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The Real Questions We Should Be Asking About Niger
Philip Mudd, Andrew Liepman
Oct 30, 2017
CNN
In the wake of the deaths of four U.S. servicemen in Niger, Americans are embroiled in a pointless political squabble. The focus should be on developing a greater understanding of the risks and benefits of U.S. counterterrorism operations abroad.
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Nuclear Sciences
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RAND Is Accepting Applications for Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowships
Oct 30, 2017
RAND is accepting applications for up to three Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows. The application deadline is January 15, 2018. The program was created to stimulate the development of the next generation of thought leaders on nuclear security.
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Military Caregivers
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Military Caregivers Share the Costs of War
Oct 30, 2017
Millions of veterans and service members receive care from family and friends who need support as well. Military caregivers sacrifice their time, their jobs, and even their health to provide a service worth billions of dollars to the United States.
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Program Evaluation
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Tracking Global Trends in Open Peer Review
Sarah Parks, Salil Gunashekar
Oct 27, 2017
Publons
Open peer review is happening in a variety of forms, but it still accounts for a small percentage of reviews carried out, and it is not clear whether open peer review is increasing in usage. In the future, as the Publons dataset grows, it will be worth exploring the data in more detail.
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Terrorism Financing
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Oil, Extortion Still Paying Off for ISIS
Oct 27, 2017
The Cipher Brief
ISIS's oil revenues declined from a peak of $40 million per month in 2015 to $4 million per month as of early October 2017. Despite the massive reduction, it's still a substantial amount of money for a group whose expenditures decrease with the size of the population and territory it controls and decreased recruitment.
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Health Care Reform
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Beyond the Headlines: RAND's Christine Eibner Discusses Health Care Reform
Oct 27, 2017
The issue of how to improve health care in the United States is complicated. At a RAND event, senior economist and Paul O'Neill Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis Christine Eibner discussed modifications to the Affordable Care Act and the long-term outlook for health care reform.
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Preschool
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In Britain's Approach to Free Child Care, Lessons for the U.S.
Barbara Janta
Oct 27, 2017
USA Today
If public school in America is free for kindergarten through high school, why not extend the same guarantee for the earliest years, when the potential impact is greatest? The United States can learn from Britain's experience in this area.
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International Diplomacy
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Despite Tillerson, U.S. Won't Abandon Pakistan for India
Jonah Blank
Oct 27, 2017
The Indian Express
There is no new U.S. policy towards Pakistan and there won't be one soon. As long as the U.S. has troops in neighboring Afghanistan, it will be reliant on Pakistan for logistical support, transit, and Islamabad's influence with both the Taliban and its affiliated Haqqani Network.
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Security Cooperation
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General Robert Brown on the U.S. Army's Role in Asia
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
Oct 25, 2017
Pacific Council on International Policy
Gen. Robert B. Brown, Commanding General of U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), offers his perspective of key defense and security issues facing USARPAC in the Indo-Pacific region today. He discusses what the Army's role would be in any potential application of U.S. military power, as well as its peacetime role in strengthening U.S. alliances.
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Security Cooperation
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U.S. Helping Niger Halt Spread of Terror in Region
Michael Shurkin @MichaelShurkin
Oct 25, 2017
The Hill
Niger is at the epicenter of the war on terror, with local and regional violent groups based there and entering the country from nearly every side. U.S. troops are there to train Niger's security services and not to fight. They are also assisting French forces who are fighting there.
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Suicide
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Checklist of Best Practices Developed to Guide Development of Suicide Prevention Campaigns
Rajeev Ramchand, Joie D. Acosta
Oct 25, 2017
Lifeline Network
Is your crisis line’s suicide-prevention communications effort working well enough? What should you be doing differently? Some help is available through a checklist published earlier this year.
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Law Enforcement
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Can Ambulance Data Help Police Forces Do More with Less?
Alex Sutherland, Lucy Strang
Oct 24, 2017
The Daily Telegraph
Police forces in England and Wales may not be aware of a large proportion of violent incidents taking place in their areas. Ambulance data could contribute to a more complete picture of violent crime and help police target resources more effectively.
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Artificial Intelligence
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AI's Promise and Risks
Marjory S. Blumenthal @marjorysb, Andrew Parasiliti, Ali Wyne @Ali_Wyne
Oct 24, 2017
TechCrunch
Artificial intelligence seems to be advancing faster than efforts to understand its potential consequences, good and bad. And discussions about AI often veer toward extremes. More balanced, rigorous analysis is needed to help shape policies that mitigate AI's risks and maximize its benefits.
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Al Qaida
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The Moderate Face of Al Qaeda
Colin P. Clarke @ColinPClarke
Oct 24, 2017
Foreign Affairs
Al Qaeda in Syria cut ties with its parent organization to portray itself as a legitimate, capable, and independent force in the Syrian civil war. The group appears dedicated to helping Syrians prevail, and now that ISIS has lost its capital in Raqqa, al Qaeda may be the only group viewed as militarily capable of challenging the Assad regime.
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Homeland Security Legislation
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Reauthorizing DHS: Aligning Requirements, Research, Development and Acquisition
Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein
Oct 23, 2017
The National Interest
As part of the discussion about reauthorizing the Department of Homeland Security, Congress might want to consider how to improve acquisitions. Rather than focusing only on the steps in the acquisition process, that discussion could also include consideration of pre and post-acquisition activities.
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