Publications by Region: Southeast Asia
2011
Australia's Submarine Design Capabilities and Capacities: Challenges and Options for the Future Submarine — 2011
Assesses the domestic engineering and design skills that Australian industry and government will need to design a new submarine, identifies the skills they currently possess, and evaluates how best to fill any gaps between the two.
The Battle Behind the Wire: U.S. Prisoner and Detainee Operations from World War II to Iraq — 2011
Finds parallels in U.S. prisoner and detainee operations in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. Recommends that detailed doctrine should be in place prior to detention and that detainees should be surveyed when first detained.
Beyond Rivalry and Camaraderie: Explaining Varying Asian Responses to China — 2011
Assesses the security and economic policy responses of a representative sample of Asian states to China between 1992 and 2008.
From Insurgency to Stability: Volume II: Insights from Selected Case Studies — 2011
This book examines six case studies of insurgencies from around the world to determine the key factors in the successful transition from counterinsurgency toward stability.
Industry and Infrastructure for Future Submarines: An International Perspective — 2011
Presented at the Submarine Institute of Australia's 2010 Conference in Perth, Australia, this paper draws on RAND's international submarine experience to highlight policies that Australia may wish to consider in planning for its new submarine.
Learning from Experience: Volume I: Lessons from the Submarine Programs of the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia — 2011
Presents an overview of lessons learned from five submarine programs in three countries -- the UK's Astute program; the U.S. Navy's Ohio, Seawolf, and Virginia programs; and Australia's Collins program.
Learning from Experience: Volume IV: Lessons from Australia's Collins Submarine Program — 2011
This volume presents a set of lessons learned from Australia's Collins submarine program that could help inform future program managers.
Learning from Experience — 2011
The governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Commonwealth of Australia asked the RAND Corporation to develop a set of lessons learned from previous submarine programs that could help inform future program managers.
Lessons from U.S. Allies in Security Cooperation with Third Countries: The Cases of Australia, France, and the United Kingdom — 2011
Security cooperation is not unique to the United States, and when interests coincide, joint efforts and lesson-sharing are beneficial.
Project Retrosight: Understanding the returns from cardiovascular and stroke research: The Policy Report — 2011
This work explores impacts of cardiovascular and stroke research funded 15-20 years ago and draws out aspects associated with high or low impact. It describes 29 case studies of grants from Australia, Canada and UK. Policy summary volume.
Project Retrosight: Understanding the returns from cardiovascular and stroke research: Methodology Report — 2011
This work explores impacts of cardiovascular and stroke research funded 15–20 years ago and draws out aspects associated with high or low impact. It describes 29 case studies of grants from Australia, Canada and UK. Methodology volume.
2010
Funding intensive care -- approaches in systems using diagnosis-related groups — 2010
This report reviews approaches to funding intensive care in systems that use activity-based payment based on diagnosis-related groups to reimburse hospital care (Victoria/Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, US-Medicare).
Health and Medical Research in Singapore: Observatory on Health Research Systems — 2010
This documented briefing provides an overview of biomedical and health research in Singapore.
Health and Well-Being in the Home: A Global Analysis of Needs, Expectations, and Priorities for Home Health Care Technology — 2010
A global study of needs, priorities, and expectations in six countries revealed that home health care technologies represent a promising solution to current pressures on health care systems, but they also face a number of barriers to adoption.
RAND in Southeast Asia: A History of the Vietnam War Era — 2010
Chronicles RAND's involvement in researching insurgency and counterinsurgency in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand during the Vietnam War era, and assesses the effect that this research had on U.S. policies and the thinking of key decisionmakers.
2009
The Evolving Terrorist Threat to Southeast Asia: A Net Assessment — 2009
Building on prior RAND research, this study examined the historical roots of militancy in the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia; the development of extremist ideological frameworks; and national and international government response efforts.
