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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: Ahmed
Publisher: Pakistan Institute of Arts and Design of Book-Prod
Keywords: ummayad, khilafat, spain, rise, arabia, architecture, advent, islam, muslim
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1974-11-08
eBookDB-ID: B0007AN28A
Muslim architecture: From the advent of Islam in Arabia to the rise of the great Ummayad Khilafat in Spain Author: AhmedPublisher: Pakistan Institute of Arts and Design of Book-ProductionThis item is no longer availablePages: 128ASIN: B0007AN28APublication Date: 1974
Author: Garrett Garet
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Keywords: story, american
Number of Pages: 413
Published: 2010-06-24
eBookDB-ID: B002MQL8B0
He was a defender of free enterprise who adored the magnificence of the American genius for progress. He was a champion of business who believed in profiting the old fashioned way. He was a libertarian who deplored the rise of big government. He was a constitutionalist who was aghast at how presidents and congresses shredded the document in times of economic crisis and war. He was the last of the great old-time liberals who opposed FDR’s welfare-warfare state. Above all else, he was a brilliant student of the American experience who could tell a story like no one else of his gener
Authors:Marleen Wynants, Jan Corneli,
Publisher: ASP-VUB Pre
Keywords: open, free, source, software, crosstalks, inspired, scenarios, future, economic, social, cultural
Number of Pages: 534
Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN-10: 9054873787
ISBN-13: 9789054873785
With the rise of the internet and the growing concern over intellectual property, this study provides an open, constructive platform for a wide range of lawyers, artists, journalists, and activists to discuss their views on the future of free and open-source software. By exchanging both complementary and conflicting opinions, the contributors look ahead to the evolution, prospects, and issues of sharing knowledge and ideas through technology.
Authors:Angel Rabasa, Steven Boraz, Peter Chalk, Kim Crag
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: terrorism, risks, reducing, understanding, territories, ungoverned
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833041525
ISBN-13: 9780833041524
Ungoverned territories - failed or failing states or ungoverned areas within otherwise viable states - generate all manner of security problems and can become terrorist sanctuaries. Using a two-tiered framework areas applied to eight case studies from around the globe, the authors seek to understand the conditions that give rise to ungoverned territories and what makes some ungoverned territories more conducive to a terrorist or insurgent presence than others. On the basis of this ground-breaking analytical work, they identify three types of ungoverned territories and their effects on U.S. sec
Authors:Martin C. Libicki, James Schneider, David R. Frel
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: standards, digital, economy, policy, scaffolding, web, new
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2000
ISBN-10: 0833028588
ISBN-13: 9780833028587
Although much of the growing digital economy rests on the Internet and World Wide Web, which in turn rest on information technology standards, it is unclear how much longer the current momentum can be sustained absent new standards. To discover whether today’s standards processes are adequate, where they are taking the industry, and whether government intervention will be required to address systemic failures in their development, RAND undertook five case studies. So far, it seems, the current standards process remains basically healthy, with various consortia taking up the reins of the
