RAND: Charles P. Ries 2012-05-16T21:59:49Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/r/ries_charles_p.html Building on Greek-Turkish Detente http://www.rand.org/commentary/2010/05/10/PS.html 2010-05-10T14:58:00Z 2010-05-10T14:58:00Z Greece's high defense spending has contributed to its economic woes. Improvement in relations with Turkey could enable Greece to cut defense spending and make it easier to rescue an economy on the brink of bankruptcy, write F. Stephen Larrabee and Charles Ries. Green Buildings, Jobs and Summits http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/09/25/PPG.html 2009-09-25T04:00:00Z 2009-09-25T04:00:00Z If the United States is to be a global competitor in green building technology, it needs to learn from some of the countries that are at the table in Pittsburgh this week, writes Charles Ries. Improving the Energy Performance of Buildings: Learning from the European Union and Australia http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR728.html 2009-09-04T15:36:00Z 2009-09-04T15:36:00Z A review of recent European and Australian experience in the design and implementation of policies to improve energy efficiency of buildings and insights to aid U.S. designers of analogous policies. Building a More Resilient Haitian State: Key Recommendations and Priorities http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9553.html 2010-08-12T08:44:00Z 2010-08-12T08:44:00Z Haiti's future prosperity and peace require building a more effective, resilient state. RAND researchers identified Haiti's main challenges and recommended a set of state-building priorities that are necessary, feasible, and sustainable. Building a More Resilient Haitian State: French translation of summary http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1039z1.html 2010-08-24T16:37:00Z 2010-08-24T16:37:00Z Ce rapport passe en revue les défis auxquels est confrontée la République d'Haïti, ainsi que les projets de réforme envisagés, afin d'identifier les priorités les plus nécessaires, réalisables et durables dans le domaine de la construction étatique. Building a More Resilient Haitian State http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1039.html 2010-08-06T10:37:00Z 2010-08-06T10:37:00Z Haiti's future prosperity and peace require building a more effective, resilient state. This report sifts through Haiti's many challenges and reform plans to identify the state-building priorities that are most necessary, feasible, and sustainable. The Year of the Arab Spring http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/12/20/GS.html 2011-12-20T16:09:00Z 2011-12-20T16:09:00Z The Arab Spring demonstrated that leaderless revolutions are difficult to repress or co-opt. Unfortunately, it is also true that leaderless revolts find it difficult to make transition to authority, writes Charles Ries.