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What the Soviets Can Teach Us About Leaving Afghanistan — October 18, 2012
Muslim Brotherhood Failing to Learn from Mistakes — October 18, 2012
America's Role in the World — October 18, 2012
Confronting a Rising China Begins at Home — October 17, 2012
Israel, Iran, and the Redline Debate — October 17, 2012
Difficult Questions on Afghanistan and Pakistan — October 17, 2012
Health Care Costs Must Be Curbed, No Matter Who Wins — October 16, 2012
Libya and the Future of Liberal Intervention — October 12, 2012
Candy at the Cash Register—A Risk Factor for Obesity and Chronic Disease — October 11, 2012
Expect More Drone Use Like Recent Israeli Episode — October 11, 2012
Bringing the Taliban to the Table: Long-Term Prospects for the Afghan Peace Talks — October 11, 2012
Hands Off Syria? — October 8, 2012
California Improves on Affordable Care Act by Letting RNs Dispense Birth Control — October 8, 2012
The Iranian Regime Is in Trouble — October 3, 2012
Will Iran Close the Strait of Hormuz? — October 2, 2012
Would Iran Turn to Terror? — October 2, 2012
How Would Iran Fight Back? — October 1, 2012
Americans Dying Twice as Fast as French from Treatable Conditions — September 30, 2012
TSA Procedures Need to Be Remade from Scratch — September 28, 2012
Smart Sanctions — September 25, 2012
Do Targeted Killings Work? — September 24, 2012
Preserving Access and Quality in an Era of Rising University Tuition Fees — September 24, 2012
Soda 'Ban' May Actually Increase Freedom of Choice — September 21, 2012
A Year After Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell — September 20, 2012
Panetta Walks Fine Line During China Visit — September 19, 2012
By Fearing Rise of al Qaeda in Syria, U.S. Ignores Greater Threat: Inaction — September 19, 2012
Security Strategies for U.S. Diplomatic Compounds — September 19, 2012
Can Improving the Options Improve Our Choices and Outcomes? — September 18, 2012
New York City Is Right to Treat Soda Like 'Demon Rum' — September 14, 2012
Book Review: 'Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian' by Bernard Lewis — September 14, 2012
The Death of a 'Butterfly' in Kabul — September 13, 2012
Libya's Downward Spiral — September 13, 2012
How Might the Federal Government React if States Legalize Marijuana? — September 13, 2012
Violence in Libya Leaves Unanswered Questions — September 12, 2012
Consider the Evidence — September 11, 2012
How to Tackle Iran — September 6, 2012
Afghan Training Violence: Repairing the Vetting Process Is Key — September 6, 2012
Will China's Nationalism Come Back to Bite Leaders? — September 5, 2012
Supporting Comprehensive Health Care for Women Makes Dollars, and Sense — September 5, 2012
How China Sees America — September 1, 2012
What Will Change Most About Our Routine Physicals Over the Next Decade? — August 31, 2012
Parents: That Summer Job Could Be Teaching Your Youngster to Smoke — August 30, 2012
Concerns Over Protecting Israel's Credibility May Heighten Odds of Iran War — August 29, 2012
Has the Gulf Coast Learned Katrina's Lessons in Time for Isaac? — August 28, 2012
Taking Syria Seriously — August 25, 2012
A Year After the Fall of Tripoli, Libya Still Fragile — August 23, 2012
The Virtues of a '9 to 5' Job — August 23, 2012
Gate Crashing the Opposition: Why Washington Should Leave Regime Change to the Iranians — August 22, 2012
Drone Strikes Keep Pressure on al-Qaida — August 18, 2012
What Pussy Riot Teaches Us — August 18, 2012
Abandoning the Euro Would Devastate Greece — August 17, 2012
School Principals Respond to Performance-Based Evaluation System — August 15, 2012
Conflict with China: What It Would Look Like, How to Avoid It — August 14, 2012
Changing of the Guard in Egypt — August 14, 2012
Beijing Unflustered by Cool Ties With Seoul — August 14, 2012
America and India: Growing Partners in Afghanistan — August 10, 2012
Four Years on, Hard Feelings Linger Between Russia and Georgia — August 9, 2012
'Socialized' or Not, We Can Learn from the VA — August 8, 2012
Victims of Terrorism-by-Mistaken-Identity — August 8, 2012
Step Up Opposition Support — August 8, 2012
The Right Way to Help Syria's Rebels — August 8, 2012
Fiasco in the Levant — August 8, 2012
Syrian Scenarios — August 7, 2012
Lessons of 1st Carmageddon in L.A. — by the Numbers — August 2, 2012
What It Would Take to Intervene in Syria — July 27, 2012
Will More Employers Drop Coverage Under the ACA? Don't Bet on It — July 27, 2012
Bedside Manners: Obesity Is Not All Your Fault — July 27, 2012
Al Qaeda's War for Syria — July 27, 2012
Syria's Chemical Weapons, and Beyond — July 25, 2012
Drawing Right Lessons from the Olympic Security Debacle — July 25, 2012
The Olympics and Terrorism: Why the Games Remain an Appealing Target — July 25, 2012
Auditing U.S. Security Force and Economic Assistance Spending in Iraq — July 19, 2012
How Does Arab Spring Compare to Third Wave Transitions? — July 18, 2012
North Korean Defense Chief's Retirement Has Hallmarks of Purge — July 17, 2012
PIP Mandate Keeps Michigan's Auto Premiums High — July 17, 2012
Important Facts about Marijuana Legalization — July 12, 2012
Getting in the Access Loop: Mentorship for Publishing African Health Research — July 12, 2012
The Turkish-Iranian Alliance That Wasn't — July 11, 2012
Strengthen the Bond — July 11, 2012
Revisiting 100% Inspection — July 6, 2012
Pro-Growth Austerity — July 2, 2012
Assessing the Iranian Sanctions — July 2, 2012
Time to Focus on Healthcare Costs — June 29, 2012
Why Aren't Americans Listening to Disaster Preparedness Messages? — June 29, 2012
Time to Shift Talk to Health Care Costs — June 28, 2012
Gulf States Among Top in New HIV, AIDS Cases — June 27, 2012
Egypt’s New President Has the Mandate—What about the Power? — June 25, 2012
Children Left Behind with Brown's Cuts to Programs — June 24, 2012
The Egyptian Military Wins Again — June 22, 2012
Be Hungry or Be Sick? Proposed Medi-Cal Co-Pay Could Force the Choice for Many — June 20, 2012
Debating Hillary — June 20, 2012
Putin's Waiting Game — June 19, 2012
The Case for a Cyber-Security Safety Board: A Global View on Risk — June 18, 2012
Preventing Military Suicides Is a Nationwide Effort — June 14, 2012
Unraveling the IT Productivity Paradox—Lessons for Health Care — June 14, 2012
We Need to Know What Physicians Are Thinking — June 14, 2012
Getting the Threat Right — June 12, 2012
Bloomberg Right That Portion Control Works — June 10, 2012
Setting International Norms on Cyberwar Might Beat a Treaty — June 8, 2012
Repatriating Part of Saddam Statue Could Promote Democracy — June 7, 2012
Getting Over the Privacy Hurdle to Mileage-Based Road Fees — June 6, 2012
Anatomy of a War Game — June 6, 2012
The Inequality Debate — June 4, 2012
Prescription Drug Shortages: Reconsidering the Role of Medicare Payment Policies — May 29, 2012
Okinawa Remains an Intractable Thorn for US and Japan — May 25, 2012
Three Challenges Still Await NATO — May 24, 2012
Medical Records Immune to Tornado in Joplin, Mo. — May 23, 2012
DoD Renewable Fuels Investment Premature — May 23, 2012
What's on the Menu? A Status Quo That Needs to Change — May 23, 2012
Iran's Buying Time—and That's Fine — May 22, 2012
Putin's NATO Dis: Cold Winds from Moscow — May 17, 2012
NATO's Shrinking Resources — May 17, 2012
Emergency Departments, Medicaid Costs, and Access to Primary Care—Understanding the Link — May 16, 2012
Questions After the First U.S. Bank Takeover by a Chinese State-Controlled Company — May 15, 2012
Should Boeing Fear the PRC's Aerospace Industry? Not in This Decade but Maybe Later — May 13, 2012
