Author: Daniel Byman John R. Wise
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: threats, opportunities, trends, decade, gulf, coming, persian
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2002
ISBN-10: 0833032062
ISBN-13: 9780833032065

This book summarizes likely challenges to U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf, identifies key uncertainties and trends, and assesses the implications of those trends for the United States. The authors examine shifting military balances and weaknesses, the threat from weapons of mass destruction (WMD); social and economic trends in the region; potential regime changes; and the effects of the U.S. military presence in the region.

Author: Kate PragerNational Center For Health Statistics
Publisher: National Center for Health Statistics
Keywords: health, americans, trends, states, united, chartbook
Number of Pages: 555
Published: 2006-01-19
ISBN-10: 0160728541
ISBN-13: 9780160728549

DHHS Publication 2005-1232. 29th edition. Presents national trends in health statistics. Major findings are presented in the highlights. Includes a chartbook on urban and rural health, trend tables, extensive appendixes, and an index. L.C. card 76-641496.

Authors:Philip S. Anton, Richard Silberglitt, James Schne
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: technology, trends, synergies, information, materials, nano, revolution, bio, global
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2001
ISBN-10: 0833029495
ISBN-13: 9780833029492

Beyond the agricultural and industrial revolutions of the past, a global technology revolution is currently changing the world. This book discusses the broad, multidisciplinary, and synergistic trends in this revolution, including genomics, cloning, biomedical engineering, smart materials, agile manufacturing, nanofabricated computation devices, and integrated microsystems.The revolution

Authors:Richard Silberglitt, Philip S. Anton, David R. Ho
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: trends, information, drivers, barriers, implications, social, materials, nano, revolution, technology, executive, summary, bio, global
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039105
ISBN-13: 9780833039101

In 2020, areas of particular importance for technology trends will include biotechnology, nanotechnology, materials technology, and information technology. The authors of this report assessed a sample of 29 countries across the spectrum of scientific advancement (low to high) with respect to their ability to acquire and implement 16 key technology applications (e.g., cheap solar energy, rural wireless communications, genetically modified crops). The study

Authors:Richard Silberglitt, Philip S. Anton, David R. Ho
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: trends, information, drivers, barriers, implications, social, materials, nano, revolution, technology, depth, analyses, bio, global
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 083303975X
ISBN-13: 9780833039750

In 2020, areas of particular importance for technology trends will include biotechnology, nanotechnology, materials technology, and information technology. The authors of this report assessed a sample of 29 countries across the spectrum of scientific advancement (low to high) with respect to their ability to acquire and implement 16 key technology applications (e.g., cheap solar energy, rural wireless communications, genetically modified crops). The study

Authors:John Gordon, IV, Robert W. Button, Karla J. Cunni
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: implications, navy, strategic, planning, iran, china, trends, united, states, domestic
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833045628
ISBN-13: 9780833045621

The U.S. Navy faces uncertainty about the degree to which it will have to prepare for a high-end future conflict against a powerful, well-armed opponent versus the so-called Long War against rogue nations and terrorist organizations. The answer depends to a large extent on the evolution of U.S. relations with China and Iran and the future of the United States itself. To help the Navy understand how critical near-, mid-, and far-term trends in the United States, China, and Iran might influence U.S. security decisions in general and the Navy’s allocation of resources in particular, RAND ex

Author: Mcrel
Publisher: McRel 2005
Keywords: america, educating, schooling, future
Published: 2005
eBookDB-ID: B001EFO71S

After analyzing key demographic, economic, cultural, global, political, and technological trends in the US, McREL has written 16 scenarios that describe how these trends may converge to create different futures for schooling in America. The report describes four different scenarios, or alternate futures, for four different types of education-related organizations: Local school districts, State education agencies, National education organizations, Education research and development organizations. Implications and options for educators, as well as likely indicators for each scenario and