Publications: Defence and Security
2012
Crowdsourcing Based Business Models: In Search of Evidence for Innovation 2.0 — 2012
Open innovation has gained increased attention as a potential paradigm for improving innovation performance. This paper addresses crowdsourcing, an under-researched type of open innovation that is often enabled by the web.
Individual disengagement from Al Qa'ida-influenced terrorist groups: A Rapid Evidence Assessment to inform policy and practice in preventing terrorism — 2012
This project reviewed available evidence on factors associated with exit from violent extremist groups and the effectiveness of interventions to encourage individuals to leave such groups, to inform the UK counterterrorism strategy.
2011
Alliances in the 21st Century: Implications for the US-European partnership — 2011
This paper presents a theory of natural alliances in which commonalities in political culture are a strategic asset for better coordination and greater predictability among partners. It applies this theory to the case of the US-European alliance.
Are words enough in a crisis? — 2011
Can military forces get their messages across more effectively? RAND Europe examines NATO's new Strategic Communication concept.
Exploring Patterns of Behaviour in Violent Jihadist Terrorists: An analysis of six significant terrorist conspiracies in the UK — 2011
An examination of the groups/cells and their 38 core individuals involved in the six most serious violent Jihadist terrorist conspiracies and attacks in the UK between 2004 and 2007 to see if they exhibited any specific types of behaviour.
Monitoring and Evaluation in Stabilisation Interventions: Rationale, challenges and principles of effective monitoring and evaluation — 2011
Reviews the state of the art in monitoring and evaluation of stabilisation operations and suggests ways forward.
Monitoring and evaluation in stabilisation interventions: Reviewing the state of the art and suggesting ways forward — 2011
Reviews the state of the art in monitoring and evaluation of stabilisation operations and suggests ways forward.
2010
Le concept de communication stratégique de l'OTAN et sa pertinence pour la France — 2010
Study of NATO Strategic Communications and relevance for France. Looks at: definition, objectives, scope, terminology, command structure, resources. Concludes concept is relevant to France in crisis situations and offers ways to implement it.
NATO's Strategic Communications concept and its relevance for France — 2010
Study of NATO Strategic Communications and relevance for France. Looks at: definition, objectives, scope, terminology, command structure, resources. Concludes concept is relevant to France in crisis situations and offers ways to implement it.
Reform or Radicalisation? — 2010
Is prison a training ground for extremists? RAND Europe explores radicalisation and recruitment in European prisons.
Security at what cost? Quantifying trade-offs across liberty, privacy and security — 2010
RAND Europe undertook an internally funded, innovative discrete choice experiment to understand the real privacy and security trade-offs individuals are willing to make in order to inform policymakers about citizens' true preferences in this domain.
Security, at What Cost? — 2010
Much of the current debate concerning civil liberties and security is adversarial, and little robust research data informs these arguments.This paper outlines the results of a study that attempts to objectively understand the real privacy, liberty and security trade-offs made by individuals, so that policymakers can be better informed about the preferences of individuals with regard to these important issues.
Security, At What Cost? Quantifying people's trade-offs across liberty, privacy and security — 2010
This study was aimed at understanding practical privacy, liberty and security trade-offs individuals make to better inform public policy about preferences in this domain and to inform the debate about the balance between security and civil liberties.
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Netherlands Armed Forces: A Strategic Survey — 2010
To inform Netherlands future defence planning, RAND Europe identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the Netherlands armed forces, focusing on recent Netherlands deployments relative to the deployments of other countries.
Sustaining Key Skills in the UK Military Aircraft Industry — 2011
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence's Fixed Wing Sector Strategy Board commissioned RAND Europe to assist in the development of a strategy and sustainment plan for the military fixed wing sector. RAND focused on the health and sustainment of key skills in the sector's industrial base. This monograph describes the qualitative and quantitative methodologies that the RAND team followed and summarises its findings and recommendations.
Sustaining Key Skills in the United Kingdom's Military Aircraft Industry — 2011
The UK currently has the industrial skills needed to develop, produce and maintain its military aircraft, but predicted future demand for design engineering activity is insufficient to sustain a number of key skills beyond the 2010-2019 decade.
2009
The National Audit Office and Defence Value for Money: Identifying Financial Savings — 2009
The National Audit Office (NAO) asked RAND Europe to identify which recent MOD Value for Money (VFM) reports are likely to have led to financial savings within the Department.
The Netherlands F-16 Comparative Analysis: An Evaluation of the Process — 2009
Testimony presented before the Dutch Parliamentary Committee for Defence on April 6, 2009.
Subversion as a Facet of Terrorism and Insurgency: The Case for a Twenty-First Century Approach — 2009
The authors examine the threat of subversion after the end of the Cold War.
2008
The Netherlands F-16 Comparative Analysis: An Evaluation of the Process — 2008
In 2008, the Netherlands Ministry of Defence conducted a comparative analysis of potential candidates to replace its F-16 fighter aircraft. This report presents RAND Europe's evaluation of that analysis.
Radicalization or Rehabilitation: Understanding the challenge of extremist and radicalized prisoners — 2008
Provides an overview of the challenges posed by radicalized and extremist prisoners, and explores the potential for the radicalization of European Muslims. This study draws on the body of existing prison theory literature, historical case examples, and contemporary open sources. It draws a number of conclusions about the potential in prison for extremist activity and highlights a number of areas where further research and action may be desirable.
Remuneration and its motivation of UK military personnel — 2008
RAND was commissioned to study the attitudes of military personnel towards their remuneration package in order to highlight and determine the extent to which it motivates them to join and stay in the Armed Forces.
Sustaining Key Skills in the UK Naval Industry — 2008
To preserve its ability to design, build, and support complex warships and submarines, the UK's Ministry of Defence (MOD) will need to preserve and sustain several key technical skills in the maritime domain. In particular, it will need detailed designers and professional engineers for various stages of surface ship and submarine acquisition and support. Although the MOD has taken into account the requirement for these skills, its future maritime programme is likely to have to undergo modification or be augmented in order to sustain these technical skills in the long term.
Sustaining Key Skills in the UK Naval Industry — 2008
Building on prior RAND research, this monograph explores the need for and retention of technical skills in the UK's maritime industry, particularly among designers and engineers involved with surface ship and submarine acquisition and support. The results reveal that the UK's future naval programme likely will have to be modified or augmented to sustain these technical skills in the long term.
2007
Applying Risk Assessment to Secure the Containerized Supply Chain — 2007
Discusses risk assessment and the container transport industry. The global flow of containers represents the lifeblood of modern economies, rendering the global containerized supply chain a potentially attractive target.
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