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Long-Term Instability? — December 31, 2007
Make Room for Refugees — December 16, 2007
Our Misplaced Yuan Worries — December 15, 2007
Police Need to Do a Better Job of Explaining Stop-and-Frisk — December 6, 2007
U.S. Should Take Advantage of Improved Security in Iraq to Withdraw — December 2, 2007
On Carbon Dioxide, a Better Alternative — November 29, 2007
The Right Way to Withdraw — October 14, 2007
Oval Office Overhaul — October 5, 2007
Ready for Another Mideast War? — September 20, 2007
Revamp NCLB to Fulfill Its Promise — September 16, 2007
A New Tact on Iraq — August 25, 2007
The Real Analogy for Iraq — August 24, 2007
Combating Radicalization — August 23, 2007
Ad Men for U.S. Defense — August 20, 2007
Are the Sunnis Changing Sides — August 17, 2007
Spending Aid to Palestinians Wisely — August 16, 2007
Katrina Proved We Must Do Better Job of Protecting Our Protectors — August 13, 2007
Rebuilding Arms Control — August 10, 2007
In Support of the Congestion Charge — August 7, 2007
A Few Low Notes Won't Spoil China-US Harmony — August 2, 2007
China's Challenge — July 29, 2007
How to Talk to Iran — July 22, 2007
Cost of Unleashing China's Currency — July 13, 2007
Prison Health Care — July 12, 2007
Blair's Project for a New Palestine — July 7, 2007
Afghan Problem is Regional — July 4, 2007
Consequences of a Graying World — June 29, 2007
In Ukraine, Four Steps to Democracy — June 28, 2007
Iraqi Refugee Challenge — June 28, 2007
Risks and Riddles — June 1, 2007
Saudi Arabia: Shi'a Pessimistic About Reform, but Seek Reconciliation — June 1, 2007
RFID Security in the Workplace: Perk or Privacy? — June 1, 2007
Is America Prepared for Disaster? — May 30, 2007
Focus on the Worst Ex-Cons and Boost Community-Based Rehab — May 27, 2007
Nuclear Terror: How Real? — May 13, 2007
A War of Nerves in Turkey — May 12, 2007
The Limits of Average Test Scores — May 11, 2007
Private Sector: Dealing with Office Romances — May 8, 2007
Vary MTA Fares — May 7, 2007
Pro-American Yes, French Poodle No — May 7, 2007
Afghanistan: Why Canada Should Stay — May 7, 2007
The Counterinsurgency Fight: Think Globally, Lose Locally — April 27, 2007
How Not to Promote American Missile Defense in Europe — April 27, 2007
Easing U.S.-Iran Tensions — April 19, 2007
Green But Unsafe — April 18, 2007
Not Every Tragedy Has a Solution — April 18, 2007
Who Lost Iraq? — April 16, 2007
The Taliban Threat is Not Just America's Burden — April 12, 2007
Saving Money and Saving Lives in Nursing Homes — March 30, 2007
Missile Defense: Avoiding a Crisis in Europe — March 29, 2007
Think It Through on Tests — March 28, 2007
Paradoxes: Liberal...Conservative...Go Figure — March 27, 2007
Flagging Ally: Pakistan's Lapses Are Hurting the War on Terror — March 18, 2007
Iran's Covert War in Iraq — March 16, 2007
Steer a Smarter Course Than Specific Mileage Goals — March 16, 2007
Media Leaks Hinder Intelligence Gathering — March 11, 2007
Unknown Education Revolution — March 7, 2007
Marketing is Making Us Fat — March 7, 2007
C. Asia's Great Game — March 5, 2007
My Enemy's Enemy — February 27, 2007
America's Turkey Problem — February 23, 2007
When Students Disappear... — February 21, 2007
A Desired Epidemic: Obesity and the Food Industry — February 21, 2007
Straight Talk About a Report on Achievement at City Schools — February 11, 2007
Iraq's Jobs-for-Peace Mirage — February 11, 2007
America's Long Wars — February 1, 2007
Which Economy Will Run Into Trouble First: The US or China? — February 1, 2007
Afghanistan's Local Insurgency — January 31, 2007
Put Iraqi Insurgents Out of Business — January 29, 2007
No Need to Expand U.S. Army — January 26, 2007
Coordination Could Breed Control in Iraq — January 24, 2007
A Bad Plan for the Middle East — January 17, 2007
Central Asia's Other 'Turkmenbashis' — January 15, 2007
Old Front Against Terrorism — January 14, 2007
Flooded with Food — January 7, 2007
Public: Leaner, Fitter, Meaner? — January 4, 2007
A Mighty Country's Progress and Regress — January 4, 2007
Europe's Afghan Test — January 2, 2007