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

By Seth G. Jones (International Herald Tribune)

December 21, 2006: Globalization's Unequal Discontents

By William H. Overholt (Washingtonpost.com)

December 19, 2006: U.S. Doesn't Need the Draft

By Obaid Younossi (United Press International)

December 15, 2006: In Bahrain, Democracy in Action or Just Divide and Rule?

By Frederic Wehrey (Arab Reform Bulletin)

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

By Bernard D. Rostker (United Press International)

December 6, 2006: Changes From Command Transfer

By Bruce W. Bennett (Korea Times)

December 1, 2006: No Law and No Order

By Olga Oliker (Parliamentary Brief)

November 28, 2006: N Korea Policy Options

By Bruce W. Bennett (United Press International)

November 21, 2006: Tokyo's Leverage Over Pyongyang

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

November 19, 2006: Grand Strategy for the Middle East

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

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

By Robert E. Hunter (Project Syndicate)

November 17, 2006: Gates's Opportunity at Defense

By Gregory F. Treverton (Washingtonpost.com)

November 14, 2006: Winning Back the Turks

By F. Stephen Larrabee (International Herald Tribune)

November 10, 2006: A Laid-Off Child Is a Terrible Mind to Waste

By Krishna B. Kumar (Rediff)

October 25, 2006: Paying for Our Transportation Needs

By Martin Wachs (San Diego Union-Tribune)

October 18, 2006: Crafting Terror Strategy

By David Ochmanek, Lowell H. Schwartz (United Press International)

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

By Bruce W. Bennett (International Herald Tribune)

October 15, 2006: On the Edge

By Bruce W. Bennett (Washington Times)

October 11, 2006: Racial Profiling Won't Stop Terror

By K. Jack Riley, Greg Ridgeway (Washingtonpost.com)

October 10, 2006: America's Muslim Resource

By Farhana Ali (United Press International)

October 6, 2006: Terror War Uncertainties

By Brian Michael Jenkins (United Press International)

September 28, 2006: What Went Wrong in Iraq?

By Edward O'Connell (United Press International)

September 20, 2006: Preschool Pays Off

By Dana Schultz (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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

By Brian M. Stecher (Washingtonpost.com)

September 11, 2006: State of Terrorism Address: What Would Osama Bin Laden Say to Jihadists Five Years Later?

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

September 10, 2006: Safer, But Not Safe

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

September 4, 2006: Speed Low-Risk Travelers Through Increased Security

By K. Jack Riley, Henry H. Willis (Los Angeles Business Journal)

September 1, 2006: U.S. Mideast Setbacks

By Robert E. Hunter (United Press International)

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

By Robert E. Hunter (International Herald Tribune)

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

By K. Jack Riley (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

August 22, 2006: Tighten Up Mass-Transit Security

By Peter Chalk (Newsday)

August 20, 2006: Mississippi Comeback

By George D. Penick, K. Jack Riley (Los Angeles Times)

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

By John D. Graham (Washingtonpost.com)

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

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

August 13, 2006: Benefits of Preschool Come with Every Dollar

By Edward Gonzalez (Los Angeles Times)

August 8, 2006: Lebanon's Sectarian Aftershocks

By Frederic Wehrey, Dalia Dassa Kaye (United Press International)

August 1, 2006: 'There Is Still So Much Infosys in Me'

By Krishna B. Kumar (Rediff)

July 30, 2006: Bombing Boon...

By David Aaron, Paul Miller (Washington Times)

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

By Robert E. Hunter (Washingtonpost.com)

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

By Hekmat Karzai, Seth G. Jones (Christian Science Monitor)

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

By John MacDonald, Robert J. Stokes (Los Angeles Business Journal)

June 20, 2006: RAND Finds Pittsburgh Grand; Research Nonprofit Marks 6 Years With New Offices and Commitment to Make the City and Region Better

By James A. Thomson, Barry Balmat (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

June 16, 2006: Help for Homeless Women

By Suzanne L. Wenzel (Washingtonpost.com)

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

By Farhana Ali (United Press International)

June 7, 2006: How Iraq's Neighbours Can Steer It Away From Destruction

By David Aaron (Financial Times)

May 23, 2006: Police Personnel Crisis Needs Federal Leadership

By Jeremy M. Wilson (Washingtonpost.com)

May 19, 2006: Fueling Opportunity

By John D. Graham (Washington Times)

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

By David C. Gompert (Christian Science Monitor)

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

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

May 2, 2006: Averting War with Iran

By F. Stephen Larrabee, Peter A. Wilson (United Press International)

April 26, 2006: Time To Talk With Iran

By Robert E. Hunter (Washingtonpost.com)

April 26, 2006: Benefits of Preschool Come with Every Dollar

By Lynn A. Karoly, James H. Bigelow (Los Angeles Times)

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

By Seth G. Jones (Christian Science Monitor)

April 8, 2006: Ukraine's New Politics

By F. Stephen Larrabee, Taras Kuzio (United Press International)

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

By James Dobbins, Ray Takeyh (Financial Times)

March 27, 2006: Today's Wars Are Less About Ideas Than Extreme Tribalism

By David Ronfeldt (Christian Science Monitor)

March 26, 2006: Securing America's Ports

By Henry H. Willis, David S. Ortiz (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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

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

March 19, 2006: The Defiant War

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

March 15, 2006: How to Deal with Hamas

By David Aaron (United Press International)

March 13, 2006: Pakistan vs. al-Qaida

By Farhana Ali (United Press International)

March 9, 2006: Defusing the Iranian Crisis

By F. Stephen Larrabee (Orange County Register)

March 8, 2006: In Political Analysis, Just the Facts, Please

By James A. Thomson (The Hill)

March 3, 2006: The Threat of Oil Jihad

By Brian Michael Jenkins (United Press International)

March 1, 2006: Lessons for Intelligence in the Campaign Against al Qaeda

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Vanguard)

February 27, 2006: A Far too Costly Pentagon

By David C. Gompert, James Dobbins (United Press International)

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

By James Dobbins (Miami Herald)

February 22, 2006: Cartoons and Terror

By Farhana Ali (United Press International)

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

By Erik J. Frinking, Titus Galama (Financial Times)

February 20, 2006: The HSA Mirage

By Dana P. Goldman, Jesse D. Malkin (United Press International)

February 10, 2006: Amateur Hour in Iraq

By James Dobbins (United Press International)

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

By Obaid Younossi (International Herald Tribune)

February 5, 2006: Strike a Balance by Weighing Threats

By Robert E. Hunter (Baltimore Sun)

February 5, 2006: President Obscured the Case for Spying

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

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

By Murray Scot Tanner (Wall Street Journal)

January 25, 2006: Just Starting: The War Against Terror

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Newsday)

January 15, 2006: Watching a Retriever Teach Foreign Policy

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

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

By Seth G. Jones, F. Stephen Larrabee (International Herald Tribune)

January 13, 2006: A Simple Rx for Part D

By Geoffrey F. Joyce (United Press International)

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