Civil defense comprises activities designed to minimize the effects of war on the civilian population, deal with immediate emergency conditions, and quickly restore vital utilities and facilities damaged in an attack. RAND research assists national, state, and local agencies in preventing and mitigating terrorist activities; improving civil defense preparedness, response, and recovery actions; and understanding critical infrastructure needs.
Commentary
Involvement can transform members of the public from helpless bystanders into active participants in their own defense, thereby reducing fear and alarm, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.
Journal Article
This study suggests four timely US actions to address today's competing realities of globalization and economic austerity: raise awareness among clinicians and local health departments; capture and share exemplary disaster management practices across countries; ensure that US global health investments are effective, efficient, and sustainable; and think globally while acting locally to enhance US health security.
Journal Article
Most local public health officials rely on their perceptions of the legal environment in which they operate, but those perceptions often do not match the actual laws enacted.
Journal Article
Describes the importance of a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), and identifies common strengths and potential vulnerabilities of laboratory-specific COOPs.
Journal Article
Organizational culture differences between public health and emergency management entities may hinder inter-agency collaboration.
Report
Unstable and violent political environments often give rise to a range of complex problems for peaceful development. RAND Europe reviewed the state of the art in monitoring and evaluation in stabilization environments and found ways to improve practice.
Research Brief
Reviews the state of the art in monitoring and evaluation of stabilisation operations and suggests ways forward.
Journal Article
Review of what scientists and scholars know about WMD terrorism and America's options for confronting it.
Journal Article
In this article, the authors argue that initial funding priorities for public health systems research on preparedness should focus on using engineering-style methods to identify core preparedness processes, developing novel data sources and measures based on smaller-scale proxy events, and developing performance improvement approaches to support the translation of research into practice within the wide variety of public health systems found in the nation.
News Release
February 7, 2007 News Release: RAND Study Offers Advice on Designing Systems to Guard Against Terrorist Attacks.
Report
An attempt to ascertain the nature of the Soviet civil defense doctrine, the character and scope of the Soviet program, and the actual extent of its implementation. Some of the limitations and assumptions of the Soviet civil defense program are also ...
Report
A discussion of the reasons why Soviet leaders believe their civil defense program is an integral part of the Soviet defense posture, contributing directly to the country's readiness for war. Their postwar civil defense program has been in effect ove...
Report
Estimates the effects of three workforce-shaping policies among DoD workers covered by the Civil Service Retirement System.
Journal Article
Policymakers failed to consider whether US notions about internal security were appropriate for fractious and unstable regions of the world.
Report
Evaluate whether high-quality workers are promoted faster, are paid more, and stay longer in civil service than other workers.
Report
This report examines whether U.S. training provided to foreign military students in the subject countries promotes human rights, professionalism, democratic values, national development, and appropriate civil-military relations.
Report
Intertheater airlift provides the Department of Defense with the ability to deliver combat forces or humanitarian relief rapidly anywhere in the world and to respond quickly to changing circumstances.
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