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International trade policies and new technologies facilitate the flow of people, information, and products across national borders, in turn encouraging the integration of regional economies, societies, and cultures. RAND research has investigated how globalization affects and has been affected by policymaking throughout the world.

Essay
The Economic Returns of Foreign Language Learning
If just 10 percent more students in the United Kingdom mastered Arabic, Mandarin, French, or Spanish, the economic returns could be measured in billions of British pounds. Removing the language barrier reduces trade costs.
Jul 7, 2022
Report
Advancing Global Citizenship in America
Concerted international action is required to address climate change and sustainability, pandemics, global security, and economic growth. But such action requires a sense of common destiny and shared responsibility among people across nations. What are Americans' attitudes toward global issues, and what could encourage them to become citizens of the world?
Mar 24, 2022

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Commentary
A Truly Great Leap Forward
Charles Wolf Jr. reviews How China Became Capitalist by Ronald Coase and Ning Wang: The authors interpret China's rise in terms that are distinctly different from what has been accepted as conventional wisdom, which holds that China's dramatic rise has resulted from astute guidance by its Communist Party leadership.
May 2, 2013
Journal Article
Saved by the Diaspora
It is time that Syria's sizable émigré community used its considerable means and influence to help shape Syria's future.
May 1, 2013
Journal Article
Sleep Budgets in a Globalizing World: Biocultural Interactions Influence Sleep Sufficiency Among Egyptian Families
Declines in self-reported sleep quotas with globalizing lifestyle changes have focused attention on their possible role in rising global health problems such as obesity or depression.
Feb 1, 2013
Research Brief
Can Social Media Help Analyze Public Opinion? A Case Study of Iranian Public Opinion After the 2009 Election
Describes a methodology for analyzing public opinion and mood in closed societies, focusing on a case study that analyzed Iranian public opinion and mood as expressed over Twitter in the nine months following Iran's 2009 presidential election.
Oct 4, 2012
Journal Article
Understanding India, Globalisation and Health Care Systems: A Mapping of Research in the Social Sciences
National and transnational health care systems are rapidly evolving with current processes of globalisation.
Sep 1, 2012
Journal Article
Understanding Health Systems, Health Economies and Globalization: The Need for Social Science Perspectives
The complex relationship between globalization and health calls for research from many disciplinary and methodological perspectives.
Aug 1, 2012
Report
The United States, Japan, and Free Trade: Moving in the Same Direction?
Assesses the factors contributing to the decisions by the United States and Japan to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and the meaning of those decisions for bilateral cooperation on trade expansion.
Apr 23, 2012
Report
Tracking Public Sentiment in Iran After the Contested 2009 Election with Twitter
Social media was used in the 2009 protests to organize and communicate under government censorship. An analysis of more than 2.5 million tweets discussing the Iran election holds promise for such policy uses as assessing public opinion and forecasting events such as large-scale protests.
Jan 17, 2012
Journal Article
Standardization
The development of standards is normally justified with functional and economic rationales.
Jan 1, 2012
Report
Innovations in the Provision of Legal Services in the United States: An Overview for Policymakers
Discusses innovation's role in the legal services industry, factors affecting innovation's production, and the research and data infrastructure needed by policymakers to understand whether restrictions on the practice of the law should be altered.
Oct 26, 2011
Report
Alliances in the 21st Century: Implications for the US-European partnership
This paper presents a theory of natural alliances in which commonalities in political culture are a strategic asset for better coordination and greater predictability among partners. It applies this theory to the case of the US-European alliance.
Jun 28, 2011
Periodical
RAND Review: Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring 2011
Stories discuss gays in the military, police recruitment, home health care, breast cancer, health insurance exchanges, alternative fuels, refinery taxes, alcohol prices, outer space debris, mental illness, diplomatic trends, and health care costs.
Apr 29, 2011
Commentary
The Facts About American 'Decline'
It's fashionable among academics and pundits to proclaim that the U.S. is in decline and no longer No. 1 in the world. The declinists say they are realists. In fact, their alarm is unrealistic, writes Charles Wolf, Jr.
Apr 13, 2011
Journal Article
Analyze This
The authors consider an evidence-based approach to science and innovation policy analysis.
Apr 1, 2011
Commentary
China's Next Buying Spree: Foreign Companies
What is significant about China's acquisitions over the past few years is the change they represent from the negligible amounts in the past, writes Charles Wolf, Jr.
Jan 24, 2011
Journal Article
Globalization and the International Context for Literacy Policy Reform in England
The authors address globalization and political control of education, with a focus on understanding the larger contextual conditions associated with globalization and regulation.
Jan 1, 2010
Commentary
The Fall of the Wall: A World Restored?
When the Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago, those raised in the shadow of possible nuclear holocaust felt disbelief, followed by relief and hope that the end of the Cold War would bring lasting peace, and the end of conflict. And in Europe, at least, it mostly did — but not everywhere, writes Christopher S. Chivvis.
Nov 9, 2009
Commentary
G-20 Growing Pains
The increasing importance of the G-20 summits is testimony to the growing role emerging states now play in managing the international economy. But integrating these newcomers into the global community is unlikely to be straightforward or simple, writes Lowell H. Schwartz.
Sep 24, 2009
Commentary
Capitalism Still Works: Our Economy Will Recover Because We Are Innovators and Entrepreneurs
The damage done by the financial crisis now seems to require not a refurbishing job but an extreme makeover. While soul-searching and even self-loathing are inevitable during a crisis, this is no time for America to shy away from a capitalist system that has produced decades of economic growth, writes Krishna Kumar.
Sep 17, 2009
Report
China's International Behavior: Activism, Opportunism, and Diversification
China is a global actor of significant and growing importance, now integrated into the international system and altering that system's dynamics. The complexity of China's ever-changing global activism raises questions about its intentions and the implications for global stability and prosperity.
Jul 27, 2009

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Howard J. Shatz

Senior Economist

Howard J. Shatz is a senior economist at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He specializes in international economics and economics and national security. His RAND research has included economic issues related to Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine;…
Jim Mignano

Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND

Jim Mignano is a Ph.D. student in the Technology Applications and Implications stream at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and an assistant policy researcher at RAND. His research is at the intersection of cyber, finance, and international relations. Jim's dissertation examines how financial…

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