2010-02-08T10:21:28Z Copyright (c) 2007-2008, The RAND Corporation Bricolage RAND Corporation urn:uuid:DD692316-4FF8-11DB-9EEF-35351D4D57CE urn:uuid:9A6587C2-FAC6-11DE-89EF-D7ED38788F35 2010-02-05T00:00:00Z 2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

As it withdraws troops from Iraq, the United States must work not only to maintain security in that nation, but also focus on how the action will impact other regional interests.

urn:uuid:85C85C10-E9BC-11DE-B735-24C138788F35 2010-02-03T00:00:00Z 2010-02-03T00:00:00Z

The United States can take a major step in improving the security environment in the Middle East and Persian Gulf by giving new impetus to revitalizing its security partnership with Turkey, which plays a critical role in four areas of increasing strategic importance to the U.S.

urn:uuid:EDC605FC-E58D-11DE-A9B2-24C138788F35 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z

Given the experiences of industry and communities, many Army installations have started to develop and implement installation sustainability plans, which document long-range plans addressing mission, community, and environmental issues developed through a strategic planning process.

urn:uuid:BCD8FCE2-E975-11DE-B735-24C138788F35 2010-01-18T00:00:00Z 2010-01-18T00:00:00Z

The U.S. military training system is the envy of many countries around the world, but the militaries of China, France, the UK, India, and Israel can help the U.S. identify different approaches to readiness, adaptability, and operational issues.

urn:uuid:D267C53C-F57A-11DE-861E-54C038788F35 2010-01-14T00:00:00Z 2010-01-14T00:00:00Z

As the U.S. prepares to eventually end its military involvement in Iraq, it must recognize that this drawdown will affect vulnerable and at-risk populations, some of whom have depended on U.S. security forces over the last six years. This has significant policy implications for Iraq and the Middle East more broadly.

urn:uuid:25BC5484-FC8B-11DE-8339-54C038788F35 2010-01-12T00:00:00Z 2010-01-12T00:00:00Z

To help policymakers understand the real privacy, liberty, and security trade-offs individuals are willing to make, RAND Europe examined three real-life case studies where these factors come into play: applying for a passport, traveling on the national rail network, and attending a major public event.

urn:uuid:EADA1406-EBDB-11DE-BC27-54C038788F35 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When crafting policy decisions about Iran, the U.S. should take a nuanced view of its complex system of government and politics. Although Iran is a rising Middle East power, there has been no official diplomatic relations between the two nations since 1980, and Iran's decisionmaking process is far from transparent.

urn:uuid:9268E8E0-D60C-11DE-8E59-26C138788F35 2009-12-30T00:00:00Z 2009-12-30T00:00:00Z

This compendium covers more than 450 recent studies on the prevalence and pernicious effects of sexual assault—from risk factors to responses of the health care and criminal justice systems—as well as important events and laws pertaining to sexual assault in both the civilian and military sectors.

urn:uuid:430EE39C-CAD3-11DE-B8F5-24C138788F35 2009-12-21T00:00:00Z 2009-12-21T00:00:00Z

NATO is rethinking its future direction for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a process that could redirect the Cold War alliance toward contemporary security issues like cyberthreats and piracy, and strengthen its commitment to fragile states like Afghanistan.

urn:uuid:9E50EDEE-DDE9-11DE-ADCA-1CC138788F35 2009-12-14T00:00:00Z 2009-12-14T00:00:00Z

Deterrence is a critical feature of cost-effective counterterrorism efforts, but it is not well understood or measured. This simple framework for evaluating the relative value of deterrent measures draws on a growing literature on the role of deterrence in counterterrorism strategy and terrorist decisionmaking.

urn:uuid:D97D21BC-E2DA-11DE-BA00-24C138788F35 2009-12-07T00:00:00Z 2009-12-07T00:00:00Z

Children in military families may suffer from more emotional and behavioral difficulties when compared to other American youths, with older children and girls struggling the most when a parent is deployed overseas.

urn:uuid:E4BF23B8-C480-11DE-9A63-24C138788F35 2009-11-23T00:00:00Z 2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

In order to improve the effectiveness of combined arms planning and assessment operations, ground commanders need information pertaining to cultural and other "soft" factors and practical ways to integrate such information into influence operations activities.

urn:uuid:F80B2524-BE3C-11DE-B0BA-24C138788F35 2009-11-20T00:00:00Z 2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

PAT was designed to facilitate strategic analysis dealing with uncertainty and differences of perspective. It enables an approach to analysis oriented toward assisting high-level decisionmakers to frame their thinking about balance, to construct good multifaceted options for consideration, and to make subsequent choices.

urn:uuid:03FD79E8-CCB8-11DE-B3F4-24C138788F35 2009-11-09T00:00:00Z 2009-11-09T00:00:00Z

A new survey of military personnel who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan found that having an openly gay or lesbian colleague in their unit had no significant impact on their unit's cohesion or readiness, questioning the assumption underlying the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

urn:uuid:14C9375E-C587-11DE-A23B-11C138788F35 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

Starting in 2008, the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy conducted a series of exercises to help the new U.S. administration address the challenges of the Arab-Israeli conflict (and of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular) as a key component of the broader effort to secure stability in the Middle East.

urn:uuid:CC491E6E-B987-11DE-8F5A-B72839788F35 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z

The U.S. Air Force's KC-10 air refueling fleet has been in service for 25 years without a major avionics upgrade. Without modernization, the KC-10 will not be in compliance with upcoming air traffic management mandates regulating the minimum allowed communication, navigation, and surveillance capabilities.

urn:uuid:6E33D3EE-9EC2-11DE-B608-24C138788F35 2009-10-08T00:00:00Z 2009-10-08T00:00:00Z

Because it will be difficult to prevent cyber attacks on critical civilian and military computer networks by threatening to punish attackers, the United States must focus its efforts on defending these networks from cyber attack.

urn:uuid:0FFF40C6-A3BB-11DE-82FF-24C138788F35 2009-10-07T00:00:00Z 2009-10-07T00:00:00Z

Although U.S. Army deployments have been linked positively to the likelihood of reenlisting for much of the past decade, by 2006 the mounting burden of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan reached the point where deployment had a negative effect on reenlistment.

urn:uuid:1740BDB4-93DB-11DE-9629-33C038788F35 2009-09-30T00:00:00Z 2009-09-30T00:00:00Z

Effective counterinsurgency is dependent on understanding the local population. A survey of those living in Iraq's Anbar Province (once one of the country's most violent areas), reveals both the many improvements that have occurred, as well as the extent to which these Iraqis have suffered from the effects of war.

urn:uuid:B089376C-8B25-11DE-9758-34C038788F35 2009-09-25T00:00:00Z 2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

RAND Arroyo Center examined the question of how the Army can help make key civilian agencies more capable partners in stability, security, transition, and reconstruction operations. Even without much action at the national level, the Army can still improve civilian participation in these activities.