RAND: Charles Wolf, Jr. 2013-05-22T18:42:51Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/w/wolf_jr_charles.html The Cost Of Reuniting Korea http://www.rand.org/commentary/2010/03/15/Forbes.html 2010-03-15T22:00:00Z 2010-03-15T22:00:00Z Prospects for reuniting South and North Korea may be better than at any time since the demise in 1994 of North Korea's "Great Leader," Kim Il Sung. Several indicators suggest a possible move in this direction, writes Charles Wolf Jr. Asia's Nonproliferation Laggards: China, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/02/09/AWSJ.html 2009-02-09T14:56:00Z 2009-02-09T14:56:00Z The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction ranks as one of the biggest challenges facing the Obama administration. Luckily, Mr. Obama has a tool to combat this threat, in the form of the Proliferation Security Initiative.... The trick now will be to convince key Asian countries to participate, writes Charles Wolf Jr. Clarifying the Yuan Debate http://www.rand.org/commentary/2008/02/01/FEER.html 2008-02-01T16:45:00Z 2008-02-01T16:45:00Z Deficit and surplus relationships between the U.S. and China, respectively, are actually of substantial mutual benefit to both countries, writes Charles Wolf Jr. Our Misplaced Yuan Worries http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/12/15/WSJ.html 2007-12-15T15:47:00Z 2007-12-15T15:47:00Z To reduce the bilateral imbalances between China and the U.S. requires more carefully crafted policies than revaluation of the yuan, else the results could be perverse, writes Charles Wolf Jr. A Few Low Notes Won't Spoil China-US Harmony http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/08/02/SCMP.html 2007-08-02T13:09:00Z 2007-08-02T13:09:00Z A Few Low Notes Won't Spoil China-US Harmony, in South China Morning Post Paradoxes: Liberal...Conservative...Go Figure http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/03/26/MIR.html 2007-03-27T01:00:00Z 2007-03-27T01:00:00Z Published commentary by RAND staff: Paradoxes: Liberal...Conservative...Go Figure, in Milken Institute Review. A Mighty Country's Progress and Regress http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/01/04/PS.html 2007-01-04T12:00:01Z 2007-01-04T12:00:01Z Published commentary by RAND staff: A Mighty Country's Progress and Regress, in Project Syndicate--an association that distributes commentaries to 291 newspapers in 115 countries. Tokyo's Leverage Over Pyongyang http://www.rand.org/commentary/2006/11/21/AWSJ.html 2006-11-21T12:00:01Z 2006-11-21T12:00:01Z Published commentary by RAND staff: Tokyo's Leverage Over Pyongyang, in the Asian Wall Street Journal. Shareholders Don't Shoot Each Other http://www.rand.org/commentary/2005/11/23/WSJ.html 2005-11-23T15:22:00Z 2005-11-23T15:22:00Z Published commentary by RAND staff: Shareholders Don't Shoot Each Other in the Wall Street Journal. One Korea? http://www.rand.org/commentary/2005/06/30/WSJ.html 2005-06-30T19:40:00Z 2005-06-30T19:40:00Z Published commentary by RAND staff. A Sensible Solution To Beijing's Yuan Dilemma? http://www.rand.org/commentary/2005/05/20/AWSJ.html 2005-05-20T21:29:00Z 2005-05-20T21:29:00Z Published commentary by RAND staff. The Multilateral Path To Disarming North Korea http://www.rand.org/commentary/2005/02/16/AWSJ.html 2005-02-16T19:47:00Z 2005-02-16T19:47:00Z Published commentary by RAND staff. A Tale of Two Economies http://www.rand.org/commentary/2004/11/10/AWSJ.html 2004-11-10T22:19:00Z 2004-11-10T22:19:00Z Published commentary by RAND staff. Allies and Interests: A Test to Determine Who's an Ally http://www.rand.org/commentary/2004/07/07/IHT.html 2004-07-07T16:12:00Z 2004-07-07T16:12:00Z In the mid-19th century, the foreign minister (and future prime minister) of Britain, Lord Palmerston, famously asserted that "we have no eternal allies and we have no perpetual enemies," and that Britain's interests "are eternal and perpetual." China's Rising Unemployment Challenge http://www.rand.org/commentary/2004/07/07/AWSJ.html 2004-07-07T15:43:00Z 2004-07-07T15:43:00Z Published commentary by RAND staff. Postwar Rebuilding: Pick the UN's Best for a Wider Iraq Role http://www.rand.org/commentary/2003/11/13/IHT.html 2003-11-13T15:08:00Z 2003-11-13T15:08:00Z Depending on whom you talk to, the United Nations is either an obstacle to more effective security and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, or an opportunity to advance precisely these goals. Behind the Rhetoric http://www.rand.org/commentary/2003/09/26/SCMP.html 2003-09-26T15:28:00Z 2003-09-26T15:28:00Z A chronological list of commentaries authored by RAND staff and published in newspapers and magazines worldwide. Fault Lines: Eight Threats to China's Economic Miracle http://www.rand.org/commentary/2003/08/07/SCMP.html 2003-08-07T17:35:00Z 2003-08-07T17:35:00Z Among the four so-called "economic miracles" of the past half century—Germany after the second world war, Japan in the 1970s and 1980s, South Korea in the 1970s through to the mid-1990s, and China between 1980 and the present day—that of China has been the most remarkable. The Decision for War Was Still Right http://www.rand.org/commentary/2003/07/18/WSJE.html 2003-07-18T14:20:00Z 2003-07-18T14:20:00Z commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide. China: Pitfalls on Path of Continued Growth http://www.rand.org/commentary/2003/06/01/LAT.html 2003-06-01T15:40:00Z 2003-06-01T15:40:00Z commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide.