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How We Can Keep Iran from Becoming the Next North Korea

The U.S. brokered an agreement to constrain North Korea's nuclear program 25 years ago but hard-liners abandoned it with vague intentions of coercing the North into something better. They never did, and now a runaway North Korean program poses real danger. This offers a powerful reason to preserve the Iranian nuclear deal.

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Trump's New Afghanistan Strategy: Governing from the Center?

The president has embraced a national security establishment strategy for Afghanistan with a veneer of Trumpian flourishes that do not alter its essence. The result is likely to disappoint some of his supporters and to be criticized by his opponents, but it will also secure a measure of bipartisan support.
Counterterrorism

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When the Car Is a Terror Weapon, Can We Prepare for Attacks?

Soft targets, so-called because they are more vulnerable to terrorism due to lower levels of security, are notoriously difficult to protect, and the latest shift to using vehicles to conduct ramming attacks only compounds the problem for authorities.
North Korea

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Understanding North Korea

How should the U.S. respond to North Korea's provocative behavior? Even the best military options could be cataclysmically bad, but there are nonmilitary options to convince Kim Jong Un that the costs of his provocations outweigh any benefits.
Occupational Health and Safety

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U.S. Workplace Is Physically and Emotionally Taxing

Americans face unpleasant and potentially hazardous working conditions, physical exertion, unstable schedules, and have to work during their free time. Despite these challenges, they have some autonomy, most feel confident about their skill set, and many receive social support on the job.
Global Climate Change

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Another Casualty of Climate Change: Peace

The connection between human conflict and climate change is no mere coincidence. Drought, temperature and tensions rise in tandem, with the implicit threat of violent conflict not far behind.
Personalized Learning

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What Emerging Research Says About the Promise of Personalized Learning

Personalized learning holds promise as an innovation that can lead to improved educational outcomes for students. But implementers should have modest expectations for the magnitude of the benefits, and patience for the full benefits to emerge.
Defense Health Agency

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More Than 80% of Military Health Facilities Provide Complementary and Alternative Medicine

In addition to conventional medicine, 83 percent of military health care facilities offer therapies like acupuncture, chiropractic, stress management, yoga, biofeedback, and massage for pain management and psychological disorders.
Child Health

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No Link Found Between Pets and Kids' Health

Contrary to popular belief, having a dog or cat in the home does not improve the mental or physical health of children. This largest-ever study explored the notion that pets can improve children's health by increasing physical activity and improving young people's empathy skills.
Urban Warfare

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Lessons from Israel's Wars in Gaza

The Israel Defense Force had to evolve to meet an adaptive and determined hybrid adversary during its wars in Gaza. The U.S. Army and the joint force can learn from the IDF's challenge of balancing intense international legal public scrutiny and the hard operational realities of urban warfare.

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The president has embraced a national security establishment strategy for Afghanistan with a veneer of Trumpian flourishes that do not alter its essence... On this issue and in this address at least, President Trump seems to be governing from the center.
James Dobbins

Senior Fellow
Source: The Hill
The U.S. experience with North Korea offers a powerful reason to preserve the Iranian nuclear deal.... shows just how dangerous it is to scuttle an imperfect but useful restraint on a nuclear program.
Michael J. Mazarr

Associate Director, Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program, RAND Arroyo Center
Source: Fortune
[ISIS militants] want to make it seem like the threat is ubiquitous, that it doesn't matter where you go, you could be vulnerable to an attack, that they're everywhere all the time.
Colin P. Clarke

Political Scientist
Source: CBC News Network
Many skills taught to military personnel are sought and needed by employers. Technical skills may not translate to the private sector, but leadership experience, the ability to work on a team, and interpersonal skills do.
Chaitra Hardison

Senior Behavioral Scientist
Source: Ventura County Star
Personalized learning holds promise as an innovation that can lead to improved educational outcomes for students. But implementers should have modest expectations for the magnitude of the benefits, and patience for the full benefits to emerge.
John F. Pane

Distinguished Chair in Education Innovation
Source: Brookings Institution's Brown Center Chalkboard

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Trump's New Afghanistan Strategy: Governing from the Center?

When the Car Is a Terror Weapon, Can We Prepare for Attacks?

Understanding North Korea

U.S. Workplace Is Physically and Emotionally Taxing

Another Casualty of Climate Change: Peace

What Emerging Research Says About the Promise of Personalized Learning

More Than 80% of Military Health Facilities Provide Complementary and Alternative Medicine

No Link Found Between Pets and Kids' Health

Lessons from Israel's Wars in Gaza

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What a Scientist Suggests You Tell Your Kids About Legal Marijuana

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