| The Rise of the Pasdaran. Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Brian Nichiporuk; S R Bohandy; Frederic Wehrey; Jerrold D Green; Alireza Nader; Lydia Hansell; Rasool Nafisi; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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 | Founded by a decree from Ayatollah Khomeini shortly after the victory of the 1978 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has evolved well beyond its original foundations as an ideological guard for the nascent revolutionary regime. Today, the IRGC functions as an expansive socio-political-economic conglomerate whose influence extends into virtually every corner of Iranian political life and society. Bound together by the shared experience of war and ... |
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| Navy Enterprises. Evaluating Their Role in Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Jessie Riposo; Irv Blickstein; John A Friel; Kindle Fell; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The Navy Enterprise has evolved over the past decade to achieve various objectives from improving efficiencies through lean, six-sigma efforts to producing the workforce of the future. As the objectives, goals, and structure of the organization have changed and grown, so has the very meaning of the Navy Enterprise. Currently, the Navy Enterprise is not only an organizational structure, but is a way of doing business, a behavioral model. However, ... |
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| A Framework to Assess Programs for Building Partnerships |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Jennifer D Moroney; Gregory F Treverton; Jefferson P Marquis; Cathryn Q Thurston; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Security cooperation activities conducted by DoD entities with other nations' defense organizations range from the very visible - training, equipping, and exercising together - to those that are less obvious, such as holding bilateral talks. Yet, it is often challenging to determine if these activities have contributed to U.S. objectives and if so, by how much or in what ways. Because security cooperation is both dispersed and long-term, it is ... |
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| Improving Capacity for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Nora Bensahel; Olga Oliker; Heather Peterson; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Stabilization and reconstruction operations will almost certainly constitute an important part of the national security agenda facing the new Obama administration. Stabilization, which refers to efforts to end social, economic, and political upheaval, and reconstruction, which includes efforts to develop or redevelop institutions that foster self-governance, social and economic development, and security, are critical to securing political objectives before, during, or after conflict. Until recently, however, governments and militaries preferred ... |
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| Oversight of the Liberian National Police |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
David C Gompert; Brooke S Lawson; Robert C Davis; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The Liberian National Police (LNP) will become the chief provider of security in Liberia as the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) is reduced.1 Given the LNP's capabilities and complexity, its past manipulation by former President Charles Taylor, and a pattern of police misconduct in much of Africa, the question of oversight is critical. At the request of the U.S. government, RAND analyzed the issue of oversight of the LNP ... |
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| Developing a Process to Build Partner Capacity for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Kim Cragin; David R Howell; Jennifer D Moroney; Joe Hagler; Benjamin Bahney; Charlotte Lynch; Rebecca Zimmerman; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| How can the United States better support its partners' efforts to combat the threat of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation? Although the United States has instituted a number of programs to combat the spread of WMD, it does not have the resources necessary to stop all WMD threats. Instead, it needs to pursue a more coordinated effort to enhance partners' border security, WMD detection, interdiction, and other capabilities to ... |
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| How Can the Military Best Support Guard and Reserve Families During Deployment? |
Jan-2009 |
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| Analysis of reserve component (RC) families? deployment experiences?those of service members and spouses?shows that most families feel they are ready or very ready for deployment and have coped well with it. However, most also experienced both problems and positive aspects that have an impact on their retention intentions and, potentially, their military effectiveness. Family support efforts should be assessed in terms of family readiness, family coping, and retention intentions?measures of ... |
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| The Evolving Terrorist Threat to Southeast Asia. A Net Assessment |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Peter Chalk; Angel Rabasa; William Rosenau; Leanne Piggott; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| 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. Since the 1990s, however, the residual challenge posed by substate militant extremism has risen in reaction to both the force of modernization pursued by many Southeast Asian governments and the political influence of radical Islam. Building ... |
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| The Long March. Building an Afghan National Army |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Obaid Younossi; Jerry M Sollinger; Peter D Thruelsen; Jonathan Vaccaro; Brian Grady; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The Afghan National Army (ANA) is critical to the success of the allied efforts in Afghanistan and the ultimate stability of the national government. This monograph assesses the ANA's progress in the areas of recruitment, training, facilities, and operational capability. It draws on a variety of sources: in-country interviews with U.S., NATO, and Afghan officials; data provided by the U.S. Army; open-source literature; and a series of public opinion surveys ... |
