Author: Shuxun Chen
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: economy, global, states, united, china
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2001-07-25
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 0833029630
ISBN-13: 9780833029638

Chinese and American scholars presented papers at the 2nd annual conference organized by RAND in Santa Monica, and the China Reform Forum in Beijing. This book contains those edited papers.

Author: Center for Asia-Pacific Policy (Rand Corporation)
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: conference, development, proceedings, rand, corporation, military, policy, regional, shadow, perspectives, chinese, foreign, china
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 1998-01
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0833025910
ISBN-13: 9780833025913

This volume of papers, taken from a 1996 RAND conference, concentrates on the policy dilemmas of the international actors most immediately affected by Chinese power, China’s neighbours, and highlights the national perspectives and policy options available to these various states.

Author: Gabriella Gonzalez
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: united, qatar, oman, arab, emirates, summary, executive, lebanon, initiatives, challenges, capital, human, century, education, market, labor, facing
Number of Pages: 164
Published: 2008-10-25
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 0833045687
ISBN-13: 9780833045683

Summarizes the education and labor market initiatives implemented or under way in four countries in the Arab region (Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates) to address the human resource issues they each face as they prepare their countries for a place in the 21st century global economy. Together, these countries highlight the variety of challenges faced by countries in the region and responses to those challenges.

Author: Zalmay M. Khalizad
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: military, implications, strategic, china, states, rising, united
Number of Pages: 134
Published: 1999-08-25
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0833027514
ISBN-13: 9780833027511

China has been embarked on a process of reform and modernization that has led to unprecedented economic development. The goal is to make China a developed country, which would, among other things, raise the standard of living and prepare the base for a strong military. The Chinese leadership considers good relations with the United States to be strongly advisable, if not absolutely necessary, but sovereignty concerns (especially with regard to Taiwan) could cause tensions in the Sino-U.S. relationship. China could emerge, by 2015, as a formidable power, one that might offer an alternative to t

Author: Norman D. Levin
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: korea, polices, north, over, korean, south, sunshine, debate
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2003-03-25
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0833033212
ISBN-13: 9780833033215

The debate in South Korea over the government’s engagement policy toward North Korea (the "sunshine" policy) did not start with Pyongyang’s recent admission that it has been secretly pursuing a nuclear weapons program in violation of multiple international commitments. However, the evolution of the debate will be an important determinant of how the South Korean and broader international response to this latest North Korean challenge ultimately ends. This book provides a framework for viewing South Korean responses to this challenge, examining the South Korean debate over policies

Author: Roger Cliff
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: technology, commercial, china, potential, military
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2001-02-25
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0833029398
ISBN-13: 9780833029393

China’s economy is expected to grow over the next 20 years at a rate that will make it larger than the U.S. economy at the end of that period. This suggests that China has the economic potential to be a U.S. military rival by the year 2020. But can it become such a rival? At present, China’s military hardware is largely based on 1950s Soviet technology. To produce weaponry technologically comparable to U.S. weaponry by 2020, China would have to improve its technological capabilities through internal, defense-industry efforts and/or other avenues: direct transfers of military techno

Author: Evan S. Medeiros
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: wmd, related, goods, technologies, controls, export, dragon, assessing, china, system, chasing
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 2005-08-25
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0833038052
ISBN-13: 9780833038050

Examines the structure and operation of the chinese goverment’s controls on exports of items that could be used in the production of weapons of mass destruction.