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How a Decade of Terror Changed America — December 30, 2009
Punish Iran's Rulers, Not Its People — December 14, 2009
Ends, Ways, and Means—the Debate We Still Need on Afghanistan — December 9, 2009
Take the War to Pakistan — December 4, 2009
Afghanistan: A Marathon, Not a Prize Fight — December 1, 2009
A False Promise of 'Counterinsurgency' — December 1, 2009
A Year After Mumbai, Lashkar's Threat Has Only Grown — November 25, 2009
When Generals and Ambassadors Feud — November 13, 2009
The Fall of the Wall: A World Restored? — November 10, 2009
Our Man in Kabul — November 4, 2009
Karzai's Second Term a Test for International Community — November 2, 2009
Price of Intoxication: The Case for a Minimum Price for Alcohol — October 30, 2009
Keeping Our Allies on Our Side in Afghanistan — October 27, 2009
Biden's Task in Eastern Europe: Reassurance — October 20, 2009
Prime Numbers: Doped — October 19, 2009
Human Side of Katrina Recovery Still Needs Work — October 17, 2009
Five Questions President Obama Should Ask in His Visit to New Orleans — October 14, 2009
Fighting Terror the Cold War Way — October 14, 2009
The Great Silencing: Intolerance and Censorship in the Arab World — October 13, 2009
Innovation Means More Than Something New — October 9, 2009
Afghanistan: Echoes of Vietnam — October 8, 2009
Disruption and Innovation in Health Care — October 7, 2009
How to Tell if We're Winning the Afghan War — October 5, 2009
Path to a Pashtun Rebellion in Afghanistan — October 2, 2009
China: Self-Perception vs. Outside Perception — October 2, 2009
Finding a Solution to Iran — September 30, 2009
Green Buildings, Jobs and Summits — September 25, 2009
G-20 Growing Pains — September 24, 2009
The Right Move in Europe: Improved Opportunities with NATO, Russia — September 22, 2009
Real Threats, Real Fears, Real Defenses — September 21, 2009
Getting to Know Pittsburgh: The City Has Embraced Me ... and Now the World? — September 19, 2009
Capitalism Still Works: Our Economy Will Recover Because We Are Innovators and Entrepreneurs — September 17, 2009
Collateral Damage in the Ruckus Over Healthcare Reform — September 11, 2009
Finally, Presidential Support for the Individual Mandate — September 9, 2009
Assessing the Appropriateness of Care—Its Time Has Come — September 2, 2009
Stick to Facts to Find Health-Care Change That Works — August 29, 2009
How Russia Can and Can't Help Obama — August 26, 2009
Fix the Healthcare System (and Fight the Recession, Too) — August 21, 2009
Co-Ops: A Very Tall Order — August 19, 2009
Limited Options: Deterring North Korea and Iran — August 14, 2009
Going Local: The Key to Afghanistan — August 8, 2009
The Decline of Racial Profiling — July 30, 2009
Alabama's Challenge: Better Prepared Workforce — July 14, 2009
Possible Outcomes of Comparative Effectiveness Research — July 8, 2009
Russia and the Perils of Personal Diplomacy — July 6, 2009
Mullah Sprung from Gitmo Jail Now Leads Foe in Afghan Campaign — July 5, 2009
On Dry Land - The Onshore Drivers of Piracy — July 3, 2009
Policing Pakistan — June 30, 2009
Can Gitmo's Terrorists Be Rehabilitated? — June 29, 2009
The Public Option: Sorting Rhetoric from Reality — June 24, 2009
Improve Health, Not the Health Care System — June 23, 2009
Iran's Real Winners: The Revolutionary Guards — June 22, 2009
The Science of Health Care Reform — June 17, 2009
Getting Value from the U.S.-ROK Summit — June 15, 2009
BRIC-à-Brac — June 15, 2009
Lebanon Vote Tilts to the West — June 10, 2009
Living with the Outcome: Elections in Lebanon — June 5, 2009
No Surprise in Failure To Deter N. Korea — June 2, 2009
Rethink Washington's 'War of Ideas' — June 2, 2009
A Better Bargain for Aid to Pakistan — May 30, 2009
Public Libraries Are Needed Now More Than Ever — May 29, 2009
The Cracks in Data Privacy — May 19, 2009
Countering the Military's Latest Fad: Counterinsurgency — May 17, 2009
Assessing Mexico's Narco-Violence — May 14, 2009
Pakistan, Taliban and Global Security – Part II — May 12, 2009
The Future of US-India Relations — May 6, 2009
Opposing View: Keep Arms Off Ships — May 4, 2009
Swine Flu: A Real Security Threat — April 30, 2009
Limiting Treatment to Those Who Need It — April 29, 2009
European Union at Cross Purposes in Kosovo — April 27, 2009
Redefining 'Old Age': 60 Is the New 40 — April 27, 2009
Who Has the Will to Fight Piracy? — April 21, 2009
Leaving the Nest — April 17, 2009
South Asia's Taliban Problem — April 14, 2009
Seeking New Approaches to Old Problems — April 9, 2009
N.K. Provocation Suggests Regime in Trouble — April 9, 2009
Obama's Turkish Dilemma — April 6, 2009
Afghanistan Is NATO's Most Important Challenge — April 4, 2009
Piracy Still Threatens the Freedom of the Seas — April 3, 2009
Space: The Final Junkyard? — April 2, 2009
Virginity Pledges Work for Some Teens — April 1, 2009
The Torture Debate, Redux — April 1, 2009
Quality, Transparency, and the US Government — April 1, 2009
Ultimate Exit Strategy — March 26, 2009
France's Creeping Reintegration — March 24, 2009
Iran's New Contender — March 24, 2009
U.S.-NATO Immersion Course — March 10, 2009
Is Iraq Safe Yet? — March 5, 2009
Afghanistan: The Regional Solution — March 4, 2009
Wanted Dead or Alive? When We Don't Get Our Man — March 3, 2009
To Talk With Iran, Stop Not Talking — March 3, 2009
Power to the People: Rebooting Conventional Diplomacy — February 27, 2009
In Afghanistan, It's Deadly at the Top — February 23, 2009
A Trans-Atlantic Moment — February 22, 2009
Obama's Foreign Policy Team and U.S.-Korean Relations — February 16, 2009
Going the Distance — February 15, 2009
What the Israeli Right Owes to Hamas — February 13, 2009
Could Mexico Fail? — February 13, 2009
Asia's Nonproliferation Laggards: China, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia — February 9, 2009
The Secret Briefing Obama Needs on Day One — January 22, 2009
A Smarter Economic Stimulus Package — January 21, 2009
Challenges Ahead for the EU's Security and Defense Policy — January 16, 2009
Defeating Hamas Will Not Defeat Iran — January 14, 2009