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International Diplomacy
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Making Sense of South Korea's Cautious Optimism on North Korea
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Jul 24, 2018
Pacific Council on International Policy
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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Security Cooperation
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Is India the Weakest Link in the Quad?
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Jul 23, 2018
Foreign Policy
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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Military Force Planning
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Reshaping U.S. Military Forces: Getting the Process Right
David Ochmanek
Jul 20, 2018
Defense News
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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Trade Barriers
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The U.S.-China Trade War: Different Messages
Rafiq Dossani
Jul 20, 2018
RealClearWorld
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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Military Education and Training
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To Produce Strategists, Focus on Staffing Senior Leaders
Paula G. Thornhill
Jul 20, 2018
War on the Rocks
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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Environmental Regulation
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Suggestions to Help EPA Successfully Implement Retrospective Reviews
Benjamin M. Miller
Jul 19, 2018
Legal Planet
The EPA's interest in including a systematic retrospective review element in new regulation has the potential to provide a transparent and well-structured method for assessing which decisions worked well and which didn't. If successful, it could serve as a role model for other regulatory agencies.
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Military Strategy
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Small States Can Use Naval Mines and Unmanned Vehicles to Deter Maritime Aggression
Scott Savitz
Jul 16, 2018
RealClearDefense
Small coastal nations face potential threats from larger, more powerful adversaries. Their coastlines represent vulnerabilities that a foe may seek to exploit. But these nations can hinder and deter potential aggressors by using less expensive systems, such as naval mines and unmanned vehicles.
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Military Budgets and Defense Spending
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A Look at NATO Funding
James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins
Jul 13, 2018
Inside Sources
European defense spending has been rising since 2014. NATO's two percent of GDP target for defense spending is a goal, not a commitment, and indeed a goal to be reached by 2024, not a standard allies have already failed to meet.
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National Security Organizations
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Homeland Security Should Consider Filling Vacancies at the Top Before Tackling Department Reform
Ryan Consaul
Jul 13, 2018
The Hill
Vacancies in key management positions in the Department of Homeland Security will likely present a challenge to the implementation of Trump administration government reform and reorganization proposals. Naming permanent deputies could help the administration carry out its reform plans at DHS.
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Arctic Region
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Cooperation in the Arctic Likely to Continue—For Now
Stephanie Pezard @StephaniePezard, Antonia Ward @antoniahward
Jul 12, 2018
The RAND Blog
Risks for serious tensions in the Arctic during the 2020s are likely to be overstated. Key players in the Arctic appear likely to continue working together to enhance the economic potential of the region and resolve conflicts before they emerge, as opportunities in the Arctic continue to grow.
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Databases and Data Collection, Analysis, and Processing
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Truth Decay, America's Latest Pastime
Michael D. Rich @michaeldrich, Jennifer Kavanagh @jekavanagh
Jul 12, 2018
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Detailed data and complex analysis are the foundation of decisionmaking in baseball and many other professions and occupations. But facts are out of favor in current U.S. political and civil discourse, and the public policymaking that accompanies it.
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Russia
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Russia's Wars and Trump
Colin P. Clarke @ColinPClarke, William Courtney @courtneywmh
Jul 11, 2018
The Hill
At the July 16 summit in Helsinki, President Trump might stress that the West will persist in imposing costs on Russia for current and any future malign interventions. At the same time, he could offer to work with Putin in the search for peace in Syria and Ukraine if Moscow were to decide to withdraw its forces.
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Health Care Financing
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Tax Funding of Health and Social Care Internationally: Does Hypothecation Help?
Jon Sussex
Jul 10, 2018
The Health Foundation
The case for raising much more money to pay for health care and social care in the United Kingdom over the next few years is strong. Earmarking taxes for public funding of health care or social care is worth consideration.
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Security Cooperation
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Time to Make a Deal on Syria
Samuel Charap @scharap, Jeffrey Martini
Jul 10, 2018
Foreign Policy
U.S. leverage is much diminished by the Assad regime's recent gains but there are still opportunities for Washington and Russia to achieve a settlement that preserves some U.S. interests. These include maintaining the gains made against the Islamic State and constraining Iranian influence in Syria.
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Gun Violence
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More Research Could Help Prevent Gun Violence in America
Jul 10, 2018
Both sides of the gun policy debate agree on what the objectives of any policy should be. But they disagree over which policies would best achieve those goals. Current evidence for or against most gun proposals is weak, contradictory, or nonexistent. Only research can show what does—and doesn't—work.
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The RAND Blog

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

Suggestions to Help EPA Successfully Implement Retrospective Reviews

Small States Can Use Naval Mines and Unmanned Vehicles to Deter Maritime Aggression

A Look at NATO Funding

Homeland Security Should Consider Filling Vacancies at the Top Before Tackling Department Reform

Cooperation in the Arctic Likely to Continue—For Now

Truth Decay, America's Latest Pastime

Russia's Wars and Trump

Tax Funding of Health and Social Care Internationally: Does Hypothecation Help?

Time to Make a Deal on Syria

More Research Could Help Prevent Gun Violence in America

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