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commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide.
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commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide.
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commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide.
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In the wake of the war in Iraq, the world is learning once again that is far easier to destroy a regime with military might than to build a new state out of the bomb craters.
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With victory in Iraq, the United States now assumes principal responsibility for the future of the Middle East...
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Published commentary by RAND staff.
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Northern Iraq must be handled delicately to avoid additional conflict involving the Kurdish minority.
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So-called allies have denounced U.S. plans to fight Saddam Hussein. Brian Michael Jenkins says they might not like the consequences of our inaction, either.
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Seeking a second UN resolution may seem like overkill, but it is needed and doable, writes Robert Hunter in an commentary.
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The hopeful case for postwar Iraq is worth considering, writes Gregory Treverton in a San Francisco Chronicle commentary.
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Whether or not there is war in Iraq, NATO, the European Union and transatlantic relations already have been deeply affected, posing the gravest challenge to all three since at least the end of the Cold War, writes Robert Hunter in an commentary.
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Published commentary by RAND staff.
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As we move from theory toward practice, Terrence K. Kelly re-examines the standards for an era of prolific weapons of mass destruction.
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commentaries by RAND Staff: Why, for now, there will be no war with Iraq.
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commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide.
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If Saddam Hussein is ousted as leader of Iraq, the United States will face critical decisions about the future of the world's second-largest oil reserves, writes policy analyst James Bartis.
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Explores the future of the information revolution in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
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