With the end of World War II came the rise of many international organizations, from the United Nations and World Bank to the European Union, NATO, ASEAN, and other regionally focused bodies. RAND has explored the effectiveness of these organizations in areas such as international development, economic policymaking, and local and regional peacekeeping and stability operations.
Report
This volume compares and contrasts European experiences in nation-building with those of the U.S. and the UN based on six case studies of European-led nation-building missions in Albania, Sierra Leone, Macedonia, Côte d'Ivoire, the Congo, and Bosnia.
Commentary
As NATO heads toward its summit meeting in Bucharest on April 3-4, the question of NATO enlargement — especially whether to give Membership Action Plans, or MAPs, to Georgia and Ukraine — has re-emerged as a contentious issue, writes F. Stephen Larrabee.
Commentary
Diplomatic wrangling over Kosovo's declaration of independence this week has created a good deal of misunderstanding about the U.N. Security Council Resolution that defines that society's current status and future evolution, writes James Dobbins.
Journal Article
The AIDS epidemic in Africa remains a serious health crisis.
Report
This study, commissioned by the UK National Audit Office, analyses the implementation of the new European Single Payment Scheme of farm payments in Germany and Finland.
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Identifies good practice within the Public Health Programme (PHP) as well as specific projects within the institution. It also highlights room for improved coordination within the PHP and between the Programme and other European Commission activities.
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Testimony presented before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight on June 13, 2007.
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Addresses the shortfall between the strategic airlift capabilities that the European Union needs to fulfill its ambition to be a credible security actor and the capabilities available to the major European nations.
Commentary
Afghanistan: Why Canada Should Stay, in the Toronto Star.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff: Green But Unsafe, in Wall Street Journal, Europe Edition.
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Published commentary by RAND staff: The Taliban Threat is Not Just America's Burden, in Financial Times.
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Published commentary by RAND staff: Missile Defense: Avoiding a Crisis in Europe, in International Herald Tribune.
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Published commentary by RAND staff: Flagging Ally: Pakistan's Lapses Are Hurting the War on Terror, in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Published commentary by RAND staff: Afghanistan's Local Insurgency, in International Herald Tribune.
Report
This report, prepared for the European Commission, investigates the types of security challenges that organisations implementing disruptive technologies encounter.
Report
This report analyzes the findings of an intermediate evaluation of the three non-food scientific committees at the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection.
Research Brief
This brief summarizes the results of RAND Europe research, requested by the European Commission (EC) to inform the EC's assessment of options for revising and extending the existing 'TV Without Frontiers' (TVWF) Directive.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff: Europe's Afghan Test, in United Press International.
Journal Article
The authors begin a discourse on the demographic future of Europe.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff: Afghanistan Needs Help, in United Press International.
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