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Journal Article

Local Cross-Border Disease Surveillance and Control: Experiences from the Mekong Basin

The Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance cooperation (MBDS) is one of several sub-regional disease surveillance networks that have emerged in recent years as an approach to transnational cooperation for infectious disease prevention and control.

Apr 7, 2015
Commentary

Will Scotland's Vote Spur Separatism in Asia?

Scotland's vote could be a step toward disrupting the historical pattern of independence being won by force, not granted after a vote. This was the paradigm of the past, and it remains the paradigm of the present. But the vote in Scotland just might help set a new roadmap for the future.

Sep 22, 2014
Commentary

Is Asia's Forgotten Revolt About to Explode?

This is why teachers are so often the targets of attack. In the rebels’ view, schools aren’t neutral places for children to receive an education. They are seen as government-run indoctrination centers, propagating an exclusionary history and an alien language, writes Jonah Blank.

Feb 25, 2013
Dissertation

Dissertation

Beyond Rivalry and Camaraderie: Explaining Varying Asian Responses to China

Assesses the security and economic policy responses of a representative sample of Asian states to China between 1992 and 2008.

Mar 30, 2011
Report

The Evolving Terrorist Threat to Southeast Asia

Terrorism is not new to Southeast Asia. For much of the Cold War, the activities of a variety of domestic ethnonationalist and religious militant groups posed a significant challenge to the region's internal stability.

May 13, 2009
Journal Article

Journal Article

Early Results from Thailand's 30 Baht Health Reform: Something to Smile About

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.

Jan 1, 2009
Report

Report

The Malay-Muslim Insurgency in Southern Thailand -- Understanding the Conflict's Evolving Dynamic: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Paper 5

Current unrest in the Malay-Muslim provinces of southern Thailand has captured growing national, regional, and international attention. This paper assesses the current situation and its probable direction.

May 11, 2008
Journal Article

Journal Article

Regional Infectious Disease Surveillance Networks and Their Potential to Facilitate the Implementation of the International Health Regulations

The International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 present a challenge and opportunity for global surveillance and control of infectious diseases.

Jan 1, 2008
Report

Report

The Role of Southeast Asia in U.S. Strategy Toward China

The authors examine the role of regional states in developing a hedge against the possible emergence of an overly aggressive China.

Jan 1, 2001
Report

Report

Thailand and the Philippines: Case Studies in U.S. IMET Training and Its Role in Internal Defense and Development

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."

Jan 1, 1994
Report

Report

Marriage, Fertility, and Labor Force Participation of Thai Women: An Econometric Study

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.

Jan 1, 1973
Report

Report

Modeling the Economic Development of a Poorly Endowed Region : The Northeast of Thailand.

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...

Jan 1, 1970
Report

Report

RAND Work on International Development: A Brief Overview

Description of RAND research in the field of political and economic development.

Jan 1, 1969
Report

Report

Seminar on Development and Security in Thailand: Part I, The Insurgency

Part I examines the nature of the insurgency in Thailand and its implications for U.S. aid programming.

Jan 1, 1969
Report

Report

Asian Futures

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; ...

Jan 1, 1968
Report

Report

Experience and Evaluation of a Testing Program in an Underdeveloped Area as a Means of Developing a Road Capacity Estimating Method.

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, ...

Jan 1, 1968
Report

Report

Porterage Parameters and Tables

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.

Jan 1, 1967
Report

Report

Security and Assistance in Thailand: Supplement on the Thai "Rice Premium"

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.

Jan 1, 1965
Report

Report

Certain Effects of Culture and Social Organization on Internal Security in Thailand.

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...

Jan 1, 1964
Report

Report

Thailand — 1962

A discussion of the events occurring in Thailand in 1962 that focused on the northeast region of the country.

Jan 1, 1962

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