Commentary for 2006

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

Pakistan's Tribal Deals Aren't Working — December 28, 2006

Globalization's Unequal Discontents — December 21, 2006

Afghanistan Needs Help — December 19, 2006

U.S. Doesn't Need the Draft — December 11, 2006

Changes From Command Transfer — December 6, 2006

No Law and No Order — December 2, 2006

N Korea Policy Options — November 28, 2006

Tokyo's Leverage Over Pyongyang — November 21, 2006

Grand Strategy for the Middle East — November 19, 2006

  • Robert E. Hunter
  • (San Diego Union-Tribune)

The EU Should Put Up or Shut Up in Afghanistan — November 18, 2006

  • Robert E. Hunter
  • (Project Syndicate)

Gates's Opportunity at Defense — November 17, 2006

Winning Back the Turks — November 14, 2006

Paying for Our Transportation Needs — October 25, 2006

Crafting Terror Strategy — October 18, 2006

What's to Stop Kim Now? — October 17, 2006

On the Edge — October 15, 2006

America's Muslim Resource — October 10, 2006

  • Farhana Ali
  • (United Press International)

Terror War Uncertainties — October 6, 2006

What Went Wrong in Iraq? — September 28, 2006

  • Edward O'Connell
  • (United Press International)

Preschool Pays Off — September 20, 2006

'No Child' Leaves Too Much Behind — September 13, 2006

Safer, But Not Safe — September 10, 2006

U.S. Mideast Setbacks — September 2, 2006

  • Robert E. Hunter
  • (United Press International)

Mideast Peace: Bush Has a Job to Do — August 30, 2006

  • Robert E. Hunter
  • (International Herald Tribune)

Forum: Are We Prepared? Not Quite — August 27, 2006

Mississippi Comeback — August 20, 2006

Regulatory Reform on Both Sides of the Atlantic — August 15, 2006

  • John D. Graham
  • (Washingtonpost.com)

America Needs to Pick Its Fights Carefully — August 13, 2006

The Ego that Sank Cuba — August 13, 2006

Lebanon's Sectarian Aftershocks — August 8, 2006

Bombing Boon... — July 30, 2006

Protecting U.S. Interests In the Middle East — July 19, 2006

  • Robert E. Hunter
  • (Washingtonpost.com)

How to Curb Rising Suicide Terrorism in Afghanistan — July 18, 2006

Cities Should Enlist Business in Their Battle Against Crime — July 3, 2006

Help for Homeless Women — June 16, 2006

Zarqawi Death Won't End War — June 10, 2006

  • Farhana Ali
  • (United Press International)

Police Personnel Crisis Needs Federal Leadership — May 23, 2006

  • Jeremy M. Wilson
  • (Washingtonpost.com)

Fueling Opportunity — May 19, 2006

  • John D. Graham
  • (Washington Times)

Averting War with Iran — May 2, 2006

America Needs to Pick Its Fights Carefully — May 2, 2006

Stability in Iraq Won't Come Without Disbanding Militias — May 2, 2006

  • David C. Gompert
  • (Christian Science Monitor)

Time To Talk With Iran — April 26, 2006

  • Robert E. Hunter
  • (Washingtonpost.com)

Striking Iran Is an Option, Not Inevitable — April 11, 2006

Ukraine's New Politics — April 8, 2006

Dialogue Can Stop Iran at the Nuclear Threshold — April 4, 2006

Securing America's Ports — March 26, 2006

Roiling the Waters in the Taiwan Strait — March 21, 2006

  • Roger Cliff,
  • Toy I. Reid
  • (International Herald Tribune)

The Defiant War — March 19, 2006

How to Deal with Hamas — March 15, 2006

Pakistan vs. al-Qaida — March 13, 2006

  • Farhana Ali
  • (United Press International)

Defusing the Iranian Crisis — March 9, 2006

The Threat of Oil Jihad — March 3, 2006

A Far too Costly Pentagon — February 27, 2006

Give Haiti United Message from D.C. — February 26, 2006

Cartoons and Terror — February 22, 2006

  • Farhana Ali
  • (United Press International)

Making Europe a Home Fit for the Next Einstein — February 22, 2006

The HSA Mirage — February 20, 2006

Amateur Hour in Iraq — February 10, 2006

A Brain Drain Threatens Afghanistan's Future — February 9, 2006

Strike a Balance by Weighing Threats — February 5, 2006

  • Robert E. Hunter
  • (Baltimore Sun)

President Obscured the Case for Spying — February 5, 2006

We the People (of China)... — February 2, 2006

  • Murray Scot Tanner
  • (Wall Street Journal)

Watching a Retriever Teach Foreign Policy — January 15, 2006

Let's Avoid Another Trans-Atlantic Feud — January 13, 2006

A Simple Rx for Part D — January 13, 2006

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