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| A Strategic Approach to Joint Officer Management: Analysis and Modeling Results |
Jan-2009 |
240 pages |
| Authors:
Al Crego; Harry J Thie; Margaret C Harrell; Sheila N Kirby; Danielle M Varda; Thomas Sullivan; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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 | Since 1991, successes in Iraq (Operations Desert Shield and Storm), Bosnia, and Afghanistan (among others), and more recently in Operation Iraqi Freedom, have testified to the effectiveness of the joint military force and its warfighting potential. The ways in which joint officers are currently educated and trained are largely governed by Title IV of the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 (GNA). However, it is increasingly recognized that the current approach to ... |
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| Reconstruction Under Fire: Unifying Civil and Military Counterinsurgency |
Jan-2009 |
160 pages |
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Michelle Parker; David C Gompert; Brooke S Lawson; Terrence K Kelly; Kimberly Colloton; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| this monograph presents a search for ways to improve security for civil aspects of counterinsurgency (COIN)--essential human services, political reform, physical reconstruction, economic development, and indigenous capacity-building--so that it can take place while insurgency is active and dangerous. The importance of this search lies in the fact that civilian counterinsurgency (civil COIN), when combined with military operations, can weaken insurgency. Thus, COIN as a whole is more likely to succeed ... |
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| A Survey of Missions for Unmanned Undersea Vehicles |
Jan-2009 |
224 pages |
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John Kamp; Robert W Button; Thomas B Curtin; James Dryden; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Which military missions for unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) appear most promising to pursue in terms of military need, risk, alternatives, and cost? This book presents the results of a limited study performed by the RAND Corporation to address this question. At the request of the sponsor, the book also surveys UUV technologies and the UUV marketplace and makes specific programmatic recommendations and broader recommendations (such as considering the relative suitability ... |
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| The Mujahedin-e Khalq in Iraq: A Policy Conundrum |
Jan-2009 |
126 pages |
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Lydia Hansell; Jeremiah Goulka; Elizabeth Wilke; Judith Larson; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| From the early weeks of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) until January 2009, coalition forces detained and provided security for members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK), an exiled Iranian dissident cult group living in Iraq. At the outset of OIF, the MeK was designated a hostile force, largely because of its history of cooperation with Saddam Hussein's military in the Iran-Iraq War and its alleged involvement in his suppression of the ... |
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| Withdrawing from Iraq: Alternative Schedules, Associated Risks, and Mitigating Strategies |
Jan-2009 |
195 pages |
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Walter L Perry; Eric Peltz; Terrence K Kelly; Dalia D Kaye; Robert E Hunter; John IV; Gordon; David C Gompert; Keith Crane; Stuart E Johnson; Howard J Shatz; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| This monograph looks at three alternative schedules for the drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq, judges the risks associated with each, and recommends ways to reduce those risks. The three alternatives are as follows: combat units are drawn down in 12 months, combat units are drawn down in 16 months, and some combat units are retained for 32 months. In each alternative, all U.S. military forces will be withdrawn from ... |
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| Countering Piracy in the Modern Era: Notes from a RAND Workshop to Discuss the Best Approaches for Dealing with Piracy in the 21st Century |
Jan-2009 |
23 pages |
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Peter Chalk; Laurence Smallman; Nicholas Burger; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| In March 2009, the RAND Corporation convened a small group of experts from the U.S. government, allied partner nations, the maritime industry, and other academic organizations to discuss piracy in the modern era. The premise of the workshop was that reconsidering the underlying factors that drive maritime piracy in the 21st century might provide valuable insights to decision makers and policy makers into how best to address the problem within ... |
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| Bariers to the Broad Dissemination of Creative Works in the Arab World |
Jan-2009 |
60 pages |
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C; Dalia D Kaye; Lowell H Schwartz; Todd Helmus; Navia Oweidat; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Many analysts have examined the media that violent extremists use to communicate their core messages. Far less research, however, has been devoted to creative works in the Islamic world. Large bodies of creative works, often unknown in the United States, can play an important role in countering the intellectual and ideological underpinnings of violent extremism.1 Unfortunately, many of these works are not widely known or disseminated in the Arab world. ... |
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| Controlling the Cost of C4I Upgrades on Naval Ships |
Jan-2009 |
142 pages |
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Mark V Arena; John F Schank; Christopher G Pernin; Carter C Price; Susan K Woodward; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) systems are some of the most important components on naval ships. Through a variety of sensors, receivers, computers, networks, and software, diverse information is received, processed, and disseminated both throughout the ship and to other ships in the battlegroup. C4I systems provide continuous status information about the operational condition of the ship and support net-centric-warfare concepts by reporting on the environment in which ... |
