success, but also for failure.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG260-1.html 2005-05-17T11:26:00Z 2005-05-17T11:26:00Z

Projects 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 U.S. Air Force.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG529.html 2007-05-06T10:39:00Z 2007-05-06T10:39:00Z

Discusses the way forward to security sector transformation for the new government of Liberia.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG768.html 2009-03-02T10:46:00Z 2009-03-02T10:46:00Z

The authors assess Russia's strategic interests, examining its domestic policies, economic development, security goals, and worldview. They assess implications for U.S. interests and discuss approaches for Washington to improve relations with Moscow.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG722.html 2008-06-05T04:07:00Z 2008-06-05T04:07:00Z

This volume compares and contrasts European experiences in nation-building with those of the U.S. and the UN based on six case studies of European-led nation-building missions in Albania, Sierra Leone, Macedonia, Côte d'Ivoire, the Congo, and Bosnia.