The Cold War was waged and won in many places, including this beach city, home to the Rand Corp. Created in 1948 to think about research and development as it effects military planning and procurement, Rand pioneered strategic thinking about nuclear weapons in the context of the U.S.-Soviet competition. Seven decades later, it is thinking about the nuclear threat from a nation created in 1948.
The world's democratic countries should all support Taiwan's efforts to strengthen its democracy through constitutional reform in order to change the world - especially in regard to China and North Korea. Taiwan is the one nation best suited to lead China to democratization, a key to achieving world peace. This would pressure the DPRK to change its regime and abandon autocracy for democracy. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.
