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Commentary
With ASEAN Paralyzed, Southeast Asia Seeks New Security Ties
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations tirelessly proclaims its centrality to the region, but its inability to develop a coherent response to Chinese aggression or the crisis in Myanmar has effectively killed that claim. ASEAN members will inevitably continue to seek out alternative paths.
Sep 18, 2023
Commentary
Biden's Southeast Asia Policy Improves in Second Year, but Still Much to Do
In 2022, the Biden administration stepped up its game in Southeast Asia by showing up in person, clarifying its approach in key strategy documents, and boosting cooperation. But one obvious problem that remains is that it still has no real economic strategy to counter China in the region.
Jan 10, 2023
Report
Challenges of Deploying Ground-Based Intermediate-Range Missiles on Allied Lands
The United States has been hoping to develop and deploy ground-based intermediate-range missiles to the Indo-Pacific. But what is the likelihood of its treaty allies in the region—Australia, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand—hosting these systems? Are there alternatives to permanent basing?
Apr 28, 2022
Report
Democracy Remains Fragile in the Asia-Pacific
In Asia, there has been a reduction in the number of autocracies over time but also a rise in the number of partial democracies. What makes some Asian states slide toward authoritarianism? What policies can support democratization, and how can external actors help?
Dec 6, 2021
News Release
Some Asian Nations Reforming Drug Policies; China Unlikely to Curb Fentanyl Exports in Short Term
Strict policies traditionally embraced by Asian nations to discourage illicit drug use are beginning to change, with a few nations adopting alternative approaches while other nations are taking an even harder line against drugs.
May 15, 2019
Report
Contemporary Asian Drug Policy
An analysis of drug use, drug supply, and the burden of disease associated with illegal drugs in Asia can inform policies aiming to reduce substance use disorders and drug trafficking. Three case studies show how drug policy is shifting in the Philippines, Thailand, and China.
May 14, 2019
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
RAND Work on International Development: A Brief Overview
Description of RAND research in the field of political and economic development.
Jan 1, 1969
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

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