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Assesses the security and economic policy responses of a representative sample of Asian states to China between 1992 and 2008.
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Terrorism has been a destabilizing force in Southeast Asia since the Cold War and has since risen in reaction to government modernization and the influence of radical Islam. This study examines the extremist groups that have resorted to terrorist violence in the Philippines, southern Thailand, and Indonesia, and government responses.
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Efforts by countries to attain universal coverage are often hampered by supply constraints that can reduce access to care for those already in the system and, in many Asian and developing countries, by the emergence of informal payment systems that extract under-the-table payments from patients. In 2001, Thailand extended government-financed coverage to all uninsured people with little or no cost sharing.
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Current unrest in the Malay-Muslim provinces of southern Thailand has captured growing national, regional, and international attention due to the heightened tempo and scale of rebel attacks, the increasingly jihadist undertone that has come to characterize insurgent actions, and the central government's often brutal handling of the situation on the ground. This paper assesses the current situation and its probable direction.
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The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 present a challenge and opportunity for global surveillance and control of infectious diseases.
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The authors examine the role of regional states in developing a hedge against the possible emergence of an overly aggressive China.
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This report summarizes the research conducted in a project entitled "The Effectiveness of U.S. Military Training Activities in Promoting Internal Defense and Development in the Third World."
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Estimates are obtained in this report of the relationships between several constraints on the environment within which households function in Thailand and three related forms of "family" behavior.
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Application of a simulation model with over 100 equations to a specific underdeveloped economy to study growth prospects for a 25-year period, 1960 to 1985. Results of computer runs in the form of case "histories" were obtained and compared to deter...
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Part I of a two-part conference record, summarizing the discussions of, and reproducing the papers contributed to, the Seminar on Development and Security in Thailand. Five problem areas are designated as research priorities: (1) the insurgent organization, (2) the insurgent "image," (3) the villagers' perspective, (4) the government's information system, and (5) the government's strategic options.
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Description of RAND research in the field of political and economic development.
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A report on the results of a series of field tests conducted on roads in Thailand to provide data for the development of a road capacity estimating method. Data accumulated for the five adjoining test routes included road descriptions, photographs, ...
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The text of an interview for Japan's [The] [Kokubo], predicting some effects from President Johnson's announcements of the bombing cessation and his withdrawal from the presidential race: (1) reduced political schism in the United States; ...
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Tables and computation methods for evaluating the load that can be carried by porters under various conditions. The logistic importance of porterage has been a disputed issue in American military planning.
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A discussion of the rice premium and agricultural policy in Thailand. The effects of the rice taxes on the farmer, on retail prices, and on government revenues are described. It is concluded that economic incentives are distorted and production reta...
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A discussion of the assumption that modifications in Thai society aimed at strengthening internal security are likely to be effective to the degree that they take into account the motivations and attitudes of the Thai people and the functioning and r...
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A study of the relationship of political change to political tradition in Thailand. Such topics are discussed as the political philosophy of the Thai population, the make-up of Thai society, the character of Thailand's political groups, and the probl...
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An examination of the political relations between Thailand and Communist China from 1949 through 1959. The author discusses: (1) the conditioning of these relations by historical, geographical, and social factors; and (2) the exploitation of the spir...
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A discussion of the events occurring in Thailand in 1962 that focused on the northeast region of the country.
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