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Grab Vital Habitat Now: How Riverside County Can Step Up Conservation While Land Prices Are Down
The economic slowdown threatens to put a crimp in ambitious efforts to balance preservation, transportation improvements and development in western Riverside County. It doesn't have to. Actually, it presents an opportunity, writes Lloyd Dixon.
Dec 1, 2008
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Terrorists Have to Be Lucky Once; Targets, Every Time
The 9/11 tragedy was a catalyst that accelerated the pace of the changes in the UK security model that were already occurring due to the waning threat of terrorism from the IRA and the growing threat from those who espoused an ideology of violent jihadism. The changes took place in three main areas, writes Lindsay Clutterbuck.
Nov 30, 2008
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Piracy Needs Regional Answer
The international community is at something of a loss as to how to respond to the increasingly audacious nature of piracy off the Horn of Africa.... What's needed is a less dramatic and more nuanced approach, one with a greater focus on the land-based violence in Somalia, home of the pirates, writes Peter Chalk.
Nov 25, 2008
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Obama's First International Crisis
When Sen. Joe Biden observed during the presidential campaign that a new President Barack Obama
Nov 16, 2008
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Talk to the Taliban? Not Now
As new U.S. Central Command chief Gen. David Petraeus got a firsthand look at the worsening security situation in Afghanistan last week, he heard from some U.S., British and Afghan officials that the best way forward is to engage in peace talks with the Taliban. Such talks have already even tentatively begun. This is a bad idea.
Nov 11, 2008
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Know Your Enemy: From Iraq to Afghanistan
More U.S. service members have been killed or injured over the last two months in Afghanistan than in Iraq. And most experts agree that an Al Qaeda-orchestrated attack on the U.S. homeland would likely be plotted from their sanctuary in these border areas.... Which is why, in our conflict against these terrorist and insurgent movements, we should step back and consider what we have learned from our recent successes in Iraq.
Nov 9, 2008
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Getting the Count Right
As the votes are finally counted, enormous questions remain about the reliability of voting machines.... Come Wednesday morning it may be nearly impossible to tell the difference between legitimate votes and those created or lost by the machines, writes Ian P. Cook
Nov 4, 2008
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Creating Health ID Numbers Could Improve Patient Privacy
As it considers ways to improve the efficiency and quality of U.S. health care, one issue that a new Congress should reconsider is the longstanding roadblock that has stalled efforts to create a system of unique patient identification numbers for every person in the United States, writes Richard Hillestad.
Oct 30, 2008
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It's 2018, and the Economy's Hot...
If the nation is to emerge from a recession in a position of strength, we should chart our course carefully now. The government bailout of the banking sector could yield a substantial payout one day - and now is the time to earmark that money for our knowledge sector, writes Jonathan Grant.
Oct 22, 2008
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Georgia Dispute Derails Bid to Stop Nuke Terrorism
Given American concerns about nuclear proliferation and the possibility of nuclear terrorism, tying U.S.-Russian cooperation in the nuclear domain with the current Russia-Georgia quarrel may amount to shooting ourselves in the foot in a misguided attempt to punish Russia, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.
Oct 6, 2008
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War's Invisible Wounds
Nearly 300,000 Iraq and Afghanistan service veterans who have returned home -- about one in five -- may suffer from combat-stress-related mental health problems. Our veterans ought to get the best available treatments our nation can offer, but they don't, write authors Terry Schell, Terri Tanielian and Lisa Jaycox.
Sep 28, 2008
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Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?
America is uniquely susceptible to nuclear terror. Beneath our characteristic national optimism lie seams of anxiety, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.
Sep 12, 2008
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A Nuclear 9/11?
Will terrorists go nuclear? It is a question that worried public officials and frightened citizens have been asking for decades. It is no less of a worry today, as we ponder the seventh anniversary of 9/11, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.
Sep 12, 2008
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A 'Europe Whole and Free and at Peace'
Events in Georgia, "half way around the world" as President Bush reminded us, can and will have broader repercussions, most particularly on Russia's relations with Europe and especially the United States, far beyond anything at stake in the Caucasus, writes Robert E. Hunter.
Sep 9, 2008
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Ukraine: The Next Crisis?
The Russian invasion of Georgia has sent shock waves throughout the West and the former Soviet space - especially Ukraine. Indeed, Ukraine could be the next potential crisis, writes F. Stephen Larrabee.
Sep 7, 2008

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Mandatory evacuation orders are issued when disasters have potentially life-threatening impacts. Disaster after disaster, orders resulted in evacuations that have saved untold lives. Milton is rapidly intensifying and expected to be one of the largest hurricanes on record when it hits the United States. Staying in place could have severe, life-threatening consequences.

Aaron Clark-Ginsberg

Behavioral/Social Scientist

Source: rand.org

The mechanisms behind the apparent adverse effects of climate change on human health are not entirely understood. However, the need for pre-planning for these events to prevent poor health outcomes is clear. Especially among the most vulnerable populations, it is critical to develop and implement mitigating strategies.

Mahshid Abir

Senior Physician Policy Researcher, Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Source: rand.org

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The Math Equity Equation

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Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

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Improving Access to Early Childhood Education

Commentary and Articles

Grab Vital Habitat Now: How Riverside County Can Step Up Conservation While Land Prices Are Down

Terrorists Have to Be Lucky Once; Targets, Every Time

Piracy Needs Regional Answer

Obama's First International Crisis

Talk to the Taliban? Not Now

Know Your Enemy: From Iraq to Afghanistan

Getting the Count Right

Creating Health ID Numbers Could Improve Patient Privacy

It's 2018, and the Economy's Hot...

Georgia Dispute Derails Bid to Stop Nuke Terrorism

War's Invisible Wounds

Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?

A Nuclear 9/11?

A 'Europe Whole and Free and at Peace'

Ukraine: The Next Crisis?

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