Authors:Angel Rabasa, Peter Chalk, Kim Cragin, Sara A. Da
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: movement, jihadist, global, part, qaeda
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 083303930X
ISBN-13: 9780833039309

Five years after September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups continue to threaten the lives and well being of Americans and the security of our friends and allies. This study first examines how al-Qaeda has changed since September 11. It then turns to an analysis of the broader global jihadist movement

Author: Martin C. Libicki
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: global, local, responsibility, share, grid, information, runs, ways
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2000
ISBN-10: 083302888X
ISBN-13: 9780833028884

Traditionally, information provided to warfighters only gave them broad situational awareness. Today, information from sensors and databases can help warfighters target past what they can see. This has prompted the Department of Defense (DoD) to build a military analog to the Internet, to be a font of warfighting information (and system services). But how should responsibility for providing information and services be shared between global external sources and organic local sources? Both will be necessary, and sensor characteristics matter. But sometimes the need for integrated battlespace pic

Author: UNAIDS
Publisher: World Health Organizatio
Keywords: epidemic, aids, global, report
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2009-02-01
ISBN-10: 9291737119
ISBN-13: 9789291737116

"Knowing your epidemic" is essential for everyone involved in the response to HIV. Extensively illustrated with graphs and charts, this biennial report presents concise but comprehensive summaries of major issues in the global AIDS response. Annexes provide HIV estimates and data 2001 and 2007, and also country progress indicators.

Author: Evan S. Medeiros
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: opportunism, diversification, activism, behavior, international, china
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833047094
ISBN-13: 9780833047090

China is now a global actor of significant and growing importance. It is active in regions and on issues that were once only peripheral to its interests, and it is effectively using tools previously unavailable. It is no longer appropriate to talk of integrating China into the international system; by and large, it is already there. Its international behavior is clearly altering the dynamics of the current international system, but it is not transforming its structure.China’s global activism is continually changing and has so many dimensions that it immediately raises questions about its

Authors:Philip S. Anton, Richard Silberglitt, James Schne
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: technology, trends, synergies, information, materials, nano, revolution, bio, global
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2001
ISBN-10: 0833029495
ISBN-13: 9780833029492

Beyond the agricultural and industrial revolutions of the past, a global technology revolution is currently changing the world. This book discusses the broad, multidisciplinary, and synergistic trends in this revolution, including genomics, cloning, biomedical engineering, smart materials, agile manufacturing, nanofabricated computation devices, and integrated microsystems.The revolution

Author: Glenn D. Paige
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Keywords: science, political, global, nonkilling
Number of Pages: 268
Published: 2007-03-16
ISBN-10: 0738857440
ISBN-13: 9780738857442

This book is offered for consideration and critical reflection primarily by political science scholars throughout the world from beginning students to professors emeriti. Neither age nor erudition seems to make much difference in the prevailing assumption that killing is an inescapable part of the human condition that must be accepted in political theory and practice. It is hoped that readers will join in questioning this assumption and will contribute further stepping stones of thought and action toward a nonkilling global future.

Author: Richard Stimson
Publisher: IUniverse
Keywords: takes, globalisation, community, internet, solutions, global
Number of Pages: 158
Published: 2003-06-22
ISBN-10: 0595280676
ISBN-13: 9780595280674

This new book, after two years’ discussion among 70 members in many countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Mali, Australia, and New Zealand, looks at the root causes of global problems and points the way to solutions. It explains the growing gap between rich and poor, offers routes to greater democracy, exposes the global corporate oligarchy, addresses the tyranny of the banking structure, details the concentrated control of media, explores spiritual approaches to sustainable living, and suggest