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The Very High Speed Transit System (VHSTS), August 1972 – LA to NY In 21 Minutes / 14,000MPH

Background The Very High Speed Transit or "VHST" concept was put forward some years ago in response to the search…

October 30, 2019

The Challenge of Domestic Intelligence in a Free Society. A Multidisciplinary Look at the Creation of a U.S. Domestic Counterterrorism Intelligence Agency, 2009

Background With terrorism still prominent on the U.S. national agenda, whether the country’s prevention efforts match the threat it faces…

May 27, 2018

A Chronology of Terrorist Attacks and Other Criminal Actions Against Maritime Targets, September 1983 RAND Study

Background As part of its continuing research on subnational conflict, The Rand Corporation has compiled a number of chronologies of…

March 31, 2017

RAND: Have We Reached the End of History?

Document excerpt: "In watching the flow of events over the past decade or so, it is hard to avoid the…

February 23, 2015