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This new book examines the major dynamics driving changes in the religio-political landscape of the Muslim world.

A critical mass of Palestinians and Israelis, as well as the United States, Russia, the European Union, and the United Nations, remain committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state. The authors, examine in objective fasion the requirements for creating and maintaining successful statehood during the first decade of Palestine's independence.

Surveys several Middle East security issues and their implications for U.S. foreign policy.

The authors find that well-targeted early intervention programs for at-risk children, such as nurse home visits to first-time mothers and high-quality preschool education, can yield substantial advantages to participants in terms of emotional and cognitive development, education, economic well-being and health.

Looks at the likely evolution of the U.S. workforce and workplace over the next 10 to 15 years, focusing on demographics, tenchnology and globalization.

Essays about conflict in the information age that show how the information revolution is altering the nature of conflict.

RAND Asian experts Swaine and Tellis have chosen one of the most significant, controversial, and timely subjects, breaking new ground conceptually as well as analytically.

As of the end of 1997, the United States had cooperative agreements with 76 countries and six multinational organizations covering the operations of 32 active satellites, most often covering the collection of weather data.

The authors examine the effects on cost of various trends in test and evalution for certian military systems.

To date, no central database captures information about stored tissue samples. This handbook serves as a national resource, to bring together for the first time, in a single document, information about tissue storage in the United States. It provides information about several aspects of stored tissue samples, such as how many samples exist in the United States, where they are, who has access to them, and for what purposes they are used. A cons...

This report focuses on the factors affecting the supply of information technology personnel to the active duty enlisted force, and the findings point to the conclusion that the IT training opportunities offered by the millitary can help secure the supply of IT personnel over the long haul.

Presents a unique approach to selecting and assembling disparate pieces of the information to produce a general understanding of a threat.

In the more than 30 years the U.S. federal government has tracked and monitored international science and technology information (ISTI), the global marketplace and the economy have changed dramatically. Capabilities in other nations have matured, resulting in highly competitive products. The RAND survey described here suggests that there is a need for timely, unbiased, global, and easily accessible ISTI, that government collection and analysis...

Describes accountability models in the manufacturing, job training, legal, and health care sectors, summarizes their effectiveness, and draws specific lessons for educators.

This report presents the final results of the evaluation that RAND conducted for the Army Medical Department as part of the demonstration for the low back pain practice guideline, which was conducted in 1999 and 2000.

Making future DoD models and simulations more composable.

Explains the RAND-developed Shipbuilding and Force Structure Analyisis Tool and describes its use.

Explores issues arising from the proposed linking of the California workers compensation health care fee schedule to Medicare fee schedules.

last arabic--138 Trim size: 6x9 Binding: paperback Ready date: March 2003 Web category: Military Logistics and Infrastructure

With its victory in the Cold War, the United States is now the world's preeminent military and political power. Three years after the end of the Cold War, however, no new grand design has yet jelled, and this failure carries large opportunity costs.