CAPP Newsletter Archive: January 2002
January 2002 Table of Contents
Message from
the Director
What's
New?
CAPP in the News
New
RAND Publications
RAND
Research Highlights
Recommended
Resources
Message
from the Director
I am pleased to announce the launch of this premiere issue of our bi-monthly
CAPP newsletter. The purpose of this new service is to keep interested parties
informed about CAPP news, events, and publications.
-Nina
Hachigian, CAPP Director
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What's
New?
Conference
on Economic and Security Issues in China
CAPP sponsored its fourth annual conference in conjunction with the China
Reform Forum in late November. The conference, titled "Issues and Concerns
of China and the U.S. in the First Decade of the 21st Century," included
discussions of U.S.-Sino strategic relations, among other topics. Read
More
New
Director Takes the Helm
Nina Hachigian, the new Director of CAPP, started at RAND in August. Ms.
Hachigian comes to RAND from the Pacific Council on International Policy
in Los Angeles, where she conducted research on Internet policy and electronic
governance in Asia. Previously, she served on the staff of the National Security
Council. Former Acting Director, Rachel Swanger, is now the National Security
Research Division's Manager for Foundation and Independent Research.
RAND Analyst Chosen as Senior Advisor to the US Ambassador
to India
Senior Policy Analyst Ashley J. Tellis has left RAND for New Delhi to serve
as Senior Advisor to Robert D. Blackwill, the Ambassador to India. Read
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Op-ed:
September 11 Attacks: Opportunity for a U.S.-China Partnership?
Cooperation in the fight against terrorism could
provide the United States and China the chance to be partners on
a critical issue and could restore confidence in the strategic
China-U.S. relationship. Read "A Chance to Get Closer to China",
a commentary in the Los Angeles Times by Nina Hachigian and James
Mulvenon. Read More
Op-ed:
China's Nuclear Agenda
The Bush administration has been apparently reconsidering the strategic nuclear
relationship between the United States and China. A New York Times op-ed
by RAND's James Mulvenon and Bates Gill of the Brookings Institution argues
that a frank dialogue about the realities of China's capabilities and interests
is necessary for the administration to get what it wants from Beijing. Read
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Op-ed:
China Invites Capitalists to Join the Party
The recent decision by China's government to admit entrepreneurs and private
business owners as members of the Communist Party raises the question of
whether the Communists will co-opt the capitalists or the capitalists will
co-opt the party. Read the analysis of Charles Wolf in a recent op-ed column
for the New York Times on this critical decision. Read
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Taiwan's
Foreign and Defense Policies: Features and Determinants
by Michael Swaine and James Mulvenon
This comprehensive report identifies and analyzes Taiwan's evolving foreign
and defense policies and assesses their implications for Asia's current and
future security environment. The report focuses particular attention on the
domestic sources of Taiwan's foreign and defense policies; the impact of
China's military modernization program; and the role the U.S. and Japan play
in Taiwan's foreign and defense policies. Read
the Report
India's
Emerging Nuclear Posture: Between Recessed Deterrent and
Ready Arsenal
by Ashley J. Tellis
On May 11, 1998, after a hiatus of more than two decades, India conducted
a series of nuclear tests that signaled a critical shift in its strategic
thinking. This book examines the forces--political, strategic, technological,
and ideational--that led to this dramatic policy shift. Read the Summary or
the Research Brief
Japan
and Ballistic Missile Defense
by Michael Swaine, Rachel Swanger, and Takashi Kawakami
The Japanese government decided in late 1998 and early 1999 to move forward
with joint research and development with the United States on ballistic missile
defense (BMD). This book explores both the benefits and potential problems
of deploying a BMD system in Japan. Read the
Report
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RAND
Research Highlights
Family Planning in Bangladesh
Abortion often rises as birth rates decline in developing nations. This can
cause particular problems in developing countries with high rates of unsafe
abortion. Julie DaVanzo of RAND, Mizanur Rahman of Pathfinder International,
and Abdur Razzaque of the ICDDR,B Centre for Health and Population Research
have been analyzing experimental data on contraception and abortion in rural
Bangladesh. Their findings, recently published in The Lancet, suggest that
more accessible and better quality family planning services can help prevent
abortion rates from rising when they otherwise might. Read the Policy
Brief
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