2012-05-24T13:17:46Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP372.html 2012-05-17T08:30:00Z 2012-05-17T08:30:00Z

Analyzes the security environment in the tri-border area between the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia and considers ways to improve maritime domain awareness in the region.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP369-1.html 2012-05-08T09:45:00Z 2012-05-08T09:45:00Z

Presents summary data from the American Life Panel on the 2011 banking practices of U.S. household respondents.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP357.html 2012-05-07T10:30:00Z 2012-05-07T10:30:00Z

Provides an overview of a RAND methodology for creating an effective workforce development system to better align personnel with current and future force requirements.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP351.html 2012-05-02T06:15:00Z 2012-05-02T06:15:00Z

Examines factors driving Chinese-Iranian cooperation, potential tensions in the Chinese-Iranian partnership, and U.S. policy options for influencing this partnership to meet U.S. objectives.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP363.html 2012-04-23T04:45:00Z 2012-04-23T04:45:00Z

Assesses the factors contributing to the decisions by the United States and Japan to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and the meaning of those decisions for bilateral cooperation on trade expansion.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP366.html 2012-04-11T05:15:00Z 2012-04-11T05:15:00Z

Estimates the effects of the 2007 expansion of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit program, which offered tax credits to employers who hired certain groups of veterans, including those with service-connected disabilities.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP353.html 2012-03-05T10:30:00Z 2012-03-05T10:30:00Z

The financial collapse of 2008 has had a lasting, disruptive effect on many aspects of the U.S. economy. A preliminary assessment of the impact on the civil justice system identified areas that warrant further research and data collection.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP369.html 2012-03-02T04:45:00Z 2012-03-02T04:45:00Z

Presents summary data from the American Life Panel on the 2011 banking practices of U.S. household respondents.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP356.html 2012-02-28T05:45:00Z 2012-02-28T05:45:00Z

Describes child care and early learning arrangements for the approximately 2.8 million California children ages 0 to 5 who are younger than the age at which they would enter kindergarten.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP364.html 2012-02-28T05:45:00Z 2012-02-28T05:45:00Z

Identifies five strategies for incorporating child assessments into the design, implementation, and evaluation of initiatives designed to raise the quality of care in early care and education settings such as quality rating and improvement systems.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP362.html 2012-02-16T08:00:00Z 2012-02-16T08:00:00Z

A personal assessment of the status of al Qaeda now in its third decade.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP359.html 2012-02-14T07:15:00Z 2012-02-14T07:15:00Z

The U.S. Department of Defense Civilian Expeditionary Workforce (CEW) is deployed to support theater operations. This paper builds on prior RAND research to examine how private security contractors may interact with and affect CEW operations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP348.html 2012-01-19T07:45:00Z 2012-01-19T07:45:00Z

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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP360.html 2012-01-10T06:30:00Z 2012-01-10T06:30:00Z

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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP342.html 2011-12-20T11:00:00Z 2011-12-20T11:00:00Z

Stuxnet-like worms and other sophisticated, virulent malware pose a serious threat to critical U.S. infrastructure and computer networks. However, defending against such attacks involves complex technological and legal issues.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP331.html 2011-11-15T04:45:00Z 2011-11-15T04:45:00Z

Historic trends in the U.S. Army's largest budget accounts provide context for current decisions on future spending, especially in light of the Army's diminishing role in Iraq and Afghanistan over the coming decade.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP334.html 2011-11-08T11:15:00Z 2011-11-08T11:15:00Z

Through an examination of adversary capabilities in recent conflicts, the author explores whether heavy brigade combat teams are justified as a prominent component of the future U.S. Army.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP329z1.html 2011-11-03T05:00:00Z 2011-11-03T05:00:00Z

Using the Battle of Wanat as a case study, the authors evaluate a range of alternative technological and corresponding tactical improvements to help small unit operations in Afghanistan, particularly when establishing and protecting combat outposts.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP354.html 2011-10-26T07:45:00Z 2011-10-26T07:45:00Z

Discusses innovation's role in the legal services industry, factors affecting innovation's production, and the research and data infrastructure needed by policymakers to understand whether restrictions on the practice of the law should be altered.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP344.html 2011-10-09T21:01:00Z 2011-10-09T21:01:00Z

Presents scenarios to illustrate possible sources of military conflict with China over the next thirty years.