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| How Have Deployments During the War on Terrorism Affected Reenlistment? |
Jan-2009 |
174 pages |
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James Hosek; Francisco Martorell; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have required the largest and longest use of U.S. military forces since the Vietnam conflict. The buildup of forces for these operations began in 2002, and, by 2007, more than 1.5 million service members had been deployed. Army deployments have been about 12?15 months in length, Marine Corps deployments about seven months, Navy deployments (typically on board ship) about six months, and Air ... |
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| Officer Classification and the Future of Diversity Among Senior Military Leaders: A Case Study of the Army ROTC |
Jan-2009 |
55 pages |
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Nelson Lim; Jefferson P Marquis; Kimberly C Hall; David Schulker; Xiaohui Zhuo; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Throughout recent history, the U.S. military has served as a model for racial integration and has seen diversity flourish in its organization. Still, while the enlisted ranks of the U.S. military exhibit a high level of demographic diversity, the leadership of the military has remained demographically homogenous. This report summarizes findings from an exploratory study of a potential barrier to improving demographic diversity in the senior officer ranks. We started ... |
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| Military Reenlistment and Deployment During the War on Terrorism |
Jan-2009 |
4 pages |
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Kate Giglio; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| In response to concerns about the ability of the military services to sustain required force levels, a RAND study examined deployment trends and developed a theoretical model to assess the effects of personal and work stress, bonus pay, and cumulative number of months of deployment on intention to reenlist and actual reenlistment rates. A review of recent literature and an analysis of survey and administrative data show that the amount ... |
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| RAND's Portfolio Analysis Tool (PAT): Theory, Methods, and Reference Manual |
Jan-2009 |
128 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Dreyer; Paul K Davis; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Strategic planning often seeks to balance investments across numerous objectives. Defense planners, for example, have objectives relating to force capabilities for future traditional and irregular warfare and for operations other than war. The objectives apply separately for different geographical regions and time periods. Acquisition planners have objectives of providing future weapon-system capabilities in each of many mission areas--again for different operational circumstances and time periods. Trainers have objectives such as ... |
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| Recent Trends in Veteran Unemployment as Measured in the Current Population Survey and the American Community Survey |
01-Jan-2008 |
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| Authors:
Bogdan Savych; Jacob A Klerman; David S Loughran; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| This technical report explores recent trends in the unemployment of recent veterans as estimated from two nationally representative surveys, the Current Population Survey "CPS" and the American Community Survey "ACS". Analyses of CPS data indicates that veteran youth unemployment increased relative to nonveteran youth unemployment between 2003 and 2005 "and that this relative increase is statistically significant" and that veteran youth unemployment decreased between 2005 and 2006. However, analysis of ... |
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| Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence: The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency Doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006 (RAND Counterinsurgency Study, Paper 6) |
01-Jan-2008 |
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| Authors:
Austin Long; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The publication of a new COIN doctrine manual in late 2006 was widely heralded as an indication that the U.S. military was finally coming to understand the problems it has recently faced in Iraq and Afghanistan. This interpretation assumes a tight linkage between doctrine as written and operations conducted. As one way to test this proposition, this paper compares modern COIN doctrine and operations with those of the 1960s. In ... |
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| Developing Resource-Informed Strategic Assessments and Recommendations |
01-Jan-2008 |
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| Authors:
Duncan Long; Paul K Davis; Stuart E Johnson; David C Gompert; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The United States will soon be conducting another major review of national-security strategy. It will be the responsibility of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to provide resource-informed assessments and recommendations to the Secretary of Defense and the President. This monograph illustrates newly developed methods and tools to support the chairman's efforts. We sought a way to compare strategies that would integrate expectations about effectiveness, risks, and ... |
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| Analysis of Strategy and Strategies of Analysis |
01-Jan-2008 |
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| Authors:
Duncan Long; Paul K Davis; Stuart E Johnson; David C Gompert; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| This monograph explores new ideas for analyzing national defense strategy, building on concepts that enjoy credence in the defense world while borrowing other concepts from the business world. It is the companion of a longer analytical report on the same subject. Both result from a study of how to assess the implications of national defense strategy, conducted by RAND at the behest of the Joint Staff's J-8 and the Office ... |
