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Defense and Security Research for the Greater Middle East

RAND works in defense policy; strategy and doctrine; force structure; manpower; and logistics for land, sea, and air services. We help clients address terrorism and counterterrorism, piracy, and money laundering. We provide decision support as clients develop personnel policies for police and counter-drug programs.

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U.S. Should Reexamine Policy Options for Dealing with an Iran on the Nuclear Threshold
An attack on Iranian nuclear facilities by the United States or Israel would make it more, not less difficult to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions. The sympathy aroused for Iran would make containment of Iranian influence much more difficult for Israel, for the U.S., and for the Arab regimes currently allied with Washington.
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Managing the Unexpected
Admiral Thad Allen, then a senior fellow at RAND, presented “Managing the Unexpected” on April 19, 2011, as part of RAND's Issues in Focus public outreach series. Retired Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and National Incident Commander for the response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Allen discussed his experiences leading the nation's high-profile response to two national emergencies—the oil spill and Hurricane Katrina.
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Building Community Resilience to Disasters
Communities can build resilience to disasters through efforts such as joint planning of government and non-governmental organizations and the development of community networks.
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Evaluating the Reliability of Emergency Response Systems for Large-Scale Incident Operations
This report describes a method for modeling an emergency response system; identifying how individual parts of the system might fail; and assessing the likelihood of each failure and the severity of its effects on the overall response effort.
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More Support Is Needed to Integrate Nongovernmental Agencies in Human Recovery from Disasters
Changing emergency planning rules to make nongovernmental organizations a key component of recovery efforts could get them involved earlier and speed the full recovery of communities after disaster strikes.
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Federal Program Has Improved Health Agencies' Preparedness for Large-Scale Bioterror or Disease Outbreaks
A federal program designed to help metropolitan public health agencies prepare to deliver essential medicines to the public after a large-scale bioterror attack or natural disease outbreak has succeeded in improving the level of readiness.