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The United States and France differ greatly in their responses to mass immigration. The U.S. adapts is own culture and that of the immigrants, most recently with Latinos. France wants the immigrants to do it all. As a result, the Muslim North Africans of France's first wave of mass immigration are not assimilating well.
Assimilation (Sociology) --- Americanization --- Immigrants --- Cultural assimilation --- United States --- France --- Emigration and immigration.
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RAND Europe has carried out a research project on car ownership modeling, called AAudit of car ownership models, for the Transport Research Centre (AVV) of the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. This report presents a review of existing models for car ownership. The review contains a description and comparison of existing Dutch car ownership models and a review and comparison of recently developed models in the international literature and models used in practice. The report also includes recommendations on directions for potential development for improving the AVV car ownership models. The background of this audit is the desire of AVV to obtain information on the basis of which a well-founded decision can be made on the development of an improved car ownership model that can produce robust and sensible car ownership forecasts for all kinds of variants of variabilisation of the road tax (MRB) and car purchase tax (BPM). As part of this project, a number of policy advisers were interviewed about what types of outputs are required from a car ownership model, what should be the forecasting horizon and what should be the policy variables to be simulated.
Automobile ownership --- Mathematical models. --- Forecasting.
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This project, performed for the Traffic Inspectorate Netherlands (TIN), investigates the possibilities of implementing instruments developed in the United States, especially SafeStat (see below), to monitor the effects of the activities carried out by the Transport and Water Management Inspectorate, (in Dutch "Inspectie Verkeer en Waterstaat (IVW)"), and Transport Inspectorate Netherlands (TIN, "Divisie Vervoer"), to increase road traffic safety. SafeStat is a set of rules, integrated in a software tool, which prioritizes U.S. motor carriers for safety inspections. Other instruments have been developed in the US for selecting vehicles for roadside inspections and for evaluating the effectiveness of road transport safety policy. The Dutch Ministry of Transport would like to develop a similar instrument for prioritizing carriers for inspection in the Netherlands, but also for assessing the effectiveness of the inspection activities (roadside inspections and on-site compliance reviews) carried out by TIN. The report contains a comparison of road safety aspects in the United States and The Netherlands and a description of the American tools and proposals for the development of similar tools in The Netherlands.
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In 2012 and 2015, respectively, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MOD) will replace its three Invincible-class aircraft carriers with two Future Aircraft Carriers (CVFs), the largest ships ever constructed for the Royal Navy. In preparation for this project, the MOD asked RAND to look at the economic implications, schedule impact, and technical risks of adopting new technologies and alternative manufacturing options. The research described in this report, based on the design and manning data available at the time, focuses on possible reductions in whole-life costs and manpower requirements of the carriers. Concerning reduced acquisition costs-based on figures from various cost analysis models-the researchers suggest options such as using construction practices from the commercial shipbuilding industry plus commercial systems and equipment in place of military standard equipment wherever there is no adverse impact on operations or safety. Regarding personnel cost savings and complement-reducing initiatives, the researchers look towards the practices of private-sector shipbuilding companies and of navies around the globe. Based on this analysis, they recommend, for example, promoting a cross-trained workforce with broad skills and using civilians to augment the ship's crew for nonwarfare responsibilities. Options for reducing the complement examine the trade-offs of increased up-front investments in technology with the corresponding manpower reductions. As the CVF Integrated Project Team continues to explore its many options, the researchers remain optimistic that, given several factors indicated, the CVF's targets can be reached.
Aircraft carriers --- Design and construction. --- Costs. --- Great Britain. --- Procurement.
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The United Kingdom has many contracted and prospective shipbuilding programmes on the horizon over the next two decades. The UK Ministry of Defence wants to know whether the United Kingdom's existing industrial base will be able to meet the requirements of this shipbuilding plan. Using extensive surveys and a breadth of data, RAND researchers look at the capacity of the UK shipbuilding industrial base and how alternative acquisition requirements, programmes, and schedules might affect MOD plans
Shipbuilding industry --- Warships --- Design and construction. --- Great Britain. --- Procurement.
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National security --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization. --- NAVO --- OTAN --- North Atlantic treaty organisation --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization --- Mediterranean Region --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region --- Defenses.
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This report presents the results of two pilot surveys (for citizens and for businesses) held in 2002, which addressed respondents from the European Union, Switzerland and the United States on a number of topics, among others 'Security and Trust'. It explores how Europeans and Americans experience on-line threats and vulnerabilities.
Computer networks. --- Computer security. --- Information technology. --- Computer networks --- Internet --- Internet users --- Security measures --- Public opinion --- Attitudes --- European Union.
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This report reflects the findings of a conference on cyber security and cyber crime on 9 April 2002 in The Hague, The Netherlands. It looks into the urgency for a better common understanding and better cooperation on these issues, in the light of the growth of the Internet, both in terms of number of users and in terms of social, cultural and economic impact. Focus was at three themes regarding the role of the public and the private sector in dealing with cyber security and cyber crime: What are the threats and what is the matrix of possible responses? How should Europe and the United States cooperate? How should the public and the private sector work together? The threat to information infrastructures is real. Threats run the gamut of possibilities, from faulty software to groups or hostile states intending to inflict damage. There is no agreement on whether the threat is waning. Overcoming the childhood diseases of current technology may abate the threat.
Computer networks --- Computer security --- Cyberterrorism --- Security measures --- Prevention --- International cooperation
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The European Union's new European Security and Defense Policy is a major steo toward full European integration, in parallel with progress toward a Common Foreign and Security Policy. This work tells the story of ESDP's relationship to NATO.
#SBIB:327.7H233 --- #SBIB:327.5H10 --- Europese Unie: externe relaties, buitenlands- en defensiebeleid (ook WEU) --- Strategie: algemeen --- Europe -- Defenses. --- Europe -- Military policy. --- Europe -- Military relations -- United States. --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Europe. --- United States -- Military relations -- Europe. --- Armies --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization --- Europe --- United States --- Defenses. --- Military policy. --- Military relations --- Etats-Unis --- Defenses --- Military policy --- Défense --- Politique militaire --- Relations militaires --- North Atlantic treaty organisation --- NAVO --- OTAN --- NATO
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The Type 45 is a new-generation destroyer that will become a main component in the Royal Navy's surface fleet. This work describes an analysis of strategies for the MOD to take in acquiring the Type 45. It examines issues such as whether the MOD should have it built by one company or by two.
Destroyers (Warships). --- Destroyers (Warships) --- Type 45 (Destroyers) --- Naval Science - General --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- D Class (Destroyers) --- Daring Class (Destroyers : 2009- ) --- Anti-submarine warfare --- Warships --- Finance --- Great Britain. --- Procurement. --- צי הבריטי --- England and Wales.
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