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| Options for Improving the Military Child Care System |
01-Jan-2008 |
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| Authors:
Michelle Cho; Gail L Zellman; Susan M Gates; Rebecca Shaw; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The U.S. military child care system is the largest employer-sponsored child care system in the nation, widely recognized for providing high-quality care. A range of different settings enables the system to meet military parents' needs for reliable, high-quality care while recognizing parental preferences concerning environment, size (the number of children cared for in that provider setting), and flexibility. Subsidies based on family income ensure affordability. Despite its size, the military ... |
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| An Examination of Options to Reduce Underway Training Days through the Use of Simulation |
01-Jan-2008 |
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| Authors:
Christopher Paul; Jerry M Sollinger; Harry J Thie; Roland J Yardley; Alisa Rhee; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The U.S. Navy trains its surface combatant ship crews through a combination of shore-based, onboard pier-side, and underway training. Much of this training has traditionally involved significant periods of underway time, which allows units to achieve required certifications and readiness levels. Underway training is expensive, however, because fuel and consumables are expended while a ship is underway; wear and tear on operating equipment also drive up maintenance costs. One day's ... |
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| Final Report of the Panel on the Department of Defense Human Capital Strategy |
01-Jan-2008 |
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John Campbell; Lawrence M Hanser; Kenneth Pearlman; Frank Petho; Tom Plewes; Ken Spenner; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| In February 2006, the Department of Defense (DoD) published its Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). As part of the process of producing the QDR, the Department internally published a human capital strategy (HCS) that focused on developing the right mix of people and skills to help DoD and the military services carry out the missions necessary for the security of the United States. Although the HCS has been distributed, it would ... |
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| The Kefaya Movement: A Case Study of a Grassroots Reform Initiative |
Jan-2008 |
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| Authors:
Cheryl Benard; Edward O'Connell; Dale Stahl; Audra K Grant; Nadia Oweidat; Walid Kildani; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The United States has professed an interest in greater democratization in the Arab world, particularly since the September 2001 attacks by terrorists from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Lebanon. This interest has been part of an effort to reduce destabilizing political violence and terrorism. As President George W. Bush noted in a 2003 address to the National Endowment for Democracy, As long as the Middle East remains ... |
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| A Call to Revitalize the Engines of Government |
Jan-2008 |
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| Authors:
Bernard D Rostker; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| We face an unparalleled crisis in the Federal Government's ability to do the nation's business. Decades of neglect and outright hostility toward the federal civil service by both political parties, together with the coming loss of experienced people due to an unprecedented number of retirements, will exacerbate problems that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has been highlighting for years. While former GAO Comptroller General David Walker called on the ... |
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| Estimating the Cost of Administering the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program |
2008 |
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| Authors:
Somi Seong; Kenneth Horn; Bruce Held; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Congress is in the process of reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which expires in 2008. One issue being considered in the reauthorization is whether to allow partial use of SBIR set-asides for SBIR program administration costs and, if so, at what levels. Currently, the use of SBIR funds to administer the SBIR program is prohibited, and SBIR administration must be funded from other sources. Our analysis estimates ... |
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| Maintaining Military Medical Skills During Peacetime: Outlining and Assessing a New Approach |
2008 |
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| Authors:
Christine Eibner; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| This monograph examines the feasibility of a new model for maintaining the clinical skills of the military medical force. Under the model, active-duty personnel would be assigned to civilian settings during peacetime. The study on which this monograph is based explored the feasibility of this model from a civilian perspective, focusing on civilian receptiveness to the proposed arrangement and identifying potential barriers and concerns. The study found that civilian medical ... |
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| Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006) |
2008 |
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| Authors:
Bruce R. Pirnie; Edward O'Connell; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| This monograph is one of a series produced as part of the RAND Corporation's research project for the U.S. Department of Defense on how to improve U.S. counterinsurgency (COIN) capabilities. It should be of interest to persons in the government who are concerned with COIN issues and to scholars working in this field. The project will culminate in a report that builds on these earlier should be noted that as ... |
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| Portfolio-Analysis Methods for Assessing Capability Options |
2008 |
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| Authors:
