Presents a nearly 50-year review of US efforts to transform defeated and broken enemies into democratic and prosperous allies.

This guidebook is designed as a contribution to future nation-building efforts. It is organized around the components that make up any nation-building mission: planning, military and police contingents, civil administrators, humanitarian and relief efforts, governance, economic stabilization, democratization, and infrastructure development. This guide is intended to help practitioners avoid repeating earlier mistakes, help political leaders evaluate the cost and likelihood of success in any proposed operation, and help citizens evaluate their government's consequent performance.

Projects future growth in chinese defense expenditures, evaluates the current and likely future capabilities of China's defense industries, and compares likely future defense expenditure levels with recent expenditures by the United States and the U.S. Air Force.

Iran is one of the most important US foreign policy concerns but is extraordinarily difficult to engage. This book assesses political, ethnic, demographic, and economic trends and vulnerabilities in Iran, and offers recommendations on US policies that might foster the trends beneficial to US interests.

This paper discusses using an oil tax to fund U.S. transportation infrastructure, identifies the decisions Congress would need to make in designing such a tax, and outlines some of the likely implications of adopting an oil tax.