Research for US

The Center for Naval Analyses conducted a study to identify and analyze alternative ways the Marine Corps might consider to improve its ability to conduct Humanitarian Assistance Operations (HAO). To achieve this objective we (1) examined how the military has conducted HAOs in the past; (2) identified alternative way the military can conduct these operations; and (3) assessed the relative costs of these alternatives in terms of changes in organizations, education and training, doctrine and documentation, and equipment and supplies. This paper addresses how the Marines and the military in general can improve their ability to plan an HAO. It is one of a series of papers on the U.S. Marine Corps and HAOs.

A workshop, The Japan-U.S. Alliance and Security Regimes in East Asia, was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 26 to 29 July 1994, under the cosponsorship of the Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS) in Tokyo and the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) in Alexandria, Virginia. Security specialists and academicians from Japan and the United States participated in the workshop, along with government observers from both nations. The objective was candid discussion regarding the continued viability of the Japan -- U.S. alliance in the post-Cold War era and the future role and impact of emerging East Asian multilateral security mechanisms and proposals. Participants examined issues affecting the future of the Japan -- U.S. bilateral security relationship in conjunction with the current trend toward multilateralism, its motivating and driving forces, and its implications for Japan, the United States, and East Asia in general.