Paul K. Davis; Russell D. Shaver; Justin Beck; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The research reported in this monograph is part of RAND's continuing work on practical theory and methods for capabilities-based planning in the Department of Defense (DoD) and other organizations. Its particular contribution is to describe and illustrate in some detail an analytic framework and methodology for defensewide capability-area reviews including DoD's experimental Concept Decision Reviews and related evaluations of alternatives (Krieg, 2007). The monograph also describes newly developed enabling tools ... |
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| Evaluating Novel Threats to the Homeland. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Cruise Missiles |
2008 |
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| Authors:
Brian A. Jackson; David R. Frelinger; Michael J. Lostumbo; Robert W. Button; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| How to invest homeland security resources wisely in the United States can appear to be an intractable problem because the large, open American society seems to be vulnerable to so many threats in every corner of the country. This monograph is intended to present a defense-planning approach to bound the problem and thereby aid policy and resource decisions about one type of potential threat to the homeland: cruise missiles and ... |
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| Small Ships in Theater Security Cooperation |
2008 |
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| Authors:
Robert W. Button; Irv Blickstein; Laurence Smallman; David Newton; Michele A. Poole; Michael Nixon; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The United States entered the War on Terror following the events of September 11, 2001. The National Security Strategy, the National Defense Strategy, and the National Military Strategy have since been altered to accommodate the additional requirements and new priorities needed to win this war. With regard to the U.S. Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations established the following Navy missions in support of the War on Terror: *Deny terrorists ... |
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| The Rise of Political Islam in Turkey |
2008 |
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| Authors:
Angel Rabasa; F. S. Larrabee; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| As a Muslim-majority country that is also a secular democratic state, a member of NATO, and a long-standing U.S. ally, Turkey is pivotal to U.S. strategy to shape the Middle Eastern security environment. Turkey also is a key test case for the role of Islam in politics and its influence on external policy. Until recently, Islamic parties in Turkey were largely a fringe movement. However, the success of the Justice ... |
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| An Argument for Documenting Casualties: Violence Against Iraqi Civilians 2006 |
2008 |
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| Authors:
Katharine Hall; Dale Stahl; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The problem of measuring the number of civilian fatalities in Iraq gained widespread media coverage when the Lancet published a study in October 2004 claiming that more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians had been killed since the U.S. invasion in March 2003. The authors of this study later released another report, published in October 2006, asserting that 655,000 Iraqi civilians had been killed since the invasion. The findings of both Lancet ... |
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| U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology |
2008 |
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| Authors:
Titus Galama; James Hosek; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The purpose of this report is to present and consider information related to whether the United States is losing its edge in science and technology (S&T). Claims have been made about insufficient expenditures on research and development (R&D) (particularly on basic research), problems with U.S. education in science and engineering (S&E), a shortage of S&E workers in the United States, increasing reliance on foreigners in the workforce, and decreasing attractiveness ... |
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| Analytic Support to Intelligence in Counterinsurgencies |
2008 |
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| Authors:
Walter L. Perry; IV Gordon John; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Insurgency is one of the oldest forms of conflict. Records of ancient regimes show how their rulers were frequently faced with revolts and insurrection. The reality that insurgency is a continual problem has persisted into the modern era. The United States Army spent decades conducting what was, essentially, a counterinsurgency in the American West during the period after the Civil War; the British Army was faced with multiple insurgencies during ... |
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| Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, Rand Counterinsurgency Study, Volume 4 |
2008 |
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| Authors:
Seth G. Jones; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Following the initial success of U.S. and Afghan forces in overthrowing the Taliban regime in 2001, an increasingly violent insurgency began to develop. A mixed group of insurgents comprised of the Taliban, Hezb-i-Islami, the Haqqani network, foreign fighters, local tribes, and criminal organizations began a sustained effort to overthrow the Afghan government. U.S. and coalition efforts in Afghanistan offer a useful opportunity to assess what works-and what does not- in ... |
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| The Thin Green Line: An Assessment of DoD's Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative to Buffer Installation Encroachment |
01-Jan-2007 |
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| Authors:
Beth E Lachman; Anny Wong; Susan A Resetar; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| When first established decades ago, most U.S. military installations were far from major cities and towns. That is no longer true. A growing population and changing land development patterns over the past several decades have led to lands vital to military readiness being surrounded by urban, suburban, and other types of development. Such development, especially large residential tracts, can limit the installation's operational capability. Complaints about noise, dust, and smoke ... |
