Author: Kevin L. Pollpeter
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: military, relationship, assessing, management, security, china
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833035363
ISBN-13: 9780833035363

Restrictions on military-to-military relations with China imposed in 2001 stirred a debate about the value of those activities and their place in the overall U.S.-China relationship. This report examines the debate on security cooperation between the two countries and finds that there is value in the relationship, despite its problems. The debate centers around four major issues of contention: the potential risk to U.S. national security of military relations with China, the potential benefits of the relationship to the United States, whether the United States can expect to influence China thr

Authors:Christopher Hanks, Elliot Axelband, Shuna Lindsay
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: reform, acquisition, military, reexamining
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833037072
ISBN-13: 9780833037077

In the Department of Defense, 63 distinct acquisition reform (AR) initiatives were undertaken in the 1989-2002 period. This monograph classifies the initiatives according to various criteria: basic AR theme; relationship to acquisition functions; Army recognition; coverage in the DoD 5000 series; relationship to Under Secretary Aldridge

Author: Norman D. Levin
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: relationship, security, rok, bind, ties
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833035126
ISBN-13: 9780833035127

The United States and South Korea enjoy many benefits from close security cooperation but the relationship, although not currently endangered, is shifting. The paramount challenge in the short term is ensuring that the two countries stay in lockstep in dealing with North Korea. Sustaining the relationship for the long haul, however, will require a focused effort to adapt it to new global and domestic conditions. Recent attention has been given to the appropriate nature, size, and configuration of U.S. forces deployed in Korea. These central questions deserve heavy emphasis but the answers prov

Authors:Frederic Wehrey, Theodore W. Karasik, Alireza Nad
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: cooperation, implications, policy, rivalry, saddam, iranian, relations, saudi
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833046578
ISBN-13: 9780833046574

The often tense relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran has been at the center of many of the major political shifts that have occurred in the Middle East since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. This volume documents a study of how relations between the two powers have unfolded in the Persian Gulf, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine from 2003 through January 2009. Wehrey et al. detail the complex and multidimensional relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran and its implications for regional stability and U.S. interests. In doing so, the authors challenge conventional thinking about Saudi-Iran

Author: Johann Christoph Arnold
Publisher: Plough Publishing House
Keywords: marriage, god, sex
Number of Pages: 182
Published: 2002-04-01
ISBN-10: 0874869234
ISBN-13: 9780874869231

Unlike the vast majority of "marriage books", "Sex, God, and Marriage" digs deeper than the usual "issues" and goes to the root: our relationship with God, and the defining power of that relationship over all others in our lives. Arnold addresses the deep pain resulting from the cycle of broken relationships and the misuse of sexual intimacy. His words offer healing, a new beginning, and a sense of hope to those who have experienced discouragement or failure. Includes chapters on sex, alternatives to dating, parenthood, singleness, homosexuality, abortion, divorce and remarriage. The book also

Author: Christopher Paul James J. Kim
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: historical, context, system, press, battlefield, embedded, reporters
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833036548
ISBN-13: 9780833036544

Clear differences between the missions and goals of the press and those of the military, particularly centering around the issues of access and operational security, make historical tensions between the two unsurprising and complete avoidance of tension unlikely. However, significant overlaps, including core goals of professionalism and public service, make cooperation a reasonable possibility. This book traces the back-and-forth interactions between the press and the military over the past several decades. In Vietnam, the press enjoyed high levels of access to events, largely because of the r

Author: John F. Rohe
Publisher: Fair Horizon Pre
Keywords: american, conservation, journey, tanton, lou, john, mary
Number of Pages: 277
Published: 2002-01-01
ISBN-10: 097100790X
ISBN-13: 9780971007901

A biography of a nationally-known husband and wife team of environment activists, who pioneered efforts to understand the relationship between environment, population growth, and immigration in the United States.