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RAND researchers contribute commentaries to newspapers, magazines and Web sites worldwide. This page provides a chronological list of commentaries by RAND researchers. You may also view the list by topic: International Affairs, U.S. National Security, and the U.S. Domestic Agenda. You can also search for commentary by author.

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June 30, 2008: Dealing with Iran: The Case for Talking

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

June 17, 2008: China's Responsibility to Protect

By David C. Gompert (Washington Post)

June 12, 2008: Hezbollah's Armory Up for Debate

By Theodore W. Karasik, Ghassan Schbley (United Press International and the Middle East Times)

June 6, 2008: A Chance in Lebanon; No Place for Tyrants

By Theodore W. Karasik, Ghassan Schbley (International Herald Tribune)

June 1, 2008: Invisible Wounds of War

By Kayla Williams (Voices of Tomorrow)

May 29, 2008: Russian Soccer Diplomacy

By Lowell H. Schwartz (Washington Times)

May 7, 2008: Give Them Sabbaticals

By Laura Miller (USA Today)

April 29, 2008: Afghan Progress Spotty but Hopeful

By Obaid Younossi, Peter Dahl Thruelsen (Providence Journal)

April 25, 2008: A House of Tribes for Iraq

By Theodore W. Karasik, Ghassan Schbley (Washingtonpost.com)

April 22, 2008: Good Morning, Syria! – Time to Revisit Our Axis of Evil List?

By Cheryl Benard, Edward O'Connell (Providence Journal)

April 19, 2008: A Better Way to Pay for Prescriptions

By Dana P. Goldman (Providence Journal)

April 13, 2008: Iraq Needs an Ownership Surge

By Joseph Konzelmann, Clare Lockhart (Washington Times)

April 10, 2008: The New Deterrence: Overwhelming and Searching Retaliation

By Elbridge Colby (Weekly Standard)

April 7, 2008: Real Roles, Missions Debate

By Andrew R. Hoehn, David Ochmanek (Washington Times)

April 3, 2008: Iraq's Sunni Time Bomb

By Matthew Sherman (New York Times)

April 1, 2008: America is Making a Difference in Eastern Afghanistan

By Seth G. Jones (Globe and Mail)

March 27, 2008: Georgia on Their Mind

By F. Stephen Larrabee (International Herald Tribune)

March 21, 2008: Danish Cartoons Doom Us All

By Farhana Ali (United Press International)

March 19, 2008: Finding Common Ground in an Uncommon Nation

By Edward O'Connell, Cheryl Benard (Malibu Magazine)

March 13, 2008: A New National Strategy for Korea: North Korea Threats Require Deterrence, Reconciliation

By Bruce W. Bennett (Korea Herald)

March 7, 2008: A Post-Musharraf Pakistan Policy

By Farhana Ali (Washingtonpost.com)

February 27, 2008: Why We Need to Nail Osama

By Elbridge Colby (Washington Times)

February 25, 2008: An Independent Kosovo Was a Part of the U.N.'s Plan

By James Dobbins (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

February 24, 2008: To Support Democracy in Pakistan

By C. Christine Fair (Washington Times)

February 23, 2008: Concrete Closets Under Manufactured Homes Could Save Lives

By Charles Meade (Tennessean)

February 1, 2008: Clarifying the Yuan Debate

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (Far Eastern Economic Review)

January 17, 2008: Not That Bad a Legacy, After All

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

January 17, 2008: Throw Out the Inside Traders

By Lawrence Zicklin (Washingtonpost.com)

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