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An Arms Control Strategy for the New Europe — Jan 1, 1993

Arms control, according to this study, has a continuing role to play in addressing Europe's new insecurities and instabilities and, therefore, should be pursued ambitiously for its potential contribution to peace and security.

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NATO Air Power: Organizing for Uncertainty — Jan 1, 1993

In the future, NATO forces must be prepared to respond quickly to events in regions within and beyond its borders. This research addresses how this requirement will affect the organization of NATO forces, particularly airpower, by postulating two scenarios that would stress NATO to the extreme.

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Methodology for Examining Effects of Arms Control Reduction on Tactical Air Forces: An Example from Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty Analysis — Jan 1, 1993

This note describes RAND's suggestions on how the tactical air reduction agreement should be structured and how NATO should implement it.

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Designing and Evaluating Conventional Arms Control Measures: The Case of the Korean Peninsula — Jan 1, 1993

This study attempts to design and evaluate effective arms control measures in relation to specific Korean security problems and arms control objectives that the South Korean government should undertake.

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U.S. Conventional Arms Control for Korea: A Proposed Approach — Jan 1, 1993

Presents an approach for integrating arms control into the changing Korean security environment and for evaluating how alternative arms control measures affect U.S. interests.

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Partnership for Peace: An American View — Jan 1, 1993

This paper describes the administration's thinking on NATO's future and the relationship between NATO and members of the former Warsaw Pact. A NATO meeting scheduled for January 10, 1994, is expected to discuss the question of NATO enlargement and ho...

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''An Ever Closer Union'': European Integration and its Implications for the Future of U.S.-European Relations — Jan 1, 1993

Examines the process of European integration and assesses its implications for U.S. policy.

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China's Military and the Upcoming Succession Struggle — Jan 1, 1993

Whatever direction events in the Asian Pacific take, China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) will likely play a pivotal part in China's evolution. This brief summarizes the PLA's political-military system and likely role in the succession process.

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A Strategy for Combating the Global Ecological Crisis: Testimony before the U.S. Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the United Nations — Jan 1, 1993

Testimony Before the U.S. Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the United Nations, February 1993.

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Generating Tritium Using Civilian Reactors: A Preliminary Evaluation of Alternative Concepts — Jan 1, 1992

The unintentional moratorium on tritium production in the United States began in early 1989. The continuing hiatus could affect government thinking, strategy, and action in three time frames.

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Background and Options for Nuclear Arms Control on the Korean Peninsula — Jan 1, 1992

The threat posed by North Korea's nuclear weapons development program could significantly increase tensions in Northeast Asia. This Note presents four options for achieving a nuclear-free Korea.

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Air Force Noncombat Operations: Lessons From the Past, Thoughts for the Future — Jan 1, 1992

In the years ahead, noncombat operations ranging from disaster relief to "AWACs diplomacy" are likely to form a growing portion of Air Force activities. This note examines the Air Force's experience with such operations over the last fifty years.

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How Will NATO Adjust in the Coming Decade? — Jan 1, 1992

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) faces a doubtful future. Its organizing principle has disappeared.

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Europe at the end of 1991 — Jan 1, 1992

After a cataclysmic year, Western Europeans encourage the turn toward Western values by the people of the former Soviet Union and welcome the tentative steps toward unity of the European Community (EC). Yet, as 1992 begins, they appear uncertain, app...

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Germany in transition: national self-confidence and international reticence — Jan 1, 1992

This paper contains the text of a statement before the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East of the Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, January 29, 1992. It presents data from a survey conducted in late 1991 as part of an e...

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Russia's "continuation" of the Soviet Security Council membership and prospective Russian policies toward the United Nations — Jan 1, 1992

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The future of NATO and U.S. policy in Europe — Jan 1, 1992

This study describes the efforts to renew NATO in 1989-1991, the downturn of 1992, and the implications for U.S. policy toward NATO and Europe. It concludes that the United States must remain an active leader in Europe and that the Alliance must be k...

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NATO's Future Conventional Defense Strategy in Central Europe: Theater Employment Doctrine for the Post-Cold War Era — Jan 1, 1992

Provides a political-military analysis for thinking about how NATO's conventional defense strategy can be adjusted to contribute to stability in Central Europe in the coming post-Cold War era.

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NATO military strategy for the post-Cold War era : issues and options — Jan 1, 1992

NATO military strategy for the post-Cold War era : issues and options

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Mechanisms for the Association of Maternal Age, Parity, and Birth Spacing With Infant Health — Jan 1, 1991

Reviews biomedical mechanisms connecting maternal age, parity, and birth spacing with infant mortality and assesses their likely importance in developing countries.

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