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West Coast Aerospace Forum 2022

2023
The Evolving Terrorist Threat: Implications for Global Security

2017
Managing the Long War: U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and the Region

2017
Rebuilding the Base: How Al-Qaida Could Resurge

2017
Rolling Back the Islamic State

2017
Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in Somalia: Assessing the Campaign Against Al Shabaab

2016
Waging Insurgent Warfare: Lessons From the Vietcong to the Islamic State

2016
America's Security Deficit: Addressing the Imbalance Between Strategy and Resources in a Turbulent World

2015
America's Security Deficit: Addressing the Imbalance Between Strategy and Resources in a Turbulent World: Strategic Rethink

2015
Breaking the Bank: Undermining Terrorist Financing

2015
Historical Lessons for the Wars in Iraq and Syria

2015
A Survey of Terrorist Financing: Addendum

2015
The Syrian Refugee Crisis and U.S. National Security

2015
The Terrorism Threat to the United States and Implications for Refugees

2015
Back to the Future: The Resurgence of Salafi-Jihadists

2014
Counterterrorism and the Role of Special Operations Forces

2014
The Extremist Threat to the U.S. Homeland: Addendum

2014
The Extremist Threat to the U.S. Homeland

2014
Jihadist Sanctuaries in Syria and Iraq: Implications for the United States

2014
A Persistent Threat: The Evolution of al Qa'ida and Other Salafi Jihadists

2014
After the Withdrawal: A Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan

2013
The Future of Insurgency

2013
The Mirage of the Arab Spring: Deal with the Region You Have, Not the Region You Want

2013
Re-Examining the Al Qa'ida Threat to the United States

2013
The Terrorist Threat from Al Shabaab

2013
The Terrorist Threat from Syria

2013
The Future of Irregular Warfare

2012
Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of Al Qa'ida Since 9/11

2012
RAND Review: Vol. 36, No. 2, Fall 2012

2012
Seth Jones: Al Qaeda Is Far from Defeated

2012
The Strategic Logic of Militia

2012
Think Again: Al Qaeda

2012
The Al Qa'ida Threat in Pakistan

2011
The Future of Al Qa'ida

2011
The Long Shadow of 9/11: America's Response to Terrorism

2011
Reintegrating Afghan Insurgents

2011
The Terrorist Threat from Pakistan

2011
Transitioning to Afghan-Led Counterinsurgency

2011
Afghanistan's Local War: Building Local Defense Forces

2010
Counterinsurgency in Pakistan

2010
Stabilization from the Bottom Up

2010
Does the United States Need a New Police Force for Stability Operations?

2009
In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan

2009
The Lessons of Mumbai

2009
Occupying Iraq: A History of the Coalition Provisional Authority

2009
Securing Afghanistan: Getting on Track

2009
A Stability Police Force for the United States: Justification and Options for Creating U.S. Capabilities

2009
U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan

2009
Afghanistan's Growing Security Challenge

2008
Countering Insurgency in the Muslim World: Rethinking U.S. Priorities and Capabilities

2008
Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Volume 4

2008
Defeating Terrorist Groups

2008
Europe's Role in Nation-Building: From the Balkans to the Congo

2008
Getting Back on Track in Afghanistan

2008
How Terrorist Groups End: Implications for Countering al Qa'ida

2008
How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida

2008
Improving U.S. Counterinsurgency Operations: Lessons Learned from Afghanistan

2008
RAND Review: Vol. 32, No. 3, Fall 2008

2008
War by Other Means -- Building Complete and Balanced Capabilities for Counterinsurgency: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Final Report

2008
Women and Nation-Building

2008
The Beginner’s Guide to Nation-Building

2007
A Guide to Nation Building

2007
Health System Reconstruction and Nation-Building

2007
The State of the Afghan Insurgency

2007
Building a Successful Palestinian State: Security

2006
Securing Health: Lessons from Nation-Building Missions

2006
Securing Tyrants or Fostering Reform? U.S. Internal Security Assistance to Repressive and Transitioning Regimes

2006
Toward a Theory of Intelligence: Workshop Report

2006
Arming Europe

2005
Building A Successful Palestinian State

2005
Establishing Law and Order After Conflict

2005
Measuring National Power

2005
The RAND History of Nation-Building

2005
The UN's Role in Nation-Building: From the Congo to Iraq

2005
What Have We Learned About Establishing Internal Security in Nation-Building?

2005
Law and Order in Palestine

2004
America's Role in Nation-Building: From Germany to Iraq

2003
The Stryker Brigade Combat Team: Rethinking Strategic Responsiveness and Assessing Deployment Options

2002
The Emergence of Peer Competitors: A Framework for Analysis

2001

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