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Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Journal Article
May 1, 2013
This study demonstrates how robust decision making can help Ho Chi Minh City develop integrated flood risk management strategies.
Report
Sep 18, 2012
Analyzes the use and management of local defense forces in eight major counterinsurgencies, from Indochina to Operation Iraqi Freedom, in order to inform U.S. and allied operations in Afghanistan as well as other current or future conflicts.
Commentary
Jan 13, 2012
The Vietnam negotiations arose from a U.S. initiative, in response to domestic political imperatives and over repeated objections from the Saigon regime. By contrast, the incipient Afghan process has its roots in that society, not ours, writes James Dobbins.
Jan 1, 2012
Children and adolescents are among the highest need populations in regards to mental health support, especially in low and middle income countries (LMIC).
News Release
Jun 9, 2011
Prisoner-of-war and detainee operations are a crucial component in the successful prosecution of a conflict -- particularly in counterinsurgency operations -- and should be upgraded to receive more attention and better advance preparation.
Finds parallels in U.S. prisoner and detainee operations in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. Recommends that detailed doctrine should be in place prior to detention and that detainees should be surveyed when first detained.
Brochure
Jan 15, 2010
Chronicles RAND's involvement in researching insurgency and counterinsurgency in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand during the Vietnam War era, and assesses the effect that this research had on U.S. policies and the thinking of key decisionmakers.
Oct 8, 2009
Now that U.S. involvement in Iraq has begun to require fewer resources, Afghanistan is the new focus of American and European anti-war sentiment, and increasingly Obama's critics are drawing on the analogy of Vietnam, writes James Dobbins.
Jul 7, 2009
The authors provide a fresh assessment of operations against the Viet Cong underground during the Vietnam War and suggest lessons for contemporary counterinsurgency.
Aug 17, 2007
Six historic counterinsurgency operations are examined to determine which tactics, techniques, and procedures led to success and which led to failure, with the hope that U.S. counterinsurgency operations in the future can learn from past lessons.
Jan 25, 2006
Analyzes the impact of activations and deployments on local economic conditions, as measured by changes in local employment, post-September 11, 2001.
Jan 21, 2005
Analyzes past U.S. strategic influence campaigns and looks at how and in what circumstances such campaigns can best be applied to today’s struggle against terrorism.
