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An analysis of 30 insurgencies worldwide between 1978 and 2008 determined what factors were ultimately correlated with success or defeat. Comparing Afghanistan in early 2011 against this scorecard results in an uncertain outcome for the conflict there, but the findings may help provide additional guidance as operations continue.
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NATO and Caspian Security: A Mission Too Far?
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China's arms sales have become the focus of considerable attention and pose a moderate threat to U.S. interests.
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The report argues that the new Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF) concept requires a complete reexamination of the combat support system, especially the planning framework for combat support.
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NATO's New Strategic Concept and Peripheral Contingencies: The Middle East
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Examines the forces driving terrorism today and argues that to counteract the religious root causes of terrorism, there must be national and international leadership that goes beyond military strategy; terrorism and technology also discussed.
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Argues that to be successful, the European-American partnership can no longer depend on a lopsided military relationship, and that Europe must shoulder more of the burden and America must share leadership; also discusses U.S. defense planning.
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Discusses how the inequities in HIV care demand remedies for U.S. health care and how quality deficiencies pervade the U.S. health care system, and examines the value of drug prevention programs as a means of solving the problems of substance abuse.
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Strengths and liabilities that accompany the 1999 addition of the Czech Republic to the ranks of the 16-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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The United States has entered an entirely new security environment. It is now the only global superpower in a world of many regional powers.
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An evaluative framework was developed by the Health Economics Research Group (HERG) for the UK's Department of Health (DH) to assess the benefits from DH-funded R&D.
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Family Planning in Developing Countries: An Unfinished Success Story Tanzeem el usrah fi el namiah: kissat nagah iam tantahi (Arabic version)
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This study was conducted for the Dutch Transportation and Safety Board (RvTV), in order to analyze the differences which exist between the legal organizational plan of the RvTV and the actual execution of the plan.
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NATO enlargement after the first round
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Euroland, open for business
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In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on European Affairs, the author concentrates on what he sees as the three main challenges facing NATO.
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The Zapatista movement in Mexico is a seminal case of a new mode of conflict -- netwar -- in which the protagonists depend on using network forms of organization, doctrine, strategy, and technology.
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As the start of the European Monetary Union (EMU) approaches, Western Europe may be heading for troubles that could extend to the United States. The author derives four scenarios, ranging from a worst case to "a way out".
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Family planning programs have been highly successful over the past 30 years in providing women in development countries with desired access to contraceptive services and helping to reduce fertility rates.
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