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Capabilities-Based Planning Can Enhance Energy Security at DoD Installations

Energy security strategies are needed because DoD installations rely on the U.S. commercial electricity grid which is vulnerable to disruption from natural hazards and actor-induced outages, such as physical or cyber attacks.

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Report

Terrorism and the Security of Public Surface Transportation — Dec 21, 2004

Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Judiciary on April 8, 2004.

Report

Coordinating the War on Terrorism — Dec 20, 2004

Examines how the war on terrorism should be coordinated within the executive branch of the federal government.

Report

Issues and Options for Government Intervention in the Market for Terrorism Insurance — Dec 20, 2004

Examines the central issues in the debate over whether to extend, modify, or end the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, which requires insurers to make terrorism coverage available to commercial policyholders

Report

Emergency Responder Injuries and Fatalities: An Analysis of Surveillance Data — Dec 13, 2004

Summarizes the results of an analysis of available data sources concerning the hazards facing firefighters, police, and emergency medical responders.

Report

Long-Range Energy R&D: A Methodology for Program Development and Evaluation — Dec 13, 2004

Determining energy research needs for the distant future.

Report

The Muslim World After 9/11 — Dec 10, 2004

Examines the major dynamics that drive changes in the religio-political landscape of the Muslim world, the effects of 9/11, the global war on terrorism, and the war in Iraq, and their implications for global security and U.S. and Western interests.

Report

The Counterterror Coalitions: Cooperation with Pakistan and India — Dec 8, 2004

Examines U.S. strategic relations with India and Pakistan both historically and in the current context of the global war on terrorism and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

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Evaluating the Security of the Global Containerized Supply Chain — Nov 24, 2004

Containerized shipping has always been an attractive target for thieves and smugglers -- and now terrorists. Are today’s security measures working or not? This report lays out a framework for assessing the effects of supply-chain security proposals.

Commentary

Rereading the Duelfer Report — Nov 15, 2004

Published commentary by RAND staff.

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Compensation for 9/11 Attacks Tops $38 Billion — Nov 8, 2004

Victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have received at least $38.1 billion in compensation, with insurance companies and U.S. government providing more than 90 percent of payments.

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Compensation for Losses from the 9/11 Attacks — Nov 2, 2004

Examines benefits going to those who were killed or seriously injured in the 9/11 attacks and benefits to individuals and businesses in New York City that suffered losses from the attack on the World Trade Center.

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Aid During Conflict: Interaction Between Military and Civilian Assistance Providers in Afghanistan, September 2001-June 2002 — Oct 28, 2004

An assessment of humanitarian-assistance efforts by and interaction between civilian and military providers in the early phases of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

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Triage for Civil Support: Using Military Medical Assets to Respond to Terrorist Attacks — Oct 27, 2004

Answers the question: Under what circumstances could military medical assets be requested for support to civil authorities?

Commentary

The Next President and NATO — Oct 26, 2004

Published commentary by RAND staff.

Report

Out of the Ordinary: Finding Hidden Threats by Analyzing Unusual Behavior — Oct 14, 2004

Presents a unique approach to selecting and assembling disparate pieces of information to produce a general understanding of a threat.

Report

Army Forces for Homeland Security — Oct 14, 2004

What role can the Army play in protecting the United States from terrorist attacks?

Report

Public Diplomacy: How to Think About and Improve It — Oct 6, 2004

The authors propose a new approach to conceptualizing and conducting public diplomacy, defined as a process of informing and convincing foreign publics that the ideals Americans cherish would resonate in their own countries.

Commentary

Semantics are Strategic in the War on Terror — Sep 30, 2004

Published commentary by RAND staff.

Report

How Much Is Enough? Sizing the Deployment of Baggage Screening Equipment by Considering the Economic Cost of Passenger Delays — Sep 30, 2004

How much baggage-screening equipment is necessary to maximize safety while minimizing disruption of passenger flow?

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How Much Is Enough? Sizing the Deployment of Baggage Screening Equipment to Minimize the Cost of Flying: Executive Summary — Sep 28, 2004

How much baggage scanning equipment should be deployed at airports in order to minimize the overall costs to the flying public while preserving security at the desired level?

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Lynn E. Davis

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Lynn E. Davis is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, and serves as director of RAND's Washington office. From 1993 to 1997, Davis served as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs.

Brian Michael Jenkins

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Brian Michael Jenkins

Brian Michael Jenkins is a senior adviser to the president of the RAND Corporation and author of numerous books, reports, and articles on terrorism-related topics, including Will Terrorists Go Nuclear (2008, Prometheus Books). He formerly served as chair of the Political Science Department at…

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