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Commentary by Date - 2004

Commentary pieces by RAND staff are the analyses of the authors, and not of RAND itself.

December 30, 2004: Prepare the Public

By Nicole Lurie and Jeffrey Wasserman (United Press International)

December 29, 2004: Work with the PA for Peace

By Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson (United Press International)

December 13, 2004: A Future for U.S.-China Space Cooperation?

By John C. Baker and Kevin Pollpeter (Space News)

December 12, 2004: Social Studies: 21st Century Tribes

By David Ronfeldt (Los Angeles Times)

December 10, 2004: 'Oil for Food' Worked

By James Dobbins (Washington Post)

December 10, 2004: Immigrants in France

By Robert Levine (United Press International)

December 2, 2004: In Iran, the U.S. Can't Stay on the Sidelines

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

November 28, 2004: 'Lifestyle' and Live-Saving Drugs

By Thomas Croghan and Patricia Pittman (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

November 22, 2004: Outside View: Russia's Caucasus Gambit

By F. Stephen Larrabee (United Press International)

November 19, 2004: Nuclear Accord Could Open Door To Re-engagement With Tehran

By Robert Hunter (Forward)

November 15, 2004: Rereading the Duelfer Report

By David E. Mosher and John V. Parachini (International Herald Tribune)

November 13, 2004: We're All Multilateralists Now

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

November 10, 2004: A Tale of Two Economies

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (Asian Wall Street Journal)

November 9, 2004: Shortages Beyond Flu Shots

By Jennifer Brower (Washington Times)Read commentary at washingtontimes.com

October 29, 2004: The Kosovars Need to Know Where They're Headed

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

October 26, 2004: The Next President and NATO

By Robert E. Hunter (Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)

October 25, 2004: Why Allies Send Spooks to America

By Seth G. Jones (International Herald Tribune)

October 22, 2004: Outside View: Ukraine elections and the West

Robert E. Hunter (United Press International)

October 20, 2004: Iraqi Security Forces: Numbers and Needs

By Olga Oliker (Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)

October 20, 2004: Elections and Nation-building

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

October 17, 2004: Regional Cooperation Is Not Capitulation

By Sally Sleeper (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

October 14, 2004: The Mysteries of the American Electoral College

By James Thomson (Le Figaro, France)

October 10, 2004: Parents of Schoolchildren: Start Your Information Engines

By Brian Gill and Laura Hamilton (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

October 3, 2004: The City Needs Both a Strong Core and Vibrant Enclaves, Says Rachel Rue

By Rachel Rue (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

September 29, 2004: Semantics are Strategic in the War on Terror

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Globe and Mail)

September 27, 2004: China Shows Advantages of Accessible Economy

By William H. Overholt (Shanghai Daily)

September 26, 2004: Pittsburgh Area Doesn't Need a Booming Population to Become More Prosperous

By Henry Willis (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

September 24, 2004: The Four Defensive Measures Against Terrorism

By Brian Michael Jenkins (24 Chasa)

September 22, 2004: Safety First

By James Dobbins (New York Times)

September 19, 2004: The Bright Lights in Pittsburgh's Future

By Barry Balmat and Peter Morrison (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

September 19, 2004: Navigating Research on Alternative Schools

By Ron Zimmer and Christopher Nelson (San Diego-Union Tribune)

September 16, 2004: Storms Blow, But We Can Cut Losses

By Charles Meade (Times-Picayune, New Orleans)

September 12, 2004: Terrorism

By Bruce Hoffman (Star-Ledger)

September 12, 2004: The View from Ground Zero: Is America Safer?

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

September 7, 2004: Europe Must Set Its Defence Industry Free

By Katia Vlachos Dengler (Financial Times)

September 5, 2004: Missed Opportunities

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

August 27, 2004: Talk It Out on Iran Before It's Too Late

By Robert Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

August 25, 2004: The World Should Share Its Science

By Yee-Cheong Lee and Caroline Wagner (Financial Times)

August 24, 2004: US Troop Withdrawals Costly to Alliances

By Robert E. Hunter (Christian Science Monitor)

August 22, 2004: World Becomes the Hostage of Media-Savvy Terrorists

By Brian Michael Jenkins (USA Today)

August 22, 2004: Looking for 'High Noon' in a Hundred Years' War

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union Tribune)

August 17, 2004: Don't Move Too Fast on Intelligence Reform

By Brian Michael Jenkins (The Hill)

August 12, 2004: Afghanistan Without Doctors

By Cheryl Benard (Wall Street Journal)

August 11, 2004: Nation-Building Returns to Favour

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

August 9, 2004: A Dangerous Peace

By Seth Jones (Newsweek) Read commentary msnbc.msn.com

July 23, 2004: Lessons from the Past for Iraq's Future

By Bruce Hoffman (San Diego Union-Tribune)