Improving the Energy Performance of Buildings: Learning from the European Union and Australia — 2009
A review of recent European and Australian experience in the design and implementation of policies to improve energy efficiency of buildings and insights to aid U.S. designers of analogous policies.
The Phoenix Program and Contemporary Counterinsurgency — 2009
The authors provide a fresh assessment of operations against the Viet Cong underground during the Vietnam War and suggest lessons for contemporary counterinsurgency.
2008
Enhancement by Enlargement: The Proliferation Security Initiative — 2008
Details the cost-and-benefit estimates arrived at by five key countries reluctant to affiliate with the Proliferation Security Initiative (the "hold-out" nations) and suggests strategies for changing those estimates in favor of affiliation.
Europe's Role in Nation-Building: From the Balkans to the Congo — 2008
This volume compares and contrasts European experiences in nation-building with those of the U.S. and the UN based on six case studies of European-led nation-building missions in Albania, Sierra Leone, Macedonia, Côte d'Ivoire, the Congo, and Bosnia.
Health and Medical Research in Australia: Observatory on Health Research Systems — 2008
Provides an overview of health and medical research in Australia. The report is part of a series of country-specific reports available from RAND Europe's Observatory on Health Research Systems.
Implementation of new curriculum arrangements for 14-19 year olds: International comparisons — 2008
Presents results of a comparative study investigating the implementation of education programmes for 14-19 year olds in three countries: The Netherlands, Sweden and, Australia.
The Malay-Muslim Insurgency in Southern Thailand -- Understanding the Conflict's Evolving Dynamic: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 5 — 2008
Current unrest in the Malay-Muslim provinces of southern Thailand has captured growing national, regional, and international attention. This paper assesses the current situation and its probable direction.
The provision of neonatal services: Data for international comparisons — 2008
Gathers information on the provision of neonatal services in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, United States, Canada, Sweden and Australia. It was produced to support the National Audit Office's Value for Money study of neonatal services in England.
RAND Review: Vol. 32, No. 1, Spring 2008 — 2008
The cover story compares neonatal services across the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and Sweden; other features discuss water resources management, U.S. policies in Asia, and political polarization.
Reducing alcohol harm: International benchmark — 2008
Examine the structure and effectiveness of healthcare interventions aimed at preventing and reducing alcohol harm in a selected number of countries.
Unfolding the Future of the Long War: Motivations, Prospects, and Implications for the U.S. Army — 2008
Explores the concept of the long war and identifies ways in which it might unfold as well as the implications for the Army and the U.S. military more generally.
2007
Money in the Bank -- Lessons Learned from Past Counterinsurgency (COIN) Operations: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 4 — 2007
Six historic counterinsurgency operations are examined to determine which tactics, techniques, and procedures led to success and which led to failure, with the hope that U.S. counterinsurgency operations in the future can learn from past lessons.
2006
The Effect of Reserve Activations and Active-Duty Deployments on Local Employment During the Global War on Terrorism — 2006
Analyzes the impact of activations and deployments on local economic conditions, as measured by changes in local employment, post-September 11, 2001.
2005
Dissuading Terror: Strategic Influence and the Struggle Against Terrorism — 2005
Analyzes past U.S. strategic influence campaigns and looks at how and in what circumstances such campaigns can best be applied to today’s struggle against terrorism.
2004
Indonesian Living Standards Before and After the Financial Crisis: Evidence from the Indonesia Family Life Survey — 2004
Using rich survey data to uncover how families' lives were affected by the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, Indonesian Living Standards Before and After the Financial Crisis is a valuable tool for policymakers examining economic issues facing Indonesia.
Reporters on the Battlefield: The Embedded Press System in Historical Context — 2004
An analysis of the relations between the military and the press explores the factors that led to the development of the embedded press and distinguishes the outcomes and goals for the two entities and for the public, including the “right to know.”
2003
Honing the Keys to the City: Refining the United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Force for Urban Ground Combat Operations — 2003
The U.S. Marine Corps must tailor its reconnaissance tactics in urban environments.
