International Affairs Issues
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Newsletters
RAND regularly sends newsletters to update Congress on highlights of recent work about International Affairs.
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Testimony
November 17, 2009: Examining U.S. Counterterrorism Priorities and Strategy Across Africa's Sahel Region
By Lianne Kennedy-Boudali
Testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on African Affairs.
June 11, 2009: The PLA Navy's "New Historic Missions": Expanding Capabilities for a Re-emergent Maritime Power
By Cortez A. Cooper
Testimony presented before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
May 6, 2009: NATO After the Summit: Rebuilding Consensus
By Robert E. Hunter
Testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on European Affairs.
May 5, 2009: From Strategy to Implementation: The Future of the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship
By C. Christine Fair
Testimony presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee .
April 2, 2009: U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
By Seth G. Jones
Testimony presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia.
March 26, 2009: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
By James Dobbins
Testimony presented before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs.
March 11, 2009: Antecedents and Implications of the November 2008 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Attack Upon Several Targets in the Indian Mega-City of Mumbai
By C. Christine Fair
Testimony presented before the ouse Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
February 26, 2009: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
By James Dobbins
Testimony presented before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
July 15, 2008: Does America Need A New Grand Strategy?
By James Dobbins
Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
April 3, 2008: An Iraqi Modus Vivendi: How Would It Come About and What Would It Look Like?
By Terrence K. Kelly
Testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
April 2, 2008: Getting Back on Track in Afghanistan
By Seth G. Jones
Testimony presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia.
February 14, 2008: Ungoverned Territories
By Angel Rabasa
Testimony presented before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs.
January 29, 2008: International Perspectives on Interagency Reform
By Nora Bensahel
Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
January 16, 2008: U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Assassination, Instability, and the Future of U.S. Policy
By C. Christine Fair
Testimony presented before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia.
December 10, 2007: The State of the Afghan Insurgency
By Seth G. Jones
Testimony presented before the Canadian Senate National Security and Defence Committee.
November 7, 2007: Negotiating with Iran
By James Dobbins
Testimony presented before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs.
October 25, 2007: Testimony before the French Paper Commission on Defense and National Security
By James Dobbins
Testimony presented before the Commission du Livre blanc sur la défense et la sécurité nationale, Paris, France.
September 5, 2007: The Role of the Department of Defense in Provincial Reconstruction Teams
By Michelle Parker
Testimony presented before House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
July 17, 2007: U.S. Policy Options in the Iraq Crisis
By James Dobbins
Testimony presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
June 13, 2007: A Comparative Evaluation of United Nations Peacekeeping
By James Dobbins
Testimony presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight.
May 18, 2007: Two Years After Andijan: Assessing the Past and Thinking Towards the Future
By Olga Oliker
Testimony presented before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
March 28, 2007: Iraqi Security Forces: Defining Challenges and Assessing Progress
By Olga Oliker
Testimony presented before House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
March 8, 2007: Ending Afghanistan's Civil War
By James Dobbins
Testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
January 30, 2007: Ending Afghanistan's Civil War
By James Dobbins
Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee.
Briefings
For more information on these and other Congressional briefings, contact the Office of Congressional Relations.
Dealing with a Defiant North Korea
Presenters: Chaibong Hahm
Bruce Bennett
June 12, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
2200 Rayburn House Office Building
Engaging Iran: Opportunities and Obstacles
Panelists: Keith Crane
Frederic Wehrey
Alireza Nader
Moderator: David Aaron
June 8, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Room 215 SVC Capitol Visitor Center
Revitalizing the Transatlantic Security Partnership: An Agenda For Action
Panelists: Stephen Larrabee, RAND Corporation
Julian Lindley-French, Netherlands Defence Academy and Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
Robert Hunter, RAND Corporation
Klaus Scharioth, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States
Moderators: James Dobbins, RAND Corporation
Josef Janning, Bertelsmann Stiftung
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
2220 Rayburn House Office Building
Asia Responds to China's Rise
Presented by Evan S. Medeiros
December 11, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
2255 Rayburn House Office Building
Piracy and Armed Violence at Sea: How Can Policymakers Make the World's Oceans Safer?
Presented by Peter Chalk
December 9, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2247 Rayburn House Office Building
Deterrence: Past, Present, & Future
Panelists: Austin Long, RAND Corporation
Jeffrey Lewis, New America Foundation
David E. Mosher, RAND Corporation
Moderator: David Ochmanek, RAND Corporation
November 17, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building
The Challenge of Nuclear Armed Regional Adversaries
Presented by David Ochmanek
August 11, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
Understanding Russia's Foreign Policy
Presented by Olga Oliker
July 14, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2200 Rayburn House Office Building
Counterinsurgency in Aghanistan
Presented by Seth Jones
June 9, 2008
1:00 pm — 2:00 pm
2200 Rayburn House Office Building
Women and Nation-Building: Lessons from Afghanistan
Presented by Cheryl Benard
April 14, 2008
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
2203 Rayburn House Office Building
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in Southeast Asia and the Middle East
Presented by Melinda Moore
March 10, 2008
1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
430 Dirksen Senate Office Building
War by Other Means—Building Complete and Balanced Capability for Countering Insurgency
Presented by David Gompert and John Gordon
February 11, 2008
1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
Ungoverned Territories: Incubators of Terrorism
Presented by the RAND Corporation, in conjunction with Security for a New Century
Speaker: Dr. Angel Rabasa, Senior Political Scientist with RAND
December 7, 2007
10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
S-120 (U.S. Capitol, Senate side)
China as an International Actor
Presented by William Overholt
June 11, 2007
1:00 P.M.
Location TBA
Building Moderate Muslim Networks
Presented by Angel Rabasa
April 9, 2007
3:00 P.M. — 4:00 P.M.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
America's Iran Problem: Confrontation, Containment or Engagement?
March 21, 2007
9:00 A.M. — 5:30 P.M.
G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Fact Sheets
The following PDF fact sheets encapsulate selected RAND publications, creating quick and easy references on a variety of International Affairs issues.
Improving Mass Delivery of Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa — Apr. 14, 2009
America's Role in Nation-Building — May, 2003
Sunshine in Korea: The South Korean Debate Over Policies Toward North Korea — May, 2003
Publication Profiles
The following PDF publication profiles list relevant research studies in various areas of public policy interest, creating a quick and easy reference guide of research in that area.
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