Although developing countries are most often associated with institutional instability, most are fairly stable and may be considered extremely stable if one takes into account the fact that policies adopted by many of these nations are highly inefficient. In a large number of cases, post-independence economic policies adopted by developing countries have resulted in very slow, stagnant or even ...

This study examines the evolution of defense policies in different countries and identifies common trends factors that have influenced their development over time. By analyzing changes global security landscape, advancements military technology, role relationships between countries, driving forces national interests, regional stability, sovereignty protection, this research offers valuable insi...

PROFESSOR John Scarborough in a recent article in this journal has discussed the relationship between doctors and the Roman army, but his methods and his conclusion, which may seem to some to compel assent, demand a cautious and thorough examination before being accepted.' As Sigerist saw, it is necessary to exclude modern preconceptions and to avoid the obfuscation of an account by the introdu...

A military surgeon is a physician who works in a standard clinical field, but who also has to learn to adapt his skills to exceptional circumstances and must cope with special challenges due to his deployment in crisis regions, a fact that is one of the major factors influencing military medical strategy planning. The only certainty is that these special circumstances differ fundamentally from ...

Optimizing healthcare delivery--improving processes to reduce impediments to care--is an important goal of the Military Health System. Models and data can be effective tools to assist managers in achieving this goal. This paper illustrates this utility with a case study of the intensive care unit (ICU) at the US Air Force's Wilford Hall Medical Center. A discrete-event simulation demonstrates h...