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2008

Afghanistan: State and Society, Great Power Politics, and the Way Ahead: Findings from an International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

Cheryl Benard, Ole Kvaerno, Peter Dahl Thruelsen, Kristen Cordell, Angel Rabasa, Ali Jalali, Obaid Younossi, Khalid Nadiri, Peter Viggo Jakobsen, Michael Rubin, Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, Ali Alfoneh, Pavel K. Baev, Samina Ahmed

Conference Proceeding

Aligning Post-Secondary Educational Choices to Societal Needs: A New Scholarship System for Qatar

Catherine H. Augustine, Cathy Krop

Technical Report

Analytic Support to Intelligence in Counterinsurgencies

Walter L. Perry, John Gordon, IV

Asia, America, and the Transformation of Geopolitics

William H. Overholt

Breaking the Failed-State Cycle

Marla C. Haims, David C. Gompert, Gregory F. Treverton, Brooke K. Stearns

Occasional Paper

Caution Nation-Builders: Gender Assumptions Ahead

Cheryl Benard

The Challenge of Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversaries

David Ochmanek, Lowell H. Schwartz

The Challenges of Trying Terrorists as Criminals: Proceedings of a RAND/SAIS Colloquium

James Renwick, Gregory F. Treverton

Conference Proceeding

Comparing Alternative U.S. Counterterrorism Strategies: Can Assumption-Based Planning Help Elevate the Debate?

Robert J. Lempert, Horacio R. Trujillo, David Aaron, James A. Dewar, Sandra H. Berry, Steven W. Popper

Conducting Counterinsurgency Operations: Lessons from Iraq (2003-2006)

Bruce R. Pirnie, Edward O'Connell

Countering Insurgency in the Muslim World: Rethinking U.S. Priorities and Capabilities

David C. Gompert, John Gordon, IV, Adam Grissom, David R. Frelinger, Seth G. Jones, Martin C. Libicki, Edward O'Connell, Brooke K. Stearns, Robert E. Hunter

Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Volume 4

Seth G. Jones

Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006): RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Volume 2

Bruce R. Pirnie, Edward O'Connell

Design of the Qatar National Research Fund: An Overview of the Study Approach and Key Recommendations

Victoria A. Greenfield, Debra Knopman, Eric Talley, Gabrielle Bloom, Edward Balkovich, D. J. Peterson, James T. Bartis, Stephen Rattien, Richard Rettig, Mark Y.D. Wang, Michael Mattock, Jihane Najjar, Martin C. Libicki

Technical Report

Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence -- The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency Doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 6

Austin Long

Occasional Paper

Education and the Asian Surge: A Comparison of the Education Systems in India and China

Charles A. Goldman, Krishna B. Kumar, Ying Liu

Occasional Paper

Getting Back on Track in Afghanistan

Seth G. Jones

Improving U.S. Counterinsurgency Operations: Lessons Learned from Afghanistan

Seth G. Jones

International Perspectives on Interagency Reform

Nora Bensahel

An Iraqi Modus Vivendi: How Would It Come About and What Would It Look Like?

Terrence K. Kelly

The Malay-Muslim Insurgency in Southern Thailand -- Understanding the Conflict's Evolving Dynamic: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 5

Peter Chalk

Occasional Paper

The Maritime Dimension of International Security: Terrorism, Piracy, and Challenges for the United States

Peter Chalk

Middle East Perspectives: Conference Proceedings from Gstaad, Switzerland

Shahram Chubin, David Aaron, Abdulaziz Sager, Shai Feldman

Conference Proceeding

Modernizing the North Korean System: Objectives, Method, and Application

Charles Wolf, Jr., Norman D. Levin

PRGS 2008 Defense Seminar Brochure

Corporate Publication

Piracy and Terrorism at Sea: A Rising Challenge for U.S. Security

Peter Chalk

Policy Insight, Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2008: China and India: Different Educational Paths Toward Prosperity

Ying Liu, Krishna B. Kumar

Corporate Publication

RAND Review: Vol. 32, No. 1, Spring 2008

Michael Hallsworth, Evi Hatziandreu, David G. Groves, William H. Overholt, Diana Epstein, John D. Graham, James A. Thomson, John Godges

Corporate Publication

Redesigning Qatar's Post-Secondary Scholarship System

Catherine H. Augustine, Cathy Krop

Redesigning Qatar's Post-Secondary Scholarship System (Arabic version)

Catherine H. Augustine, Cathy Krop

The Rise of Political Islam in Turkey

Angel Rabasa, F. Stephen Larrabee

Small Ships in Theater Security Cooperation

Robert W. Button, Irv Blickstein, Laurence Smallman, David Newton, Michele A. Poole, Michael Nixon

Stabilization and Reconstruction Staffing: Developing U.S. Civilian Personnel Capabilities

Terrence K. Kelly, Ellen E. Tunstall, Thomas S. Szayna, Deanna Weber Prine

Turkey as a U.S. Security Partner

F. Stephen Larrabee

U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Assassination, Instability, and the Future of U.S. Policy

C. Christine Fair

Ungoverned Territories

Angel Rabasa

War by Other Means -- Building Complete and Balanced Capabilities for Counterinsurgency: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Final Report

David C. Gompert, John Gordon, IV, Adam Grissom, David R. Frelinger, Seth G. Jones, Martin C. Libicki, Edward O'Connell, Brooke K. Stearns, Robert E. Hunter

Women and Nation-Building

Cheryl Benard, Seth G. Jones, Olga Oliker, Cathryn Quantic Thurston, Brooke K. Stearns, Kristen Cordell

2007

American and Iranian Public Opinion: The Quest for Common Grounds

Clifford A. Grammich, C. Christine Fair

Applying Madison Avenue Principles and Recent Operational Experience to Counterinsurgency and Stability Operations

Todd C. Helmus, Christopher Paul, Russell W. Glenn

The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State

Doug Suisman, Steven Simon, Glenn Robinson, C. Ross Anthony, Michael Schoenbaum

Banking System Reform in China: The Challenges of Moving Toward a Market-Oriented Economy

Kumiko Okazaki

Occasional Paper

Breaking Ground: Analysis of the Assessment System and Impact of Mexico's Teacher Incentive Program "Carrera Magisterial"

Lucrecia Santibanez, Jose Felipe Martinez, Ashlesha Datar, Patrick J. McEwan, Claude Messan Setodji, Ricardo Basurto-Davila

Technical Report

Building Moderate Muslim Networks

Angel Rabasa, Cheryl Benard, Lowell H. Schwartz, Peter Sickle

Building a Successful Palestinian State

The RAND Palestinian State Study Team

Carry That Weight: Improving European Strategic Airlift Capabilities

Katia Vlachos-Dengler

Certain Competencies May Help Offset Lack of Expertise in Senior Air Force Jobs

Lynn M. Scott, Steve Drezner, Rachel Rue, Jesse Reyes

China Could Use "Antiaccess" Strategies to Counter U.S. Military Superiority

Roger Cliff, Mark Burles, Michael S. Chase, Derek Eaton, Kevin L. Pollpeter

Chinese Economic Coercion Against Taiwan: A Tricky Weapon to Use

Murray Scot Tanner

Compensating for Incomplete Domain Knowledge

Lynn M. Scott, Steve Drezner, Rachel Rue, Jesse Reyes

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