Keith Crane

Brian Nichiporuk

Olga Oliker

The authors assess how Russian military forces are postured and resourced and how they are likely to operate. They also discuss the goals and effects of Russian military reform efforts, including initiatives that span all of the Russian armed forces’ services and independent branches. Touching on most of Russia’s armed forces’ major capabilities, the authors conclude with a look at how those capabilities are being integrated in practice.

An Overview of Budgets and Capabilities

Trends in Russia's Armed Forces

Eric Heginbotham

Evan S. Medeiros

China1s importance in the Asia-Pacific has been on the rise, raising concerns about competition the United States. The authors examined the reactions of six U.S. allies and partners to China1s rise. All six see China as an economic opportunity. They want it to be engaged productively in regional affairs, but without becoming dominant. They want the United States to remain deeply engaged in the region.

The Responses of U.S. Allies and Security Partners in East Asia to China's Rise

Pacific Currents

Nora Bensahel

Heather S. Gregg

Richard R. Brennan, Jr.

This monograph examines prewar planning efforts for the reconstruction of postwar Iraq. It then examines the role of U.S. military forces after major combat officially ended on May 1, 2003, through June 2004. Finally, it examines civilian efforts at reconstruction, focusing on the activities of the Coalition Provisional Authority and its efforts to rebuild structures of governance, security forces, economic policy, and essential services.

Prewar Planning and the Occupation of Iraq

After Saddam

Rand Corporation

The purpose of this paper is to analyze Polish prospects to work out during the 1980s a feasible long-term strategy to gain control of the debt situation. The paper attempts to capture the policy options open to Poland, the Soviet Union and the West in the form of a series of scenarios, and then projects hard currency balance of payments and output for each scenario. A comparison of the projections provides a means by which the impact of alternative policies on Polish creditworthiness and output levels can be judged.

Will it Dwindle?

Poland's Mountain of Debt

Seth G. Jones

James Dobbins

Andrew Rathmell

Brett Steele

Reviews UN efforts to transform eight unstable countries into democratic, peaceful, and prosperous partners, and compares those missions with U.S. nation-building operations. The UN provides the most suitable institutional framework for nation-building missions that require fewer than 20,000 men-one with a comparatively low cost structure, a comparatively high success rate, and the greatest degree of international legitimacy.

The UN's Role in Nation-Building: From the Congo to Iraq

Lowell H. Schwartz

Catherine Yusupov

As Russia's economy has grown, so have the country's global involvement and influence, which often take forms that the United States neither expects nor likes. The authors assess Russia's strategic interests and goals, examining the country's domestic policies, economic development, security goals, and worldview. They assess implications for U.S. interests and present ways that Washington could work to improve its relations with Moscow.

Sources and Implications

Russian Foreign Policy

Roger Cliff

James C. Mulvenon

Since the early 1980s, a prominent and consistent conclusion drawn from research on China's defense-industrial complex has been that China's defense-production capabilities are rife with weaknesses and limitations. This study argues for an alternative approach: From the vantage point of 2005, it is time to shift the focus of current research to the gradual improvements in and the future potential of China's defense-industrial complex. The study found that China's defense sectors are designing and producing a wide range of increasingly advanced weapons that, in the short term, are relevant to a possible conflict over Taiwan but also to China's long-term military presence in Asia. Part of a larger RAND Project AIR FORCE study on Chinese military modernization, this study examines the current and future capabilities of China's defense industry. The goals of this study are to 1.

A New Direction for China's Defense Industry

Richard R. Jr. Brennan

Andrew Radin

Stephanie Pezard

Thomas S. Szayna

Nathan Chandler

F. Stephen Larrabee

Given Russia’s annexation of Crimea and continued aggression in eastern Ukraine, Europe must reassess its approach to a regional security environment previously thought to be stable and relatively benign. This report analyzes the vulnerability of European states to possible forms of Russian influence, pressure, and intimidation and examines four areas of potential European vulnerability: military, trade and investment, energy, and politics.

European Vulnerabilities to Russian Pressures

Russia and the West After the Ukrainian Crisis

This guidebook is designed to help U.S. Army personnel more effectively use economic assistance to support economic and infrastructure development. It should help tactical commanders choose and implement more effective programs and projects in their areas of responsibility and better understand the economic context of their efforts. It also provides suggestions on what to and what not to do, with examples from current and past operations.

Guidebook for Supporting Economic Development in Stability Operations

Keith Crane

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