NBR Analysis: Volume 17

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nbr analysis Volume 17 China’s Search for Energy Security: Implications for U.S. Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Number 1, April 2006 Information Technology: Advancing Global Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Number 2, May 2006 “Going Out”: China’s Pursuit of Natural Resources and Implications for the PRC’s Grand Strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Number 3, September 2006 Abe Shinzo and Japan’s Change of Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Number 4, October 2006 U.S. Services Trade, Employment, and Competitiveness. . . . . . . . . . 131 Number 5, December 2006 This publication collects all five issues in volume 17 of the NBR Analysis, which offers timely essays on the most important economic, political, and strategic issues in the asia-Pacific region: • “China’s search for Energy security: implications for U.s. Policy,” national bureau of asian research, nbr analysis, vol. 17, no. 1, april 2006. • “information Technology: advancing Global Health,” national bureau of asian research, nbr analysis, vol. 17, no.2, May 2006. • “‘Going Out’: China’s Pursuit of natural resources and implications for the PrC’s Grand strategy,” national bureau of asian research, nbr analysis, vol. 17, no. 3, september 2006. • “abe shinzo and Japan’s Change of Course,” national bureau of asian research, nbr analysis, vol. 17, no. 4, October 2006. • “U.s. services Trade, Employment, and Competitiveness,” national bureau of asian research, nbr analysis, vol. 17, no. 5, December 2006. The NBR Analysis was published five times annually from 1990 to 2008 and is now an occasional essay series. For more information about the NBR Analysis and other nbr publications, please visit http://www.nbr.org. ...