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| Chinese Economic Coercion Against Taiwan: A Tricky Weapon to Use |
2007 |
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| Authors:
Murray S. Tanner; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| This monograph analyzes the political impact of the rapidly growing economic relationship between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan and evaluates the prospects for Beijing to exploit that expanding economic relationship to employ economic coercion against Taiwan. It also identifies China's goals for applying economic pressure against Taiwan. To establish a framework for evaluating China's relative success or failure in using economic coercion against Taiwan, this work draws ... |
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| Making Liberia Safe: Transformation of the National Security Sector |
2007 |
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| Authors:
David C. Gompert; Olga Oliker; Brooke Stearns; Keith Crane; K. J. Riley; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The security institutions, forces, and practices of the regime of Charles Taylor, Liberia's former president, met none of the essential criteria for a sound security sector: coherence, legitimacy, effectiveness, and affordability. Yet even under new, able, and decent leadership, the old structures and ways are unworkable, wasteful, and confused, and they enjoy neither the trust nor the cooperation of the Liberian people at this critical juncture. It follows that Liberia ... |
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| "People Make the City," Executive Summary: Joint Urban Operations Observations and Insights from Afghanistan and Iraq |
2007 |
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| Authors:
Russell W. Glenn; Christopher Paul; Todd C. Helmus; Paul Steinberg; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Ongoing operations in the villages, towns, and cities of Afghanistan and Iraq offer the first real test of the United States' joint urban operations doctrine, which was published in 2002. The objective of this study was to reveal tools that will better enable military and civilian alike to meet national policy objectives best through more effective conduct of urban combat and restoration. To do so, the study drew heavily on ... |
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| Analysis, Analysis Practices and Implications for Modeling and Simulation |
2007 |
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| Authors:
Paul K. Davis; Amy Henninger; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| This paper addresses analysis and analysis practices for defense planning and their implications for modeling and simulation (M&S). The analysis in question is accomplished for Quadrennial Reviews and for continuing work on capability assessments, requirements analysis, and program analysis. The paper's purpose is to delineate priorities for the way ahead i.e., for investments and other actions to ensure that future M&S will serve the needs of defense planning analysis. Traditionally, ... |
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| Families Under Stress: An Assessment of Data, Theory, and Research on Marriage and Divorce in the Military |
2007 |
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| Authors:
Benjamin R. Karney; John S. Crown; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| In surveys and qualitative studies, spouses of service members strongly endorse this view, describing their belief that the demands of military service, and deployments in particular, lead to divorce. The assumption behind such statements is that the stresses associated with lengthy deployments (e.g., financial difficulties, anxiety about loved ones in combat, challenges communicating) interfere with spouses' efforts to maintain their relationships, damaging marriages that would have remained satisfying and fulfilling ... |
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| America Goes to War: Managing the Force During Times of Stress and Uncertainty |
2007 |
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| Authors:
Bernard D. Rostker; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Currently, with extended deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army is having difficulties recruiting new non-prior-service personnel. Questions have been raised concerning the viability of the all-volunteer force and how the Department of Defense (DoD) can manage personnel during these times of stress and uncertainty. This report addresses these concerns, with particular attention to the history of conscription and volunteerism. It examines the history of the draft to try to ... |
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| Heads We Win: The Cognitive Side of Counterinsurgency (COIN) |
2007 |
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| Authors:
David C. Gompert; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| This paper documents an effort to specify requirements for stronger cognition -- comprehension, reasoning, and decision making -- in 21st-century counterinsurgency (COIN). Unlike information technology (e.g., sensors, chat rooms, displays), cognition is what occurs "between the ears" after receiving information. It is as crucial to COIN as physical capabilities, organizational structures, and territorial control. Greater attention to cognitive capabilities is dictated by the rise and persistence of a new class ... |
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| Subversion and Insurgency |
2007 |
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| Authors:
William Rosenau; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Persistent insurgencies in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the emergence of what some analysts have described as the "global jihad," have helped renew interest in the question of how insurgents employ subversion. But despite this renewed recognition that terrorists and insurgents employ subversion, little systematic attention has been devoted to the topic in recent years. Subversion is an important element of the insurgent repertoire, and if the U.S. armed forces, the ... |
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