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What Can Be Learned from the Soviet Experience with Afghan Security Forces? — Oct 14, 2011

An overview of Soviet efforts to improve and facilitate the training and development of Afghan security forces from 1920 to 1989 can inform U.S. and allied forces' current approaches to planning and operating with Afghan forces and overcoming cultural challenges.

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Troubled Lands: The Legacy of Soviet Environmental Destruction — Jan 1, 1993

During 70 years of communist rule, the former Soviet Union inflicted wide-spread environmental damage throughout Russia and the Soviet Republics in its quest for military and economic power.

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Moscow's Lessons from the 1982 Lebanon Air War — Jan 1, 1984

Summary of research that reviews Soviet impressions of Israeli air operations during the 1982 Lebanon war.

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Selective Nuclear Options in American and Soviet Strategic Policy — Jan 1, 1976

Whatever behavior the Soviets might pursue in a nuclear crisis, the desirability of maintaining a U.S. selective options strategy need not hinge exclusively on the course and outcome of future developments in Soviet nuclear planning.

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Selective Nuclear Operations and Soviet Strategy — Jan 1, 1975

Discusses Soviet doctrinal views on nuclear targeting restraint, the Soviet public reaction to the U.S. pursuit of limited nuclear options, and possible private Soviet attitudes regarding selective nuclear employment.

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Employment and Labour Productivity in USSR Railroads, 1928-1950 — Jul 1, 1952

A descriptive survey of employment, traffic volume, and labor productivity in USSR railroads from 1928-1950.

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Olena Bogdan

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Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economic analysis, Kyiv School of Economics; M.A. in economics, University of Houston

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Olena Bogdan is a doctoral candidate at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and an assistant policy analyst at RAND. She graduated with honors from Kyiv's National Aviation University with a B.A. in international relations. At that time Bogdan also carried out fieldwork on human anti-trafficking for…

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