2012-05-24T14:57:28Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/poland.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1140.html Jan 16, 2012 Jan 16, 2012

Different market segments have varying postal service needs, according to RAND Europe research conducted for the European Commission. All consumers value parcel services, reliability, and low levels of loss, but big businesses value letter services more than small or medium businesses or the public.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/06/17.html Jun 16, 2011 Jun 16, 2011

The post-war trend of falling birth rates has been reversed across Europe. However, despite an increasing emphasis on family and fertility policies in Europe, this recent development involves social, cultural, and economic factors more than individual policy interventions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1080.html Jun 16, 2011 Jun 16, 2011

The post-war trend of falling birth rates has been reversed across Europe. However, despite an increasing emphasis on family and fertility policies in Europe, this recent development involves social, cultural, and economic factors more than individual policy interventions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9566.html Jun 16, 2011 Jun 16, 2011

An update to the RAND Europe 2004 study into the causes and consequences of low fertility in Europe analysing the latest data, reviewing recent literature, and examining the situation in Germany, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the UK in depth.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/10/20/CSM.html Oct 19, 2009 Oct 19, 2009

<p>Vice President Joseph Biden's trip to eastern Europe this week provides an important opportunity to reassure Poland, the Czech Republic, and Romania that the U.S. is committed to their security. This reassurance is needed, especially in the wake of the decision to cancel the deployment of missile defense installations in the region, write F. Stephen Larrabee and Christopher S. Chivvis.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/09/21/IHT.html Sep 20, 2009 Sep 20, 2009

<p>Critics of the Bush administration missile defense plans for Central Europe have charged that the U.S. would be deploying defenses that did not work against a threat that did not exist. It would also defend countries not threatened by Iran, while leaving Iran's more likely victims entirely uncovered, writes James Dobbins.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR691.html May 18, 2009 May 18, 2009

<p>This study was commissioned by the UK General Medical Council (GMC) to provide an evidence base on the systems of medical regulation in place in the countries of origin of doctors seeking to enter the UK and obtain registration to practise.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/04/27/PS.html Apr 27, 2007 Apr 27, 2007

Published commentary by RAND staff: How Not to Promote American Missile Defense in Europe, in Project Syndicate--an association that distributes commentaries to 291 newspapers in 115 countries.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/03/29/IHT.html Mar 29, 2007 Mar 29, 2007

Published commentary by RAND staff: Missile Defense: Avoiding a Crisis in Europe, in International Herald Tribune.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG184.html Jan 21, 2005 Jan 21, 2005

<p>U.S. government decisionmakers face a number of challenges as they attempt to form policies that aim to dissuade terrorists from attacking the United States, divert youths from joining terrorist groups, and persuade the leaders of states and nongovernmental institutions to withhold support for terrorists. The successes or failures of such policies and campaigns have long-lasting effects. The findings of this research help U.S. decisionmakers more closely refine how and in what circumstances strategic influence campaigns can best be applied.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2003/02/18/SDUT.html Feb 18, 2003 Feb 18, 2003

When it comes to the defense of core Western values, the record of the new entrants to NATO is encouraging. It suggests that 'Old Europe' may have something to learn from 'New Europe,' writes Stephen Larrabee in an commentary

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1243.html Jan 1, 2001 Jan 1, 2001

This report develops and applies an analytical framework for thinking about the determinants of future NATO enlargement, the specific defense challenges they pose, and shaping policies that might aid in addressing these challenges.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB62.html Dec 31, 2000 Dec 31, 2000

The study provides an analytical framework for thinking about the determinants of future enlargement, the defense challenges posed by the integration of new members, and the strategies needed to respond.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP786.html Dec 31, 1998 Dec 31, 1998

NATO enlargement after the first round

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P8010.html Dec 31, 1996 Dec 31, 1996

Focuses on the effects of NATO's decision to enlarge on several states and populations invited to join or that had wanted to join but were not invited at the Madrid summit: Poland, The Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, and Romania.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR523.html Dec 31, 1994 Dec 31, 1994

The authors focus on the process of military reform in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia, examining how the process of overcoming the Soviet legacy to the militaries of the six countries has unfolded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7903.html Dec 31, 1994 Dec 31, 1994

Several Eastern European countries, with Poland in the forefront, are eager to join NATO. For its part, NATO has reaffirmed that alliance membership remains open to other European states. Although no timetable has been set for admitting new members, ...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB146.html Dec 31, 1994 Dec 31, 1994

The Partnership for Peace (PfP) program can be seen as a lens for examining the larger security policy debates in Poland and Germany.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7847.html Dec 31, 1992 Dec 31, 1992

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...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4222.html Dec 31, 1991 Dec 31, 1991

The author summarizes RAND political and military analysis of Europe in 1987 through 1991 as it was carried out in support of Air Force and other planners of the U.S. military posture on that continent.