North Korea, formerly designated a state sponsor of terrorism by the United States, emerged as a nuclear-armed enigma under the dictatorship of Kim-Jong Il. RAND’s research on both deterrence and failed states includes expert analysis of the North Korean regime, opportunities for its modernization and democratization, and implications for post–Cold War geopolitics.
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Documents an attempt to develop an objective measure for peacetime evaluation of a fighter pilot's air-to-air combat skills.
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The text of an interview for Japan's [The] [Kokubo], predicting some effects from President Johnson's announcements of the bombing cessation and his withdrawal from the presidential race: (1) reduced political schism in the United States; ...
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Tables and computation methods for evaluating the load that can be carried by porters under various conditions. The logistic importance of porterage has been a disputed issue in American military planning.
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A discussion of political forces in three minor Asian Communist states that have reacted quite differently to the Sino-Soviet conflict.
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Senior Defense Analyst
Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; B.S. in economics, California Institute of Technology
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Distinguished Chair in International Economics; Senior Economic Adviser; Professor,
Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, Harvard University
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