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Hubris, Negligence, and America's Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy
The dramatic insider account of why we invaded Iraq, the motivations that drove it, and the frustrations of those who tried and failed to stop it, lea...
[Building a Sustainable International Order series]
In the first report of a series on the emerging international order, RAND researchers examine the liberal order in effect since World War II, includin...
Understanding a Changing Era of Conflict
"Discussions of an emerging practice of 'gray zone' conflict have become increasingly common throughout the U.S. Army and the wider national security ...
Lessons of the Financial Crisis for Risk Management
This book examines the role of risk management in the recent financial crisis and applies lessons from there to the national security realm. It rethin...
This fifth edition of American National Security is a timely update of a classic classroom text, providing contemporary perspectives on limited war, e...
Examining the future of nuclear deterrence in the 1990s and beyond, this book outlines aspects of the evolving strategic environment. It also projects...
As economic power diffuses across more countries and China becomes more dependent on the world economy, Chinese leaders are being forced to abandon th...
Nations rise and fall, succeed or fail in rivalries, and enjoy stability or descend into chaos because of a complex web of factors. One critical compo...
The Gulf War And What We Learned
From Saddam Hussein's first bold threats in 1990 to the stunning ground phase of Desert Storm in early 1991, the crisis in the Gulf captured the world...
Components and Challenges
This report describes the current defense planning process used by the U.S. Department of Defense, with a focus on how scenarios are developed and emp...
An in-depth study of the military, economic, and political implications of the strategic and tactical missile defences for the Asian-Pacific region. I...
Response Options for Coercive Aggression Below the Threshold of Major War
The United States is entering a period of intensifying strategic competition with several rivals, most notably Russia and China. U.S. officials expect...
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introducti...
A Case Study in Nonproliferation
Drawing on years of research and dozens of interviews with officials from the major countries involved, Dr Mazarr explains why North Korea may believe...
Present Realities and Emerging Trends
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense"--Title page....
Examining the Effects of Technologies on Strategic Deterrence in the 21st Century
The authors examined potential effects that emerging technologies could have on U.S. national security policy and identified long-term effects that th...
The authors explore the challenge of renewing competitive dynamism in the face of national decline by nominating key qualities that determine a societ...
Exploring Requirements for Effective Deterrence of Interstate Aggression
The challenge of deterring territorial aggression is taking on renewed importance, yet discussion of it has lagged in U.S. military and strategy circl...
Since 1945, the United States has pursued its global interests by building and maintaining various alliances, economic institutions, security organiza...
Summary of RAND Project Findings
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Military Lessons Learned
Produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC), this volume examines the Army's future by looking at the balance of l...
Economic Opening, Conventional Deterrence Breakdown, and Nuclear Use
The authors examine (1) experiences of different communist regimes to forecast North Korean adoption of a new economic model; (2) what might happen if...
Social Manipulation in a Changing Information Environment
The evolution of advanced information environments is rapidly creating a new category of possible cyberaggression, which RAND researchers are calling ...
The Challenges of the New Millennium
Partner and Ally Views
This report, one of two, focuses on whether partners and allies have the willingness to support U.S. operations in a major Indo-Pacific conflict. The ...
America & Cuba, 1776-1988
A Framework for Defense Planning
Country Perspectives
The authors examine the nature of the emerging era of international competition, assess the perspectives of the major powers?beginning with the primar...
Radical Islam, Terrorism, and the War on Modernity
This provocative text examines radical Islamists in the context of globalization and past revolutionaries....
In this study, RAND researchers examined the current role of security cooperation efforts as a tool in the emerging strategic competition among the Un...
Identifying U.S. Policy Levers
This report explores how U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific are likely to respond to military access requests in the event of a conflict wit...
The State of Deterrence in Korea and the Taiwan Strait
Foundations for the Analysis and OUtline of the Report -- The State of Deterrrence in Korea : North Korea's Motivation ; Clarity of the U.S. Deterrenc...
A New Era of Strategic Competition
Chinese and Russian Perspectives
This report is part of a larger RAND Corporation study on the societal foundations of national competitiveness. The authors surveyed Chinese and Russi...
Contexts, Constraints, and Concepts
This report seeks to address how the U.S. Army can most effectively project and employ land power in the Indo-Pacific, during competition and conflict...
This report evaluates the postwar international order's value, assessing its role in promoting U.S. goals and interests and assessing its measurable c...
This report examines options for future U.S. policies regarding international economic institutions, bilateral and regional security organizations, an...
How to Reverse the Erosion of U. S. and Allied Military Power and Influence
The U.S. defense strategy and posture have become insolvent. To defeat evolving threats, such as China's broad military modernization and Russia's rec...