2002
The Military and Democracy in Indonesia: Challenges, Politics, and Power — 2002
Explores the role the military has played in Indonesian politics since the fall of President Suharto
Ready for Armageddon: Proceedings of the 2001 RAND Arroyo- U.S. Army ACTD-CETO-USMC Non-Lethal and Urban Operations Program Urban Operations Conference — 2002
Summarizes the proceedings of the fourth annual Urban Operations Conference co-hosted by RAND Arroyo Center and representatives of the Army and Marine Corps.
2001
Australian Foreign and Defense Policy in the Wake of the 1999/2000 East Timor Intervention — 2001
Examines key developments leading to the deployment of the International Peacekeeping Force for East Timor (INTERFET) and assesses the impact of this intervention on Canberra's future defense, security, and foreign policy planning.
Indonesia's Transformation and the Stability of Southeast Asia — 2001
Indonesia's Transformation and the Stability of Southeast Asia
The Role of Southeast Asia in U.S. Strategy Toward China — 2001
The authors examine the role of regional states in developing a hedge against the possible emergence of an overly aggressive China.
Southeast Asia After 9/11: Regional Trends and U.S. Interests — 2001
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific House of Representatives Committee on International Relations on December 12, 2001.
Special Operations Forces and Elusive Enemy Ground Targets: Lessons from Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War — 2001
Could special operations forces (SOF) lessons learned in Vietnam help it today's international conflicts?
1999
Commercial Power Centers in Indonesia: A New Paradigm to Analyze the Role of Business Groups in Policy Making — 1999
Presents an economic framework to view, and a methodology to assess, policymaking in emerging economies by analyzing the political activities of so-called commercial power centers. The framework is applied to the example of Indonesia.
1998
Cuba and Lessons From Other Communist Transitions: A Workshop Report — 1998
Cuba and Lessons From Other Communist Transitions: A Workshop Report
1996
Casualties and Consensus: The Historical Role of Casualties in Domestic Support for U.S. Military Operations — 1996
Most Americans do not want lives to be sacrificed for any but the most compelling and promising causes, and they rely on their leaders to illuminate just how compelling and promising these causes are.
Enhancing Air Power’s Contribution Against Light Infantry Targets — 1996
The objective of this effort was to explore the signatures and vulnerabilities of adversary light forces, to identify promising sensor and weapon technologies applicable to this target set, and to develop new concepts of operation (OPCONs).
Psychological Effects of U.S. Air Operations in Four Wars, 1941-1991: Lessons for U.S. Commanders — 1996
This report examines ways to maximize the psychological impact of U.S. air power in future conflicts.
1995
Snakes in the Eagle’s Nest: A History of Ground Attacks on Air Bases — 1995
This report presents a comprehensive overview of ground attacks on air bases from the first known attacks in 1940 to the most recent in 1992.
1994
Airpower in U.S. Light Combat Operations — 1994
In seeking concepts to give light forces advantages over their adversaries akin to those enjoyed by heavy forces, the authors identify reconnaissance and combat as the most problematic aspects of light operations.
Thailand and the Philippines: Case Studies in U.S. IMET Training and Its Role in Internal Defense and Development — 1994
This report summarizes the research conducted in a project entitled "The Effectiveness of U.S. Military Training Activities in Promoting Internal Defense and Development in the Third World."
1993
Are Overseas Bases Worth the Bucks? An Approach to Assessing Operational Value and an Application to the Philippines — 1993
In order to maintain a military presence in many parts of the world the United States relies on access to foreign bases.
Proceedings of the Seminar on the Second Malaysian Family Life Survey, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 1991 — 1993
This volume contains papers prepared by RAND and the Population Studies Center of the National Population and Family Development Board of Malaysia. The papers were presented at the October 1991 Seminar on the Second Malaysian Family Life Survey.
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