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Research conducted by: RAND National Security Research Division; RAND Project AIR FORCE; RAND Arroyo Center

Research Briefs (5)

Improving Counterinsurgency Campaign Assessment: The Importance of Transparency in the Fog of War — Apr 13, 2012

Current processes used by the U.S. military do not provide accurate assessments of counterinsurgency campaigns. A new process that adds transparency and context to assessments would make them more credible and useful at all levels of decisionmaking.

Sustaining Key Skills in the United Kingdom's Military Aircraft Industry — Jan 31, 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.

What Are U.S. Policy Options for Dealing with Security in Mexico? — Apr 23, 2009

A RAND study identified three U.S. policy options for dealing with Mexico's deteriorating security situation, assessing their impact in terms of four priority areas and likely Mexican responses.

Applying Madison Avenue Principles and Recent Operational Experience to Counterinsurgency and Stability Operations — Jul 11, 2007

This research brief summarizes a study that examined successes from the commercial marketing industry and how those lessons might assist U.S. and coalition forces to improve shaping campaigns during stability operations.

What Have We Learned About Establishing Internal Security in Nation-Building? — Nov 25, 2005

Comparing nine nation-building efforts in terms of how successful they were at establishing internal security, we found that, with two exceptions, most efforts were either unsuccessful or mixed. These findings were driven by differences in initial co...

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