2013-04-15T03:03:30Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/j/johnson_stuart_e.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR927-1.html 2011-06-09T07:30:00Z 2011-06-09T07:30:00Z

In 2003, the U.S. Army moved from a division-based to a brigade-centric modular force structure. Congress requested a study of the process and outcomes of the initiative to assess the impact on the Army's capabilities in a range of operations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR927-2.html 2012-03-16T13:15:00Z 2012-03-16T13:15:00Z

In 2003, the U.S. Army moved from a division-based to a brigade-centric modular force structure. Congress requested a study of the process and outcomes of the initiative to assess the impact on the Army's capabilities in a range of operations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9448.html 2009-05-05T17:14:00Z 2009-05-05T17:14:00Z

U.S. reliance on oil risks the economic costs of disruption in global oil supplies. The United States would reduce the national security costs of importing oil by supporting well-functioning oil markets and imposing an oil excise tax.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9379.html 2008-09-17T10:33:00Z 2008-09-17T10:33:00Z

This research brief describes an approach that can be used in today's highly fluid global security environment to compare the likely effectiveness, risks, and costs of alternative national defense strategies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP379.html 2012-10-29T09:45:00Z 2012-10-29T09:45:00Z

RAND analysts posit that federal budget deficit pressure may result in further Defense Department reductions, and suggest starting from a strategy basis in determining cuts, prioritizing challenges, and identifying where to accept more risk.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/issue_papers/IP179.html 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Department of Defense is embarking on an effort to transform U.S. forces for the years and decades ahead.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1395.html 2002-04-29T09:27:00Z 2002-04-29T09:27:00Z

Develops concepts for a deep-diving research submarine's possible replacement platform, analyzing which military and scientific missions should have the highest priority.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1395z1.html 2002-04-29T09:27:00Z 2002-04-29T09:27:00Z

An executive summary of MR-1395, which explored the capabilities for a new research submarine.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1391.html 2001-01-01T12:01:47Z 2001-01-01T12:01:47Z

Operation Allied Force, the 1999 NATO air campaign that sought to prevent a wider humanitarian disaster in Kosovo, represents the triumph of air power to some observers and highlights air power's limitations for others.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1245.html 2001-01-01T12:01:44Z 2001-01-01T12:01:44Z

Persian Gulf Security: Improving Allied Military Contributions

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB72.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the success of the campaign, the experience of Operation Allied Force reemphasized the growing gap in military capabilities between the United States and Europe.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG838.html 2009-04-20T12:35:00Z 2009-04-20T12:35:00Z

The United States imports three-fifths of the oil it consumes. This book evaluates possible links between these imports and U.S. national security and assesses related potential policies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG882.html 2009-07-21T16:25:00Z 2009-07-21T16:25:00Z

In studying the withdrawal from Iraq, RAND assessed logistical constraints, trends in insurgent activity, and the implications of the readiness of Iraqi security forces on the size of the residual U.S. force and on security in Iraq and the region.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG703.html 2008-09-04T16:05:00Z 2008-09-04T16:05:00Z

A portfolio-analysis approach that deals explicitly with both uncertainty and differences of strategic perspective allows an integrated comparison of alternative strategies' effectiveness, risks, and resource implications.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG718.html 2008-09-04T10:05:00Z 2008-09-04T10:05:00Z

In a fluid global security environment such as ours, assessing the costs, risks, and likely consequences of alternative national defense strategies is as hard as it is essential.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG848.html 2009-03-10T10:35:00Z 2009-03-10T10:35:00Z

The U.S. military is ill-equipped to fight extremists who hide in populations. The use of deadly force can harm and alienate the people whose cooperation U.S. forces need. To solve this problem, a new RAND study proposes a ''continuum of force.''

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1196.html 2012-10-22T09:45:00Z 2012-10-22T09:45:00Z

Analyzes the impact of planned cuts in defense spending by European members of NATO: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Poland.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9675.html 2012-10-22T09:45:00Z 2012-10-22T09:45:00Z

This study analyzes the impact of planned defense budget cuts on the capabilities of seven key European members of NATO and suggests ways in which the Alliance can adapt to meet emerging security challenges.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1144z4.html 2012-11-21T10:15:00Z 2012-11-21T10:15:00Z

Improving the security of the Gulf of Guinea's oil infrastructure would increase output and promote additional investment, to the benefit of oil importing nations. The U.S. Air Force has expertise that could help build local security capabilities.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/12/27/USNEWS.html 2012-12-27T10:15:00Z 2012-12-27T10:15:00Z

The prudent approach is to decide on a strategic direction that provides a framework for prioritizing which forces and equipment the United States should preserve and determining which can be trimmed or eliminated with limited risk to security, write Stuart Johnson and Irv Blickstein.