Celebrating Birth Control on Mother's Day? Not as Counterintuitive as It Sounds — May 11, 2012
A Flood of Innovation: Louisiana's Coastal Master Plan — May 11, 2012
A Final Word on the NDAA — May 6, 2012
The Next War — May 3, 2012
Obama Learned from Bush's Mistakes and Successes — May 2, 2012
Is the War on Terror Over? Not Yet. — April 30, 2012
Al Qaeda Is Far from Defeated — April 29, 2012
Think Again: Al Qaeda — April 23, 2012
The Marijuana Exception — April 20, 2012
Book Review: 'Why Nations Fail,' by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson — April 20, 2012
Cairo's Candidate Shuffle — April 19, 2012
Iran's Calculations in New Diplomatic Talks — April 17, 2012
Russia Protests Are Overblown by West—Putin Is Here to Stay — April 17, 2012
The Path to the Right Active/Reserve Mix: You Need to Understand Cost Per Output — April 16, 2012
Terror's 'Invisible Women' — April 4, 2012
History Favors More Time — April 3, 2012
Will Khamenei Compromise? — April 2, 2012
The Real Cost of Healthcare — March 29, 2012
Using Patient Surveys to Rate Hospitals — March 22, 2012
What Happens Without Individual Mandate? — March 21, 2012
Promoting Success: Using Data to Inform Decision Making — March 21, 2012
No Data? Big Problem. — March 20, 2012
RAND Expert Says Evidence for Climate Change Is Overwhelming — March 8, 2012
The Return of Putin — March 8, 2012
Three Ways to Improve Airport Screening — March 7, 2012
U.S. and Israel Need to Agree on Strike Against Iran — March 5, 2012
Five Myths about Vladimir Putin — March 4, 2012
Will Anything Change After This Weekend's Russian Election? — March 3, 2012
Military Families: What We Know and What We Don't Know — March 2, 2012
Bringing Libya Under Control — February 25, 2012
Khamenei: The Nuclear Decision-maker — February 23, 2012
Do Physicians Need a 'Shopping Cart' for Health Care Services? — February 22, 2012
Israel's Risky Option on Iran — February 21, 2012
Syria Is Trending Toward the Libya Model — February 14, 2012
Colleges Can Learn from For-Profits' Emphasis on the Consumer — February 9, 2012
The NDAA Makes It Harder to Fight Terrorism — February 1, 2012
US Control of Contractors in Iraq Is Vital — February 1, 2012
Al Qaeda in Iran — January 29, 2012
Is Regime Change in Iran the Only Solution? — January 26, 2012
Passionate, Pragmatic, Prudent: A New RAND President and RAND at Its Best — January 13, 2012
Negotiating Peace in Afghanistan Without Repeating Vietnam — January 13, 2012
Do Israelis Really Want to Bomb Iran? — January 12, 2012
Narrowing the Economic Achievement Gap: The Role of Housing — January 11, 2012
Iran's Self-Destructive Gamble — January 6, 2012
Two Years and Counting: How Will the Effects of the Affordable Care Act Be Monitored? — January 4, 2012
Heed Film Lessons on Outbreak — December 29, 2011
North Korea: Uncertain and Dangerous Times Ahead — December 21, 2011
The Year of the Arab Spring — December 20, 2011
Bridging the Gaps in Treating Veterans with Post-Deployment Mental Health Problems — December 5, 2011
Dissuading Iran from the Bomb and Avoiding War — December 2, 2011
Research Funding and Economic Growth — November 29, 2011
Provider Consolidation Key Factor in Affordable Coverage — November 28, 2011
History Shows Danger of Arbitrary Defense Cuts — November 23, 2011
Save Money — Hire Police — November 22, 2011
An Attack Would Only Strengthen Iran's Influence — November 16, 2011
Can the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Become Relevant to Controlling Medical Costs and Improving Value? — November 9, 2011
Where Keynes Went Wrong — November 7, 2011
Why the Haqqani Network Is the Wrong Target — November 6, 2011
Seven Billion? No Need to Panic — November 4, 2011
An Open Door in Libya — October 20, 2011