2009-11-10T11:03:00Z Copyright (c) 2007-2008, The RAND Corporation Bricolage RAND Corporation urn:uuid:0A5C6358-F6D5-11DD-8200-12D538788F35 urn:uuid:C9493A24-7B6F-11DE-B0F9-55C038788F35 2009-08-27T00:00:00Z 2009-08-27T00:00:00Z

China is a global actor of significant and growing importance, now integrated into the international system and altering that system's dynamics. The complexity of China's ever-changing global activism raises questions about its intentions and the implications for global stability and prosperity.

urn:uuid:A1AD4FD8-76B4-11DE-865C-4CC038788F35 2009-07-30T00:00:00Z 2009-07-30T00:00:00Z

Will the current global economic recession have long-term geopolitical implications? Assuming that economic recovery begins in the first half of 2010, lasting structural alterations in the international system — a substantial change in U.S.-China relations, for example — are unlikely. This is because economic performance is only one of many geopolitical elements that shape countries' strategic intent and core external policies.

urn:uuid:08917EC0-70A9-11DE-830D-52C038788F35 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Alabama has made significant economic progress in recent decades, attracting car manufacturers and new industrial development. The state now has an opportunity to address some systemic challenges in education, health care, and workforce development to be competitive in a global economy, writes Melissa Flournoy.

urn:uuid:0B26002E-44A9-11DE-8A82-A3F438788F35 2009-05-19T00:00:00Z 2009-05-19T00:00:00Z

For almost 15 years, Europe has led the world in protecting personal data. At the EU level, it has done this through the data-protection directive adopted in 1995. But surveys such as one carried out by Eurobarometer last year illustrate that Europeans now feel insufficiently protected, write Lorenzo Valeri and Neil Robinson.

urn:uuid:C03A1224-EE01-11DD-84B6-34C238788F35 2009-02-17T00:00:00Z 2009-02-17T00:00:00Z

This study of historical experience from an economics perspective explores various crises - from the Great Depression to the stagflation and recovery of the 1970s and 1980s to our current economic woes - and suggests the tools policymakers need to address what may be the worst case scenario.

urn:uuid:526F7E52-EED6-11DD-8D8D-50C038788F35 2009-02-13T00:00:00Z 2009-02-13T00:00:00Z

China's Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) and Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) can best spur regional development and economic growth by focusing on emerging high-technology applications, including molecular-scale drug development and green manufacturing.

urn:uuid:9E75997A-F913-11DD-B107-23E338788F35 2009-01-22T00:00:00Z 2009-01-22T00:00:00Z

A select few Americans will ever see the president's daily brief -- a digest of the intelligence community's most closely guarded secrets. But trust me, Barack Obama is going to need much more useful information than he is getting now, writes Gregory F. Treverton.

urn:uuid:9220BEF2-B1BA-11DD-9F13-5DFE38788F35 2008-12-03T03:00:00Z 2008-12-03T03:00:00Z

As China has moved toward a stronger role for private enterprise and capitalism it has also sought to adopt more Western-style oversight mechanisms and legal standards for corporate governance - a history of which is found here with an examination of attendant problems and their policy implications.

urn:uuid:F7776C64-9F64-11DD-A779-51C038788F35 2008-11-12T03:00:00Z 2008-11-12T03:00:00Z

Many of the goods and services purchased by the U.S. Department of Defense are from industries that are often better suited to larger companies rather than smaller ones, complicating efforts to meet goals that about one-fourth of prime-contract dollars be awarded to small businesses.

urn:uuid:062E9D12-991C-11DD-833C-58C038788F35 2008-10-31T03:00:00Z 2008-10-31T03:00:00Z

Education and labor market initiatives are under way in four Arab nations -- Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates -- to address the challenges of developing the human capital of their populations for the 21st century global economy, though better evaluation of the implemented reforms will be needed to determine their efficacy.

urn:uuid:CE4969CE-A062-11DD-91F3-51C038788F35 2008-10-22T03:00:00Z 2008-10-22T03:00:00Z

If the nation is to emerge from a recession in a position of strength, we should chart our course carefully now. The government bailout of the banking sector could yield a substantial payout one day—and now is the time to earmark that money for our knowledge sector, writes Jonathan Grant.

urn:uuid:3AE9635C-9A34-11DD-98E2-58C038788F35 2008-10-13T03:00:00Z 2008-10-13T03:00:00Z

A new RAND Labor and Population Project will examine how best to achieve and harness workplace diversity, a growing priority for U.S. companies and government agencies who want their workforces to reflect the evolving racial, ethnic, socio-economic, and generational makeup of American society and meet the challenges of the global market place.

urn:uuid:F67DCCA6-67AF-11DC-8772-14BF38788F35 2008-10-01T03:00:00Z 2008-10-01T03:00:00Z

This dissertation analyzes the combination of federal and investors' class actions to enforce federal securities laws, as well as how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act disrupts joint public and private litigation to discipline self regulatory organizations like the national stock exchanges, and the effects of these attempted reforms on the market.

urn:uuid:316CCAB4-703E-11DD-910D-58C038788F35 2008-08-27T03:00:00Z 2008-08-27T03:00:00Z

The August issue of Policy Insight discusses the growing use of randomized trials to determine the effectiveness of development programs in low-income countries, suggesting that similar methods should be used to assess the cost-effectiveness of education interventions in these countries.

urn:uuid:6D645B10-4E8B-11DD-B654-E4D638788F35 2008-07-09T03:00:00Z 2008-07-09T03:00:00Z

Since the end of the Cold War, many observers have feared the United States is losing its leadership in science and technology, but RAND research shows that the U.S. has more than kept pace with its peers by several measures, write Titus Galama and James Hosek.

urn:uuid:924ECA1C-202A-11DD-843D-E1BD38788F35 2008-06-12T03:00:00Z 2008-06-12T03:00:00Z

An inflow of foreign students in the sciences -- as well as scientists and engineers from overseas -- has helped the United States build and maintain its worldwide lead in science and technology.

urn:uuid:542F9B72-2E75-11DD-83B9-E1BD38788F35 2008-05-29T03:00:00Z 2008-05-29T03:00:00Z

Despite its authoritarian political system, Russia is in many ways increasingly open. Its people are part of a consumer society that models its consumption habits after Western Europe, says Lowell Schwartz.

urn:uuid:5B59C458-ACB7-11DC-B2A3-E1BD38788F35 2007-12-15T03:00:00Z 2007-12-15T03:00:00Z

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.

urn:uuid:6B756C42-7E6E-11DC-AC90-E2BD38788F35 2007-10-24T03:00:00Z 2007-10-24T03:00:00Z

Post-Cold War Asia is increasingly unstable due to changes in relationships among the major countries, risks to the globalization process that underlay U.S. Cold War successes, and failure so far of U.S. strategies to adapt to the new environment.

urn:uuid:D0EEA90E-50B4-11DC-BCEA-6825C9FFCC07 2007-10-05T03:00:00Z 2007-10-05T03:00:00Z

Is the U.S. in danger of losing its competitive edge in science and technology (S&T)? At a conference convened by RAND, experts from academia, government, and the private sector reviewed evidence and provided a partial survey of the potential erosion of U.S. S&T capability.