Authors:Louay Constant, Vazha Nadareishvili, Hanine Salem
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: methods, results, seniors, school, qatari, secondary, survey
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833044737
ISBN-13: 9780833044730

To help Qatar identify priorities for developing post-secondary educational offerings, this report presents the results of a survey of Qatari students enrolled in their final year of secondary school concerning their attitudes about further education and future work plans. Although males and females agreed on the importance of post-secondary education, they differed on their intention to pursue it. Male students reported being very certain or somewhat certain they could get a high-paying and secure job without seeking further education, whereas females indicated that they would need post-secon

Author: Catherine H. Augustine Cathy Krop
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: new, scholarship, system, qatar, needs, societal, post, secondary, educational, choices, aligning
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833044206
ISBN-13: 9780833044204

Qatar is experiencing unprecedented social and economic development, which is inextricably linked to increased participation in the global market. Growing employment opportunities for Qatari nationals require greater attention to post-secondary education and the development of specific high-demand skills. Since the 1970s, Qatar has complemented its in-country post-secondary-education options by supporting scholarship programs and study-abroad opportunities at the graduate and undergraduate levels, particularly for programs not available locally. However, the existing system was neither coheren

Authors:Eric V. Larson, Richard E. Darilek, Daniel Gibran
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: enhancing, army, capabilities, framework, operations, effective, influence, foundations
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833044044
ISBN-13: 9780833044044

Interest has increased regarding capabilities that may allow the United States to effectively influence the attitudes and behavior of particular foreign audiences while minimizing or avoiding combat. This increase is largely the result of (1) the post-9/11 realization that the U.S. image in much of the Muslim world may be facilitating the mobilization and recruitment of global jihadists and (2) the difficulties that the United States has encountered in promoting stability and political reconciliation in post-war Iraq. Larson et al. aim to assist the U.S. Army in understanding

Author: David E. Johnson
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: power, air, post, war, era, cold, ground, large, lessons, evolving, roles, learning
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833038761
ISBN-13: 9780833038760

The relative roles of U.S. ground and air power have shifted since the end of the Cold War. At the level of major operations and campaigns, the Air Force has proved capable of and committed to performing deep strike operations, which the Army long had believed the Air Force could not reliably accomplish. If air power can largely supplant Army systems in deep operations, the implications for both joint doctrine and service capabilities would be significant. To assess the shift of these roles, the author of this report analyzed post

Author: David E. Johnson
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: power, air, post, war, era, cold, ground, large, lessons, evolving, roles, learning
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833040294
ISBN-13: 9780833040299

The relative roles of U.S. ground and air power have shifted since the end of the Cold War. At the level of major operations and campaigns, the Air Force has proved capable of and committed to performing deep strike operations, which the Army long had believed the Air Force could not reliably accomplish. If air power can largely supplant Army systems in deep operations, the implications for both joint doctrine and service capabilities would be significant. To assess the shift of these roles, the author of this report analyzed post

Author: Edward Gonzalez Kevin F. McCarthy
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: impediments, challenges, legacies, castro, cuba
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833035355
ISBN-13: 9780833035356

Cuba is nearing the end of the Castro era. When that end arrives, the government that succeeds Fidel Castro, as well as the Cuban people themselves, will need answers to the following questions: How is Castro’s more than four-decade rule likely to affect a post-Castro Cuba? What are the political, social, and economic challenges that Cuba will have to confront? What are the impediments that will need to be surmounted if Cuba is to develop economically and embark on a democratic transition? To answer those questions, the authors examine Castro’s political legacies, Cuba’s gene

Authors:David E. Mosher, Beth E. Lachman, Michael D. Gree
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: planning, post, conflict, operations, contingency, army, environmental, considerations, warriors
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833043188
ISBN-13: 9780833043184

Recent experiences in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans have highlighted the importance of environmental considerations. These range from protecting soldier health and disposing of hazardous waste to building water supply systems and other activities that help achieve national goals in the post-conflict phase of contingency operations. The Army has become increasingly involved with environmental issues in every contingency operation and must be better prepared to deal with them. This study assesses whether existing policy, doctrine, and guidance adequately address environmental activities in