The Persian Gulf region — which includes Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iraq — contains an estimated 50 percent of the world's oil reserves and thus plays a strategic geopolitical role. RAND has a strong presence in and focus on the region, with an office in Doha, focusing primarily on domestic and regional issues such as education and development and on assisting U.S. and allied military forces in the region.
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Describes a methodology for estimating the force levels that would be needed to defend Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf crisis, and it describes the results of a preliminary analysis performed using the methodology.
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Examines the achievement of the principle of unity of effort from a narrow focus on the command and control of U.S. joint tactical air operations in four campaigns (Midway, the Solomons, Korea, and Vietnam) from 1942 to 1968...
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This paper reviews the emergence of six Marxist-Leninist regimes among Third World Nations: Afghanistan, Yemen, Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia, and Nicaragua.
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Describes the evolution of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen's (PDRY) internal political and economic situation and discusses its relations with other states in the region and with the Soviet Union.
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Examines the complex Saudi-Egyptian relationship in the past decade and focuses on the political and military dimensions of Saudi aid flows to Egypt. Preceded by an appraisal of Egyptian capital needs as contrasted with Saudi capital assets, a conce...
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There is a growing awareness that Soviet influences pose a particularly acute problem in the area of the Middle East. In the Middle East the potential freedom of action available to the Soviet Union and its allies to exploit their military advantage...
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Assesses the contributions of improvement in manpower and organization quality to military effectiveness of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, plus Iran and Turkey.
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Projects and compares the domestic economic development of seven Arab countries to 1985 on alternative assumptions of 2 and 5 percent increases in oil export revenues.
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A model is designed for the narrative structure of the swindler tale, which is defined as an oral narrative about a clever person who cheats a less clever one to win (usually) a small material gain or gratification. The model is based on these conce...
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B.A. in English language and literature, Calicut University
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M.Sc. in educational leadership, University of Leicester
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Policy Researcher
Ph.D. in public policy and administration, University of Kentucky
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Senior Research Manager
M.P.A. in international relations and development studies, Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, Princeton University; B.Phil. in political science and philosophy, University of Pittsburgh; B.S. in mathematics, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in biology, University of Chicago
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Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Master in management science, Tsinghua University; Master in environmental management, Paris Institute of Technology
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Ph.D. in sociology, Harvard University
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Associate Analyst
B.S. in mechnical engineering, Texas A&M
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Director, Center for Middle East Public Policy; Senior Political Scientist
Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in political science, University of California, Berkeley
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Associate Economist
M.A. in social science, California Institute of Technology; B.A. in mathematics, Northwestern University
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Director, International Programs; Senior Management Systems Analyst
M.B.A., New York University
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