The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Navy and the office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), under RAND's National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development centre supported by the OSD, the joint staff, the unified commands, and the defense agencies, Contract DASW01-95-C-0059.

The authors of this series report on their literature review, summarize what is known about the range of actual exposures in the Gulf, and assess the plausibility of the risk factor at hand as a cause of illness. The authors caution that more research on health effects remains to be completed.

Proposes to determine whether there are other worlds where humans can survive or where human life may be flourishing.

Examines the role of women in the reconstruction activities in Afghanistan, while evaluating the effect of societal circumstances and nation-building processes on the status of female populations in post-conflict regions.

Investigates the use of armed force as part of broader nation-building efforts led by European powers and its success at achieving the objective of transforming a society emerging from conflict into one at peace with itself and its neighbours.

All terrorist groups end. But how do they end? Most groups since 1968 have ended because they joined the political process or are defeated by police and intelligence services. This has significant implications for countering al Qa'ida.

Features the subject of game theory.

Discusses some general theories of administration, leadership, and authority in order to frame the empirical evidence on nation-building. This volume examines each period of nation-building, focusing on operations, the distribution of responsibility, and how US efforts fit into larger international efforts.

Examines and estimates the probabilities of finding planets habitable to human beings, where they might be found, and the number there may be in our own galaxy. This book offers an appraisal of the earth as a planet and describes how its habitability would be changed if some of its basic properties were altered.

Offers insight into the political leadership and foreign policy in the Soviet Union and other communist states; the development of Soviet military strategy and doctrine; and the organization and operation of the Soviet economy.

Examines how eleven terrorist groups in three distinct areas (Mindanao, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and southwest Colombia) have attempted to exchange technologies and knowledge. This work explores a variety of technologies and exchange processes, ranging from remote-detonation devises to converted field ordnance to katyusha rockets.

A study that explores the nature of the insurgency in Afghanistan, the key challenges and successes of the campaign, and the capabilities necessary to wage effective counterinsurgency operations. It argues that successful counterinsurgency requires effective indigenous security forces, especially police; a viable and legitimate local government.