Extending Russia

Extending Russia
Author: James Dobbins
Publisher: RAND
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2019-04-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1977400213

As the U.S. National Defense Strategy recognizes, the United States is currently locked in a great-power competition with Russia. This report seeks to define areas where the United States can compete to its own advantage. It examines Russian vulnerabilities and anxieties; analyzes potential policy options to exploit them; and assesses the associated benefits, costs, and risks, as well as the likelihood of successful implementation.

Truth Decay

Truth Decay
Author: Kavanagh
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2018-01-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1977400132

Political and civil discourse in the United States is characterized by “Truth Decay,” defined as increasing disagreement about facts, a blurring of the line between opinion and fact, an increase in the relative volume of opinion compared with fact, and lowered trust in formerly respected sources of factual information. This report explores the causes and wide-ranging consequences of Truth Decay and proposes strategies for further action.

China’s Grand Strategy

China’s Grand Strategy
Author: Andrew Scobell
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2020-07-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1977404200

To explore what extended competition between the United States and China might entail out to 2050, the authors of this report identified and characterized China’s grand strategy, analyzed its component national strategies (diplomacy, economics, science and technology, and military affairs), and assessed how successful China might be at implementing these over the next three decades.

Soldiers of Reason

Soldiers of Reason
Author: Alex Abella
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780156033442

This history of the RAND Corporation, written with full access to its archives, is a page-turning chronicle of the rise of the secretive think tank that has been the driving force behind the American government for 60 years.

RAND in Southeast Asia

RAND in Southeast Asia
Author: Mai Elliott
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 695
Release: 2010-02-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0833049151

This volume chronicles RAND's involvement in researching insurgency and counterinsurgency in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand during the Vietnam War era and assesses the effect that this research had on U.S. officials and policies. Elliott draws on interviews with former RAND staff and the many studies that RAND produced on these topics to provide a narrative that captures the tenor of the times and conveys the attitudes and thinking of those involved.

Russia and the Information Revolution

Russia and the Information Revolution
Author: D. J. Peterson
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2005-11-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0833041010

This work, the result of a six-year study, sheds light on Russia's role in the global Information Revolution. It examines Russia's increasing reliance on information and communications technologies (IT) to improve its government institutions, modernize business and industry and stimulate economic growth, broaden information access, and enhance the quality of life for Russian people. The author examines Russia's emerging IT sector, how businesses in Russia are seeking to use IT to enhance productivity and profitability, the impact of IT on government, and the course of the Information Revolution in Russian society.

Paul Rand

Paul Rand
Author: Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo
Publisher: Center for Art and Visual Culture, University of Maryland
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2003
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Edited by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo. Texts by Derek Birdsall, Ivan Chermayeff, Shigeo Fukuda, Milton Glaser, Diane Gromeala, Jessica Helfand, Steven Heller, Armin Hoffmann, Takenobu Igharashi, John Meada, Richard Sapper, Wolfgang Weingart and Massimo Vignelli.

Barbie's Queer Accessories

Barbie's Queer Accessories
Author: Erica Rand
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1995
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780822316206

This book discusses the history of the Barbie doll and at the cultural reappropriations of Barbie by artists, collectors and especially lesbians and gay men.