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ABD merkezli, kar amac\u0131 g\u00fctmeyen k\u00fcresel politika d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnce kurulu\u015fu ve ara\u015ft\u0131rma enstit\u00fcs\u00fc RAND Corporation, savunma stratejilerinden teknolojiye ve sosyal politikalara uzanan geni\u015f bir alanda faaliyetlerini s\u00fcrd\u00fcr\u00fcyor.<\/p>\n
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Genel merkezi ABD’nin Kaliforniya eyaletindeki Santa Monica kentinde yer alan kurum, ismini \u0130ngilizce “Ara\u015ft\u0131rma ve Geli\u015ftirme” anlam\u0131na gelen “Research ANd Development” kelimelerinin ba\u015f harflerinden al\u0131yor.<\/p>\n
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Kurulu\u015fun ilk ad\u0131mlar\u0131, II. D\u00fcnya Sava\u015f\u0131’n\u0131n hemen ard\u0131ndan 1945\u20131946 y\u0131llar\u0131nda ABD Ordusu Hava Kuvvetleri ile Douglas Havac\u0131l\u0131k \u015eirketi (Douglas Aircraft Company) ortakl\u0131\u011f\u0131nda at\u0131ld\u0131.<\/p>\n
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Giri\u015fim, askeri planlama ile bilimsel ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar aras\u0131nda k\u00f6pr\u00fc kurmak amac\u0131yla “Project RAND” ad\u0131yla ba\u015flat\u0131ld\u0131.<\/p>\n
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Kurum, 14 May\u0131s 1948 tarihinde Douglas Havac\u0131l\u0131k \u015eirketi’nden ayr\u0131larak Henry H. Arnold, Donald Douglas, Franklin R. Collbohm ve Curtis LeMay \u00f6nc\u00fcl\u00fc\u011f\u00fcnde ba\u011f\u0131ms\u0131z ve kar amac\u0131 g\u00fctmeyen bir yap\u0131ya d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015ft\u00fcr\u00fcld\u00fc.<\/p>\n
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Ba\u015flang\u0131\u00e7ta yaln\u0131zca ABD ordusuna ve ulusal g\u00fcvenlik stratejilerine odaklanan RAND, zamanla faaliyetlerini sivil ve k\u00fcresel alanlara yayd\u0131.<\/p>\n
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Kurulu\u015f, So\u011fuk Sava\u015f d\u00f6nemindeki n\u00fckleer cayd\u0131r\u0131c\u0131l\u0131k stratejileri, uydu ke\u015fif sistemleri ve ABD’nin profesyonel orduya ge\u00e7i\u015f s\u00fcre\u00e7leri gibi ba\u015fl\u0131klarda Pentagon ile ABD h\u00fck\u00fcmetine dan\u0131\u015fmanl\u0131k yapt\u0131.<\/p>\n
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Enstit\u00fc ayr\u0131ca T\u00fcrkiye dahil pek \u00e7ok \u00fclkeye y\u00f6nelik stratejik analiz raporlar\u0131 yay\u0131ml\u0131yor.<\/p>\n
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Gelirlerinin b\u00fcy\u00fck bir k\u0131sm\u0131n\u0131 ABD federal h\u00fck\u00fcmeti ve Pentagon gibi savunma birimlerinden ald\u0131\u011f\u0131 ara\u015ft\u0131rma s\u00f6zle\u015fmelerinden sa\u011flayan enstit\u00fc, \u00f6zel vak\u0131flar, \u00fcniversiteler ve uluslararas\u0131 kurulu\u015flardan da fon temin ediyor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n