Authors:Brian A. Jackson, D. J. Peterson, James T. Bartis
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: terrorist, attacks, learned, lessons, emergency, responders, protecting
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2002
ISBN-10: 083303149X
ISBN-13: 9780833031495

In December 2001, a conference held in New York City brought together individuals with firsthand knowledge of emergency responses to terrorist attacks to discuss ways to improve the health and safety of emergency workers who respond to large-scale disasters. The meeting considered the responses to the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the 1995 attack at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as well as the emergency responses to the anthrax incidents that occurred through Autumn 2001. This book is intended to help managers and

Authors:Evan S. Medeiros, Keith Crane, Eric Heginbotham,
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: east, asia, china, rise, partners, security, currents, responses, allies, pacific
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833044648
ISBN-13: 9780833044648

China’s economic, military, and diplomatic power has been on the rise, and many worry that it is nudging aside U.S. influence in the Asia-Pacific region. To explore this issue, the authors examined six specific U.S. allies and partners

Author: United Nations
Publisher: United Nations
Keywords: economic, insecurity, overcoming, social, world, survey
Number of Pages: 234
Published: 2008-01-07
ISBN-10: 9211091578
ISBN-13: 9789211091571

According to the Survey, economic insecurity arises from the exposure of individuals, communities and countries to adverse events, and from their inability to cope with and recover from the downside losses. Local concerns have been compounded by new global threats as unregulated markets and climate change. The Survey offers a different approach with a strong social contract and more integrated and pragmatic economic and social policy. It calls for more active policy responses to help communities better manage these new risks, increased investment in preventing threatening events from emerging

Authors:Bruce W. Don, David R. Frelinger, Scott Gerwehr,
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: technologies, communication, modern, organizations, information, terrorist, value, networked, terrorists, assessing, network
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 083304141X
ISBN-13: 9780833041418

Understanding how terrorists conduct successful operations is critical to countering them. Terrorist organizations use a wide range of network technologies as they plan and stage attacks. This book explores the role that these communications and computer technologies play and the net effect of their use, the purpose and manner in which the technology is used, the operational actions of terrorists and possible responses of security forces. The authors conclude that future network technologies modestly improve terrorist group efficiency, particularly for their supporting activities, but do not d

Authors:Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Al Crego, Harry J. Thie, Ma
Publisher: RAND
Keywords:
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039199
ISBN-13: 9780833039194

Several recent studies, including a study authorized under the 2002 National Defense Authorization Act, have indicated the need for the Department of Defense (DoD) to update the practice, policy, and law applied to Joint Officer Management (JOM) and Joint Professional Military Education. In 2003, DoD asked the RAND Corporation to undertake an analysis that would provide guidance on officer training and development in joint matters. This work builds on that earlier effort. As a lead-in to this study, the 2005 Joint Officer Management Census survey polled officers serving in billets that were li

Author: Jeremy M. Wilson Erin Dalton
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: responses, considerations, markets, ohio, trafficking, human
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833042963
ISBN-13: 9780833042965

Human trafficking has garnered a significant and growing amount of attention from the U.S. government since the 1990s, culminating in the passage of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act in 2000. There is also a growing body of research on human trafficking, but most of it has focused on trying to show that human trafficking is a problem. Wilson and Dalton explore the extent and characteristics of concrete cases of human trafficking in Columbus and Toledo, Ohio, as well as the awareness of and response to the problem by the justice systems and social service provider communities in th

Authors:John F. Pane, Daniel F. McCaffrey, Shannah Tharp-
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: public, schools, students, experiences, hurricanes, displacement, louisiana, student
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833041193
ISBN-13: 9780833041197

Hurricane Katrina was the most costly and devastating natural disaster in U.S. history. It and Hurricane Rita combined left the Gulf region with tremendous challenges for recovery and the need to rebuild infrastructure and reestablish services. This report focuses on the displacement of approximately 200,000 public school students in Louisiana.To help guide educators and policymakers in their ongoing responses to this disaster and in their preparations for future events, this technical report documents many of the short-term effects of the movements of students caused by the storms. Focusing o