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China Prepares for an International Order After U.S. Leadership
In Beijing's estimation, key geopolitical developments have increased the possibility that China will face a power transition with the United States in coming years. In response, Chinese officials are laying the groundwork to manage that transition and ensure a leading role for their country in the emerging international order.
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Aug 2, 2018
Lawfare
Timothy R. Heath
Medical Ethics

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CONSORT-SPI 2018: Announcing an Extension for Randomized Controlled Trials of Social and Psychological Interventions
Complete and transparent reporting of randomized controlled trials is integral for replication, critical appraisal and understanding context. A new extension of the CONSORT Statement aims to improve the reporting of randomized controlled trials of social and psychological interventions.
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Aug 2, 2018
On Medicine (BioMed Central)
Paul Montgomery, Evan Mayo-Wilson, et al.
Iran

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Regime Change in Iran: Watch What You Ask For
Mike Pompeo's speech in May signaled a desire for regime change in Iran, but the U.S. will have to change its approach to shape a positive outcome. This could involve targeting sanctions more narrowly rather than seeking to impoverish the general population. And lifting the ban on Iranian visitors to the U.S. would be a good start.
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Aug 2, 2018
USA Today
James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins
Community Health and Well-Being

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Local Development of a Culture of Health: Learning from Sentinel Communities
The Culture of Health project focuses on making health a priority in communities. As the United States grapples with health care spending and changing demographics, the Sentinel Communities project will illuminate stories from local communities and paint a picture of the ways communities strive to improve population health.
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Aug 1, 2018
Health Affairs Blog
Anita Chandra, Todd Rogers, et al.
Combat Support Operations

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Lives on the Line: The A2AD Challenge to Combat Casualty Care
Countries such as Russia and China continue to develop and expand the ability to integrate long-range strike, anti-ship, anti-air, space and cyber abilities. Provision of medical support could be a worthy priority for NATO planners when considering deterrence of and defense against near-peer or peer adversaries.
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Jul 31, 2018
Modern War Institute (West Point)
Marta Kepe @martakepe
Emerging Technologies

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Downloadable Guns and Other 3-D Printing Security Threats
Americans may soon be able to legally access blueprints for 3D-printed guns. The growing opposition to these weapons shows that potential security threats do not have to be inevitable. The security challenges inherent in 3D printing could be addressed, while the development of industry norms can still be shaped.
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Jul 31, 2018
Fox News Channel
Troy D. Smith @troy_d_smith, Trevor Johnston, et al.
Global Security

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What Keeps Millennials Awake at Night Could Change Over Time
Millennials are less worried than baby boomers about national security topics and more worried about kitchen table issues, such as making ends meet each month and paying off debts. But this may have less to do with the fact that they are millennials and more to do with the fact that millennials are young.
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Jul 30, 2018
United Press International
Marek N. Posard @mnposard, Jennifer Kavanagh, et al.
Military Mobilization

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Exploring the Allied Decisions on Military Mobility in Europe
Debates about defense expenditure and concerns over the unity of NATO overshadowed decisions on defense and deterrence in Europe made during the recent NATO summit and European Council meetings. Both high-level events brought significant and tangible conclusions with potential impacts on defense, deterrence, and readiness in Europe.
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Jul 27, 2018
Defense News
Marta Kepe @martakepe
Nuclear Terrorism

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Is the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism Distracting Attention from More Realistic Threats?
A nuclear terrorist attack is currently not a realistic threat. It would require an unprecedented level of sophistication from terrorists. The majority of terrorist attacks are conducted with conventional explosives.
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Jul 27, 2018
Georgetown Security Studies Review
Antonia Ward
International Diplomacy

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Attempts to Order Geopolitics Have a Sobering History
Past efforts to introduce world order have resulted less from foresighted statecraft than from cataclysmic upheavals such as World War II. If the current international system erodes, what might have to happen for a new one to emerge?
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Jul 25, 2018
The WorldPost (Washington Post)
Ali Wyne
International Diplomacy

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Making Sense of South Korea's Cautious Optimism on North Korea
South Korea is cautiously optimistic that North Korea will denuclearize, and it hopes that this will lead to the normalization of relations. The vast majority of U.S. observers believe that the North is bluffing. Seoul and Washington should continue to strive for transparency about the future of the peninsula.
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Jul 24, 2018
Pacific Council on International Policy
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Security Cooperation

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Is India the Weakest Link in the Quad?
India's sustained membership in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue would fit with the goal of balancing against China to deter it from further militarizing the Indo-Pacific. But New Dehli may be getting cold feet.
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Jul 23, 2018
Foreign Policy
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Military Force Planning

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Reshaping U.S. Military Forces: Getting the Process Right
War gaming and analysis show that American forces face serious operational challenges. What steps could be taken to ensure the United States can defeat aggression by its greatest adversaries?
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Jul 20, 2018
Defense News
David A. Ochmanek
Trade Barriers

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The U.S.-China Trade War: Different Messages
The trade war between the United States and China began with the notification of tariffs on $34 billion of traded goods on each side. Officials on both sides of the Pacific are using different messages to convey the dispute. What are the real impacts likely to be?
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Jul 20, 2018
RealClearWorld
Rafiq Dossani
Military Education and Training

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To Produce Strategists, Focus on Staffing Senior Leaders
To reinvigorate graduate-level professional military education, the military could carve out a unique educational niche by focusing on intense, quality staff officer education that is more relevant to understanding the demands placed on top defense leaders.
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Jul 20, 2018
War on the Rocks
Paula G. Thornhill

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While neurodivergent diagnoses are not automatically disqualifying from Army service, any new recruit who reveals a diagnosis jumps through hoops to serve. Some described having to prove that their diagnoses do not impede their ability to serve, which puts the burden on an eighteen-year-old to prove a negative for which the Army has no assessment criteria.

Cortney Weinbaum

Senior Management Scientist

Source: Modern War Institute (West Point)

Indefinite deployment and inadequate rest and rotation, due to a shortage of soldiers, mean that Russian soldiers endure prolonged exposure to combat stress, which intensifies feelings of resentment and helplessness.

Dara Massicot

Senior Policy Researcher

Source: The Economist

Which Working Conditions Could Restore Teacher Well-Being?

Chinese Next-Generation Psychological Warfare

Arming Teachers, F-16s in Ukraine, Commercial Spaceflight: RAND Weekly Recap

The Russian Military's Looming Personnel Crises of Retention and Veteran Mental Heath

What Does Environmental Justice Look Like?

The Policy Currents Podcast

Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Measuring Wellbeing to Help Communities Thrive

Assessing and Articulating the Wider Benefits of Research

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China Prepares for an International Order After U.S. Leadership

CONSORT-SPI 2018: Announcing an Extension for Randomized Controlled Trials of Social and Psychological Interventions

Regime Change in Iran: Watch What You Ask For

Local Development of a Culture of Health: Learning from Sentinel Communities

Lives on the Line: The A2AD Challenge to Combat Casualty Care

Downloadable Guns and Other 3-D Printing Security Threats

What Keeps Millennials Awake at Night Could Change Over Time

Exploring the Allied Decisions on Military Mobility in Europe

Is the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism Distracting Attention from More Realistic Threats?

Attempts to Order Geopolitics Have a Sobering History

Making Sense of South Korea's Cautious Optimism on North Korea

Is India the Weakest Link in the Quad?

Reshaping U.S. Military Forces: Getting the Process Right

The U.S.-China Trade War: Different Messages

To Produce Strategists, Focus on Staffing Senior Leaders

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