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Authors:Brian A. Jackson, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Darcy N
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: domestic, intelligence, counterterrorism, agency, creation, society, free, challenge, multidisciplinary
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833046160
ISBN-13: 9780833046161
Whether U.S. terrorism-prevention efforts match the threat continues to be central in policy debate. Part of this debate is whether the United States needs a dedicated domestic counterterrorism intelligence agency. To inform future policy decisionmaking, this book examines, from a variety of perspectives, the policy proposal that such an agency be created. These include its possible capabilities, comparing its potential effectiveness with that of current efforts, and its acceptability to the public, as well as various balances and trade-offs involved in creating such an agency. Reflecting the
Authors:Glenn Buchan, David M. Matonick, Calvin Shipbaugh
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: implications, strategy, forces, nuclear, roles, future
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2003
ISBN-10: 0833029177
ISBN-13: 9780833029171
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been reexamining its basic assumptions about foreign policy and instruments of national security policy. This study examines the possible roles of nuclear weapons in contemporary U.S. national security policy. The U.S. nuclear forces are only somewhat reduced from what the nation has maintained for decades. It has a range of nuclear strategies and postures among which to choose: from abolition of U.S. nuclear weapons, aggressive reductions and
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Develo
Publisher: OECD
Keywords: policy, makers, guide, valuation, biodiversity, handbook
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2002-03-01
ISBN-10: 9264197311
ISBN-13: 9789264197312
All societies depend on biodiversity and biological resources, and policy makers are increasingly aware that development pressures are today generating unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss. The fact that biodiversity issues often receive low priority in policy decisions is at least in part due to problems involved in assessing its contribution to society -- these values defy easy description and quantification. What cannot be quantified, or is difficult to monitor and evaluate, is easy to disregard. The result is that biodiversity fails to compete on a level playing field in policy
Author: Daniel W. Drezner
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Press
Keywords: fair, versus, free, strategy, trade
Number of Pages: 130
Published: 2006-09-01
ISBN-10: 0876093497
ISBN-13: 9780876093498
Trade is an issue of growing importance that lies at the intersection of two of the biggest concerns facing the American people: the economy and foreign policy. Today, trade policy affects more issues on the U.S. political agenda than ever before; at the same time, the decisions Washington makes have a great impact on the United States and the world. This book, in the form of a memorandum to the president, suggests two distinct approaches that the United States could take on trade policy. The first approach--
Author: F. Stephen Larrabee
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: environment, strategic, changing, east, middle
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039504
ISBN-13: 9780833039507
On June 26-28, 2005, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy held their sixth annual conference in Gstaad, Switzerland. The conference was devoted to a dialogue on
Authors:Roland J. Yardley, Peter Schirmer, Harry J. Thie,
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: personnel, governance, navy, manpower, officer, n14, quick, reference, opnav
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 083303796X
ISBN-13: 9780833037961
The Navy manages its officer corps with the primary goal of meeting the national security and military strategies. Within that broad goal, it also manages its officers to provide them with individual opportunities and a reasonable quality of life, in the most cost-effective way, within a framework of law, policy, and practice. The Navy has a number of personnel management tools that it can use to shape the officer corps to meet various goals. If the Navy wishes to alter its personnel management practices, it can do so. However, its ability to change some aspect of management depends on what de
