RAND Research Topic: Norway 2012-05-24T14:57:14Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/norway.html National Independence, Women's Political Participation, and Life Expectancy in Norway http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100016.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009 <p>This study investigates the role of national independence and women's political participation on population health using historical lifespan data from Norway.</p> Comparing Western European and North American Drug Policies: An International Conference Report http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR237.html Dec 31, 1992 Dec 31, 1992 This report summarizes the deliberations of officials and experts representing eight nations who participated in a December 1991 meeting on drug policy held in Bellagio, Italy. Scandinavian NATO Policy: The Next Five Years http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2957.html Dec 31, 1989 Dec 31, 1989 Based on reports from the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, this Note assesses the future of Danish and Norwegian security policies and the probable internal and external factors that will influence them. Don't Rock the Boat: Reinforcing Norway in Crisis and War http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3725.html Dec 31, 1988 Dec 31, 1988 There is inherent tension in Norwegian security policy because Norway depends absolutely on NATO reinforcements for both the deterrence of Soviet aggression and for defense if deterrence fails, yet it views the presence of Allied forces as potentially... Denmark, Norway, and NATO: Constraints and Challenges http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3001.html Dec 31, 1988 Dec 31, 1988 Discusses the postwar course of Danish and Norwegian security policy, addressing the pattern of constraints at work in these countries' security consensuses. A-10 Operations and the Battle for North Norway http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3439.html Dec 31, 1987 Dec 31, 1987 Outlines the strategic importance of North Norway to the outcome of any future NATO/Warsaw Pact war on the basis of its location adjacent to the western Soviet heartland, the major Soviet bases on the Kola Peninsula, and the Norwegian Sea. Factors Affecting the Military Environment of North Norway: Its History, International Relations, Physical Characteristics, and Balance of Military Forces http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2497.html Dec 31, 1987 Dec 31, 1987 Discusses how certain factors &mdash; the history, international relations, physical characteristics, and the present balance of military forces of Northern Europe &mdash; have shaped the military environment of North Norway ... Defense Manpower Policies in Northern and Central European NATO http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N1314.html Dec 31, 1979 Dec 31, 1979 Provides a brief overview of policies and practices as observed in seven European NATO countries: Belgium, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), France, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Telephone call pricing in europe: localizing the pulse http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P6215.html Dec 31, 1978 Dec 31, 1978 European telephone systems have long used the periodic pulse system for billing subscriber-dialed long-distance (trunk) calls. By 1982 all of the six countries surveyed--Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and West Germany--will... Pricing policies in selected European telephone systems http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P6169.html Dec 31, 1977 Dec 31, 1977 In telephone systems of Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and West Germany there are four categories of charges: installation fee, monthly subscription fee, local usage charges, and rates for trunk calls. Rates for local calls are bas... Peak-Load Pricing in Selected European Electric Utilities http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2031.html Dec 31, 1976 Dec 31, 1976 Surveys principles of designing electricity rate structures and analyzes how utilities in England, France, Norway, and Sweden have established tariffs based on these principles. Territorial Defense in NATO and Non-NATO Europe http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1184.html Dec 31, 1972 Dec 31, 1972 Pressures working on defense structures of European NATO countries tend to favor a change to latent conscript forces oriented toward territorial defense on one hand, standing volunteer armies on the other.