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December 30, 2001: Osama Bin Laden--Not Wanted: Dead or Alive

By John Arquilla (Los Angeles Times)

December 16, 2001: Great Presidents Inspire Us

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

December 2, 2001: North Korea -- Friend or Foe?

By Nina Hachigian, Bruce W. Bennett (Los Angeles Times)

November 29, 2001: Peacekeeping Forces Have a Long Afghan Haul Ahead of Them

By Daniel Byman (International Herald Tribune)

November 13, 2001: Don't Open the Door to Russia Yet

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

October 24, 2001: Don't Scare the Public with Vague Warnings

By Charles Meade (Los Angeles Times )

October 17, 2001: Deny Victory to Anthrax Terrorists

By John V. Parachini (International Herald Tribune)

October 8, 2001: Bush Waited, Deliberated--and the U.S. Gets It Right

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times )

September 30, 2001: Safeguarding the Skies

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union Tribune)

September 27, 2001: A Chance to Get Closer to China

By Nina Hachigian, James C. Mulvenon (Los Angeles Times)

September 25, 2001: Bin Laden's Group Will Survive Him

By Daniel Byman, Kenneth M. Pollack (Newsday)

September 24, 2001: High-Tech Human Identification Can Fight Terrorism

By John D. Woodward (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

September 21, 2001: Re-Thinking U.S. Counter-Terrorism Efforts

By Peter Chalk (San Diego Union Tribune)

September 20, 2001: Beef Up the Taliban's Enemy

By Daniel Byman, Kenneth M. Pollack, Gideon G. Rose (Los Angeles Times)

September 16, 2001: Religion Isn't Sole Motive of Terror

By John V. Parachini (Los Angeles Times)

September 16, 2001: Our Rage and Frustration: The War Within Us

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

September 16, 2001: This Time It Is Different

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union Tribune)

September 16, 2001: Terror's Aftermath: A Counterterrorism Policy for Yesterday's Threat

By Bruce Hoffman (Los Angeles Times)

September 7, 2001: China's Nuclear Agenda

By Bates Gill, James C. Mulvenon (New York Times)

September 1, 2001: Pakistan's Role in the Kashmir Insurgency

By Peter Chalk (Jane's Intelligence Review)

August 13, 2001: China's Capitalists Join the Party

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (New York Times)

August 10, 2001: Globalization: Less Than Meets the Eye

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (International Herald Tribune)

August 1, 2001: Nothing's Free in Dealing with Putin

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

July 22, 2001: Japan's Lion Clicks for Citizen Power

By Greyson Bryan, Nina Hachigian (Los Angeles Times )

July 13, 2001: The Americas: Colombia's Rebels Talk Peace but Make More War

By Angel Rabasa (Wall Street Journal)

July 1, 2001: U.S. Environmental Groups and 'Leaderless Resistance'

By Peter Chalk (Jane's Intelligence Review)

June 17, 2001: Violence Unraveling the Fabric of Society

By Angel Rabasa (San Diego Union-Tribune)

June 17, 2001: A Confounding, Complex Tragedy

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

June 6, 2001: A Burst of Agenda-Setting Will Disarm Europeans for Bush

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

May 20, 2001: No Retreat, No Surrender; A Challenging Agenda for the New Drug 'Czar'

By K. Jack Riley, Martin Y. Iguchi (San Diego Union Tribune)

May 3, 2001: There's a Better Way to Missile Defense

By Jeffrey A. Isaacson (Los Angeles Times)

April 24, 2001: Taiwan Risks Getting In Over Its Head

By Michael D. Swaine (Los Angeles Times)

April 17, 2001: Tax Fairness Is in the Eye Of the Beholder

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (Wall Street Journal )

April 15, 2001: Five Lessons from a Diplomatic Test

By Michael D. Swaine (San Diego Union-Tribune)

April 13, 2001: No. 1 Only Counts If You Have Influence

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

April 8, 2001: Intelligence in the Information Age; Spy Data For Sale

By Kevin M. O'Connell (Newsday)

April 3, 2001: Can Trust Spring From Aerial Danger?

By Michael D. Swaine (Los Angeles Times)

April 1, 2001: Africa Suffers Wave of Maritime Violence

By Peter Chalk (Jane's Intelligence Review)

March 27, 2001: Keep North Korea on Life Support

By Michael Parks, Gregory F. Treverton (Los Angeles Times)

March 8, 2001: Use 'Teachable Moments' to Save Young Lives

By Jaana Juvonen (Los Angeles Times)

March 1, 2001: Light Arms Trading in SE Asia

By Peter Chalk (Jane's Intelligence Review)

February 24, 2001: The China and Nuclear Reunion Is Only a Motive Away

By David E. Mosher, Lowell H. Schwartz (Los Angeles Times)

February 23, 2001: Powell Better Remember to Pack a Defined Policy

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

February 22, 2001: Disloyalty Feeds on Cash, Flesh and Thrills

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

February 11, 2001: Communist Ideologues Struggle to Make Room for Capitalists

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (Los Angeles Times )

February 9, 2001: The US Agricultural Sector: A New Target for Terrorism?

By Peter Chalk (Jane's Intelligence Review )

February 4, 2001: And Now, the Good Side of Facial Profiling

By John D. Woodward (Washington Post)

February 1, 2001: Tiptoeing Into Europe's Briar Patch

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

January 26, 2001: North Korea Considers 'Going Chinese'

By Michael Parks, Gregory F. Treverton (Los Angeles Times)

January 8, 2001: Foreign Policy Minefield Dictates Starting Slowly

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

January 7, 2001: Terrorist Trials Serve U.S. Strategy

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

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