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Catastrophic Terrorism: Elements of a National Policy
October 1998
This report is a product of the Catastrophic Terrorism Study Group, a nine-month long collaboration of faculty from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford...
Defense Investment: A Strategy for the 1990s
December 1989
The national security strategy of the United States since World War II has changed frequently during the course of eight administrations and two wars.
Defense Resource Allocation in the 1990s: A Rational Approach
July 1990
This paper addresses the steps that the United States should take to insure the continuation of its position of influence and involvement in world commerce and geopolitics in light of the...
Deterrence and Defense: Opportunities for a Future European Defense Policy
March 1997
The renewed American debate over ballistic missile defenses (BMD) echoes loudly in NATO, in Europe, and in France.
Do We Need Arms Control If Peace Breaks Out?
September 1990
The world is facing truly breathtaking changes, in particular from the socialist countries.
How Much Ballistic Missile Defense Is Enough?
October 1998
This paper examines how well future U.S. national and theater missile defense systems will have to perform to meet reasonable defense objectives as a function of the level of the threat.
Japanese Defense Technology and the FS-X Controversy
July 1988
It is the American view that Japan has been totally dependent on the United States for its national security, and that this favorable condition has enabled the Japanese to dedicate themselves fully...
New Dimensions of the International Security System after the Cold War
April 1996
Executive SummaryThis paper considers the emerging structure of the international security system after the end of the Cold War.
Privatization, Conversion, and Enterprise Reform in Russia
May 1994
The papers in this volume are revised versions of presentations made by the authors at a conference on economic reform in Russia, which was held at Stanford University on November 22 and 23, 1993....
Reforming the Department of Defense: The Revolution in Business Affairs (Volume 1, Number 4)
February 1999
The Revolution in Business Affairs (RBA) is an effort to improve the overall effectiveness of the Department of Defense (DOD) by increasing the efficiency of its support operations.
Report of the third Russian-American Entrepreneurial Workshop on Defense Technology Conversion held at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
January 1995
This report comprises a description, summary, and analysis of an entrepreneurial training workshop for Russian nuclear scientists held at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), May 9-20...
Soviet Defense Conversion - Problems and Opportunities
September 1991
In August 1991, the people of Moscow and Leningrad demonstrated to the world that democracy is an idea whose time had come for the Soviet Union.
Role of U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Regional Conflict, The
April 1994
With the ending of the Cold War, regional conflicts have come increasingly to the fore. U.S. foreign policy goals in such areas continue to involve a mix of U.S.
Potential Sources of Financing for U.S. Ventures in Russia
December 2001
Following the end of the Cold War, the United States and its allies recognized that it was in their vital security interests to promote stable transitions in the countries of Central and Eastern...
Power and Purpose: American Policy toward Russia after the Cold War
December 2003
Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is now viewed by the United States as a potential partner.
U.S. Foreign Policy and Chechnya
December 2003
Chechnya has been and remains one of the greatest stains in Russia's efforts to move toward a more open and democratic system .
Between Dictatorship and Democracy: Russian Post-Communist Political Reform
February 2004
For hundreds of years, dictators have ruled Russia. Do they still?
Effects of September 11: A Rift Between Europe and America
July 2004
Covering the intricate facets of America's most important democratic tradition, this book serves as an important resource to understand how citizens' views are translated into governmental action....
War in Chechnya as a Paradigm of Russian State-Building Under Putin, The
March 2004
Gail Lapidus writes that the war in Chechnya has played a complex and highly negative role in Russia's political development.
State-Building and State Breakdown in Russia
December 2001
The book chapter is a revised and updated version of "Asymmetrical Federalism and State Breakdown in Russia," which originally was published in 1999 in Post-Soviet Affairs.
Dynamics of Secession in the Russian Federation: Why Chechnya?, in Stephen Hanson and Mikhail Alexseev, A Federation Imperiled: Center-Periphery Conflict in Post-Soviet Russia, The
December 1999
Why did the Soviet Union break up, whereas the Russian Federation has so far held together in the face of ostensibly similar secession crises?
Nationalism, Regionalism and Federalism: Dilemmas of State-Building in Post-Communist Russia
December 1994
In this book, distinguished U.S. and Russian scholars analyze the great challenges confronting post-Communist Russia and examine the Yeltsin government's attempts to deal with them.
Social Change and Political Reform in China: Meeting the Challenge of Success
December 2003
This article discusses how two decades of economic reforms have intensified popular unrest and redefined the composition, interests and political attitudes of China's ever more complex social...
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