NSRD Publications Archive - 2012

Fiscal Consolidation and Budget Reform in Korea: The Role of the National Assembly — 2012

• Kun-Oh Kim

Presents a plan for fiscal consolidation and budget reform for the Republic of Korea in which the Korean National Assembly would adopt a new budget process centered on a fiscally constrained budget resolution.

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Using Social Media to Gauge Iranian Public Opinion and Mood After the 2009 Election — 2012

• Sara Beth Elson,
• Douglas Yeung,
• Parisa Roshan,
• S. R. Bohandy,
• Alireza Nader

Analyzes Iranian public opinion and mood as expressed over Twitter in the nine months following the 2009 election.

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Keeping a Competitive U.S. Military Aircraft Industry Aloft: Findings from an Analysis of the Industrial Base — 2012

• John Birkler,
• Paul Bracken,
• Gordon T. Lee,
• Mark A. Lorell,
• Soumen Saha,
• Shane Tierney

Evaluates the near-term and long-term risks and costs of the United States having little or no competition among companies involved with designing, developing, and producing fixed-wing military aircraft and related systems.

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Saving the Government Money: Examples from RAND's Federally Funded Research and Development Centers — 2012

This publication lists and briefly summarizes some projects undertaken by RAND's three federally funded research and development centers that have helped save the government money or that have identified ways to do so. Amounts saved are estimated.

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Assessing Freedom of Movement for Counterinsurgency Campaigns — 2012

• Ben Connable,
• Jason Campbell,
• Bryce Loidolt,
• Gail Fisher

This report examines how a military staff might assess freedom of movement as a strategic and tactical indicator in counterinsurgency, and specifically in Afghanistan.

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Threats Without Threateners? Exploring Intersections of Threats to the Global Commons and National Security — 2012

• Gregory F. Treverton,
• Erik Nemeth,
• Sinduja Srinivasan

National security implications and interconnections are explored among climate change, water scarcity, and pandemics, using examples of familiar and new policy approaches to inspire innovative thinking about threats to the global commons.

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Israel and Iran: A Dangerous Rivalry — 2012

• Dalia Dassa Kaye,
• Alireza Nader,
• Parisa Roshan

Once de facto allies, Israel and Iran have come to view each other as regional rivals over the past decade, increasing the risks for direct military conflict that could have serious implications for U.S. regional interests.

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Incompatible Partners: The Role of Identity and Self-Image in the Sino-U.S. Relationship — 2012

• Lyle Morris

Many scholars and pundits have concluded that the noticeable downturn in U.S.-China relations in 2010 was merely an intermittent low in the broader "high-low" dynamic that characterizes the relationship. This article argues that recent tensions can also be understood as part of larger, macro-level suspicions stemming from the disparate identities that pervade bilateral relations.

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