July 7, 2004: China's Rising Unemployment Challenge

By Charles Wolf Jr. (Asian Wall Street Journal)

July 7, 2004: A Test to Determine Who's an Ally

By Charles Wolf Jr. (International Herald Tribune) Read commentary at iht.com

July 6, 2004: Measuring Racial Profiling by Police

By Jack Riley and Greg Ridgeway (Law Enforcement News)

June 27, 2004: Securing the Peace Will Require Finesse

By James Dobbins (Orange County Register)

June 27, 2004: Engage, Don't Isolate, Iran

By Robert Hunter (San Diego Union Tribune)

June 24, 2004: Plan of Attack

By Bruce Hoffman (Atlantic Monthly) Read commentary from theatlantic.com

June 24, 2004: What's in a Motto?

By Evan Medeiros (South China Morning Post)

June 8, 2004: Fighting the Insurgency

By Bruce Hoffman (Washington Times)

June 7, 2004: How Can Individuals Be Better Prepared for Catastrophic Terrorist Attacks?

By Lynn Davis (The Connection)

June 2, 2004: Protests Now Flourish in China,

By Murray Scot Tanner (International Herald Tribune) Read commentary at iht.com

May 28, 2004: Gaining The Iraqis' Toleration

By James Dobbins and Philip H. Gordon (Washington Post)

May 27, 2004: A Chance to Overcome Religious Divisions

By Rollie Lal (San Diego Union-Tribune)

May 17, 2004: Changing Course In Iraq Is Not an Option

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

May 13, 2004 Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

By Gregory Treverton and Spencer Kim (Korea Herald)

May 12, 2004 Perceptions of Food That Are an Ocean Apart

By Felicia Wu (Financial Times)

May 6, 2004: Time to Deal With Iran

By James Dobbins (Washington Post)

May 3, 2004: Trains, Buses and Terror

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Mercury News)

April 29, 2004: Gaza pullout - a Cynic's Path to 'Peace'

By Seth G. Jones (Christian Science Monitor)

April 25, 2004: Bin Laden May Be Fishing for Allies on Europe's Secular Left

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

April 15, 2004: Can We Learn from Others?

By William Rosenau and Peter Chalk (Wall Street Journal)

April 2, 2004: Kosovo: Delaying is the Least-Bad Option

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune) Read commentary at iht.com

March 22, 2004: Keep The Ban On Arms for China

By Roger Cliff and Evan S. Medeiros (International Herald Tribune) Read commentary at iht.com

March 21, 2004: Does Terrorism Work?

Brian Michael Jenkins (Mercury News)

March 19, 2004: The West Must Now Reassess its Gamble on Russia

By Robert Hunter (Financial Times)

March 18, 2004: A Perilous Journey from Sovereignty to the Polls

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

February 22, 2004: Police-Search Statistics Don't Lie, But Statisticians Can

By Greg Ridgeway and Jack Riley (Dallas Morning News)

February 19, 2004: A Way Out for Haiti

By James Dobbins (New York Times)

February 18, 2004: The U.N.'s strengths and weaknesses in Iraq

Seth G. Jones (San Diego Union-Tribune)

February 17, 2004: Beyond Iraq and the end of the US monopoly

Robert E. Hunter (Financial Times)

February 16, 2004: Intelligence -- a Funhouse of Reflections

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

February 4, 2004: A Perilous Dialogue of Pessimists

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

February 3, 2004: How We Are Fighting the War on Terrorism

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

February 1, 2004: Why We Didn't Get the Picture

By Bruce Berkowitz (Washington Post)

February 1, 2004: 'Axis of Evil' Versus 'Chain of Evil'

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

January 31, 2004: Don't Try Regime Change in North Korea

By Bruce Bennett and Nina Hachigian (International Herald Tribune) Read commentary at iht.com

January 23, 2004: It's so easy to blame China for everything

By William H. Overholt (International Herald Tribune)

January 20, 2004: Bringing the Afghan experience to Iraq

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

January 16, 2004: Help the PA Push Out Hamas

By Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson (Wall Street Journal, European Edition)

January 16, 2004: What Can We Learn from the Terrorists?

By Bruce Hoffman (Global Agenda 2004) View PDF (0.2 MB)

January 6, 2004: Carrots Are as Vital as Sticks in the Balkans

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

January 5, 2004: French Tussle Over Muslim Head Scarf is Positive Push for Women's Rights

By Cheryl Benard (Christian Science Monitor)

January 4, 2004: Mao as Guide to Fight in Iraq

By Ralph Masi (San Francisco Chronicle)

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