CAPP Newsletter Archive: March 2002
March 2002 Table
of Contents
Message from the Director
CAPP
in the News
New RAND Publications on Asia
RAND
Research Highlights
CAPP News and Events
Recommended
Resources
Message
from the Director
It has been a busy few months at CAPP.
We have been working on two issues that have been in the news
lately. You'll see below a new report on India-Pakistan relations
that describes lessons we can learn from the Kargil crisis
of 1999, as well as analyses of relations between North and
South Korea. Please send any suggestions you have for our newsletter
to Nina_Hachigian@rand.org.
-Nina Hachigian,
CAPP Director
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What's
New?
Former
RAND Analyst Appointed as Afghanistan Diplomat
The Bush administration appointed former RAND international security analyst
Zalmay Khalilzad as a special envoy to Afghanistan.
Delegation
from Shanghai Visits RAND
CAPP hosted a delegation from the Shanghai Institute for International Studies
(SIIS), including its president, who came to RAND's Santa Monica office on
Thursday, January 24. Read
more
CAPP
Hosts Taiwan Delegation
On December 21, 2001, CAPP hosted a delegation of Taiwan legislators who were
elected in the December contest that handed a major victory to the Democratic
Progressive party of President Chen Shui-bian. Read
more
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President
Bush in Asia: A Reality Check for the Hard Line
At the conclusion of President Bush's recent trip to Asia, the realities of
regional problems had not changed. Japan's economy is still in trouble, North
Korea remains a threat and our ongoing differences with China persist. But
perhaps the trip will prompt a new U.S. approach - pragmatic, clear-eyed and
not unnecessarily confrontational - that promotes U.S. interests. Read the commentary by
Nina Hachigian
A
Chance for North Korea
Although it's on the U.S. list of countries that sponsor terrorism and was
mentioned by President Bush as a member of the "axis of evil", North
Korea has a historic opportunity to rejoin the community of nations and recast
its relationship with the U.S. The window of opportunity, however, is rapidly
closing, according to this commentary by
Nina Hachigian and Bruce W. Bennett.
Southeast
Asia After 9/11 (Congressional Testimony)
On December 12, 2001, RAND researcher Angel Rabasa testified before Congress
on regional trends and U.S. interests in Southeast Asia after September 11th. Read
more
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Limited
Conflict Under the Nuclear Umbrella: Indian and Pakistani
Lessons from the Kargil Crisis
by Ashley J. Tellis, C. Christine Fair, and Jamison Jo Medby
How do India and Pakistan view the significance of Pakistan's foray into the
Kargil-Dras sector in a limited war that has come to be known as the "Kargil
conflict"? What lessons did they draw from it, and what are the implications
of those lessons for future stability in South Asia? The authors examined the
views of India and Pakistan on the Kargil conflict to address these questions. Read
the report
The
South Korean Debate over Policies Toward North Korea: Issues
and Implications
by Norman D. Levin and Yong-Sup Han
This report analyzes the public debate inside South Korea over the government's
handling of relations with North Korea. It examines the evolution of South
Korean policy toward the North, identifies the sources of controversy over
the government's "sunshine" policies toward the DPRK and underlying
fault lines that divide South Korean society, and assesses the short-term implications
of these divisions for U.S. policy. Among the key findings is a recommendation
that the U.S. avoid being seen as an obstacle to peaceful unification between
the two Koreas as Washington necessarily pursues its larger strategic interests. Order
the report
"Bargaining
power within couples and use of prenatal and delivery care
in Indonesia"
by Kathleen Beegle, Elizabeth Frankenberg, and Duncan Thomas
This article examines Indonesian women's power relative to that of their husband's
to determine how it affects use of prenatal and delivery care. Both economic
and social dimensions of the distribution of power between spouses influence
use of services. Order
the Reprint
"Lost
but Not Forgotten: Attrition and Follow-Up in the Indonesian
Family Life Survey"
by Duncan Thomas, Elizabeth Frankenberg, and James P. Smith
Data from three waves of the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) are used
to examine attrition in the context of a large scale panel survey conducted
in a low income setting. The authors conclude that tracking movers is likely
to be a good investment in longitudinal household surveys conducted in settings
where communication infrastructure is limited. Order
the Reprint
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RAND Research
Highlights
India and Pakistan
Tensions have flared between India and Pakistan since a December 13, 2001 attack
on the Indian Parliament that New Delhi blamed on Pakistani militants. Both
rivals have nuclear capabilities, raising the stakes on any potential conflict.
RAND researchers have conducted several studies over the years examining the
relationship between India and Pakistan, as well as the two countries' relations
with other states in the region.
CAPP sponsored a working lunch on February 5 with Venu Rajamony, a Political Counselor at the Embassy of India in Beijing.
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