Internationalization Of The Rand Corporation

The Rand Corporation, which called "The think tank for military" in its early days, was officially found in1948. Nowadays, it has become a world-famous organization providing objective political analysis in areas such as politics, economy, and national security and so on. Based on previous researches about The Rand Corporation, I try to study internationalization of The Rand Corporation under globalization. In1990s, the Rand Corporation starts to explore its ways to other markets in Europe, the Middle East and Asia through its advantages and globalization, so Rand established its branch offices in Cambridge, Brussels, and Qatar respectively. First I will present Rand’s international exploration by managing materials from websites and databases, then I will analyze and make a summary of Rand’s route in its international exploration and why did Rand succeed or what were the advantages in its international exploration. Namely, How did Rand and Why could Rand become a world famous "transnational" think tank providing objective analyses to companies, corporate and governments in foreign countries while gives suggestions to counterparts in its own country. I believe this paper which focuses on internationalization of Rand especially the success Rand has achieved will give us some advice on internationalization of think tanks and their building, soft power using in China.