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This paper was originally presented as an address to the North Atlantic Assembly in Plenary Session, The Storting, Oslo, Norway, on September 25, 1987.
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This study examines the doctrine and force structure of the Luftwaffe in the context of German defense policy considerations. It analyzes several of the propositions of Luftwaffe doctrine using U.S. quantitative models of air-land combat in NATO's ce...
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Analyzes the key doctrinal and operational interests of allied services in NATO.
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Attempts to structure the broad range of issues affecting the potential development of anti-tactical ballistic missile (ATBM) systems by evaluating the relationship among NATO's potential needs for ATBMs, the technologies under development...
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This paper, which is included as a chapter in U.S.-Soviet Relations: The Next Phase (Cornell University Press, 1986), analyzes the nuclear arms control dimension of U.S.-Soviet relations as it enters a new phase. It reviews the developments and force...
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This paper reviews NATO's present strategy; examines broad strategic alternatives, and concludes that NATO's recourse is to seek modest improvements in conventional capabilities.
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The result is a quantitative, auditable ranking of the OTA options by persons at RAND familiar with antisatellite/ballistic missile defense issues.
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Since the early 1970s, various initiatives have been made to improve the NATO defense planning process. This report examines some of these efforts. The purpose is to identify some broad guidelines for introducing and managing future initiatives.
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This report extends, through 1983, estimates of the economic costs of the Soviet empire that were published in a previous RAND study (R-3073/1-NA) covering the period 1971 to 1980.
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This research brief summaries R-3347-USDP which examines the background, origins, present state, and prospects of a number of separatist and antiregime rebellions in Ethiopia.
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This RAND research brief summaries R-3337-USDP, Moscow's Post-Brezhnev Reassessment of the Third World.
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Reviews literature on the effects of infant feeding patterns on child health and assesses the implications of recent research for public health policy in Malaysia and other developing countries.
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Analyzes Soviet reactions to and concern over NATO's use of deep-look reconnaissance sensors, automated command and control, and highly accurate conventional munitions made possible by "emerging technologies" (ET).
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Reviews the major methods of evaluating the impact of family planning programs in developing countries.
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This paper reviews recent obstacles to progress in arms control negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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This paper explores the impact of political risk on foreign direct investment in petroleum ventures in those developing countries that are not members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. It coordinates and analyzes information from ...
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This paper argues that arms control negotiations and summit meetings are a dangerous panacea because they do not achieve the goals commonly claimed for them: (1) alleviate tension and contribute to international peace and security; (2) create a clima...
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This paper discusses the extent to which bomber/cruise missile characteristics and activities can be monitored by national technical means. Monitoring, which involves detection, identification, and measurement, should be distinguished from verificati...
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Points out the value of collecting data for household health and demographic surveys at the community level, since they provide information on factors affecting health and survival that are often directly manipulable by policies and programs,...
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In an effort to improve public understanding of the relationship between intelligence and the feasibility of verifying compliance with arms control agreements, this paper provides a primer on the intelligence-gathering process, discusses the need ...
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