The Nicaraguan Resistance and U.S. Policy

Report on a May 1987 Conference

David Ronfeldt, Brian Michael Jenkins

ResearchPublished 1989

This report presents the results of a 1987 RAND conference on the Nicaraguan Resistance and U.S. Policy Implications. The conference, part of RAND's Western Hemisphere Forum, included presentations on (1) background of the resistance and U.S. support for it, (2) the strategic poverty of the Reagan Administration's vision regarding Nicaragua, (3) the Nicaraguan resistance in transition, (4) Sandinista strategy, and (5) diplomatic-political options in Nicaragua. The conference participants had varied backgrounds in official diplomatic and military capacities and in political activism, policy analysis, or policy-oriented research.

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  • Year: 1989
  • Pages: 90
  • Document Number: R-3678-OSD/AF/A/RC

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Ronfeldt, David and Brian Michael Jenkins, The Nicaraguan Resistance and U.S. Policy: Report on a May 1987 Conference. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1989. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3678.html.
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