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What can governments do to address the demographic challenge? RAND Europe examines population ageing: consequences and possible solutions.
What is the role of government in a borderless internet world? RAND Europe assesses the implications for policy makers.
Examines options for improving current Defense Department security cooperation organization and practices at the country team level, particularly in countries that are threatened by insecurity or instability.
This report examines the impact of intellectual property rights in developing countries, in the context of the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the development of TRIPS-plus standards.
Based on literature, expert insights, and a conceptual framework, this study identifies a number of recommendations for improving the understanding of illicit drug markets, supply reduction efforts, and drug-related crime in the EU.
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.
Testimony presented before the Commission on Wartime Contracting on February 22, 2010.
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.
Provides a menu of actions for strengthening and expanding the U.S. Air Force's capabilities to take part in joint and interagency efforts in irregular warfare.
This study, commissioned by DG SANCO, presents a quality assessment of the monitoring information provided by members of the European Alcohol and Health Forum on their commitments to reduce alcohol-related harm.
In testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, James Dobbins discusses the current international disaster relief operation in Haiti and how it is affected by a preexisting post-conflict reconstruction mission, which he considers ultimately more important.
The report provides insight into Pan-European eGovernment services (PEGS): their definition; development trajectories; barriers, drivers, uncertainties, and possible futures, and suggests policy actions and ways to measure and monitor PEGS.
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.
Examines an assessment methodology treating public diplomacy not as a series of discrete programs, but as a coordinated system of producing USG-preferred frames emphasizing or de-emphasizing specific elements of current or future U.S. policies.
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.
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.
Israel can make natural gas usage a bigger part of its energy portfolio without jeopardizing its security, but even more importantly, the nation needs to make conservation measures a priority in its future energy plans.
Spotlight on 2009 illustrates RAND Europe's scope to open up new avenues for policymakers who face difficult and complex choices today and in the future. It also features developments over the course of 2009 that highlight our success.
In testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, James Dobbins explains why further international sanctions will probably not compel a change in Iran's nuclear policies nor cause a halt to those programs, but should nevertheless be pursued.
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.
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