This PDF document was made available as a public service of the RAND Corporation.This study explores elements of robust strategies for exploiting the use of natural gas to minimize potential consequences from shifting to an energy mix that is increasingly dominated by domestic and imported...

An analysis of whether Israel can shift toward natural gas to meet future electricity demand showed that controlling demand is critical. There are then strategies for Israel to build an energy infrastructure in which natural gas provides up to 40 percent of base-load electric-power generating...

We study the spatial and temporal determinants of terrorism risk in Israel, using a geocoded database of Israeli terrorist attacks from 1949 to the present. In selecting targets, terrorists seem to respond rationally to costs and benefits: they are more likely to hit targets more accessible from...