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Sleep
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Debunking 5 Myths of Sleeping Together
Wendy M. Troxel @wendytroxel
Sep 27, 2017
Media Planet
About a third of American adults choose not to sleep with their partner, and evidence suggests that their ranks are growing. This decision often results in social stigma, including some dubious assumptions that sleeping apart is a sign of a sexless or otherwise unhappy marriage.
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Health Care Payment Approaches
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Savings from a Single-Payer Health System Would Not Be Automatic
Jodi L. Liu @jodilliu
Sep 26, 2017
The Hill
Polls have shown increasing public support for a single-payer system in the United States. Yet there is no agreement on how to set up and pay for a single-payer system or even how much it would cost.
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International Diplomacy
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The Multilateral Order Makes America Stronger
Michael J. Mazarr @MMazarr
Sep 26, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
Skeptics have suggested that U.S. interests and support for the international community are somehow mutually exclusive. In fact, international institutions, rules, and norms have mostly worked in the U.S. interest, not against it. The Trump administration has an opportunity to build on that record with a strong agenda of reform and support.
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The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization)
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Round-Trip Tickets: How Will Authorities Know When Foreign Fighters Have Returned?
Colin P. Clarke @ColinPClarke
Sep 25, 2017
Lawfare
As the Islamic State's territory shrinks and its prestige declines, militants will try to find their way home. Many foreign fighters began as criminals, and many might turn to crime on their return. One of the most productive ways to identify and disrupt returning fighters is to focus on the criminal underworld.
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Migrants
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Addressing Europe's Migrant Crisis Takes More Than Stopping the Boats from Libya
Amanda Kadlec, Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson
Sep 25, 2017
Foreign Policy Concepts
Treating migration from Libya as a border security issue has reduced migration across the Mediterranean. But efforts to keep migrants in Libya are fraught with risks, exacerbate a massive human rights problem, and do not address Libya's long-term economic and political stabilization.
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The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization)
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How ISIS Is Transforming
Colin P. Clarke @ColinPClarke
Sep 25, 2017
Foreign Affairs
The campaign to counter ISIS has made significant progress, but predictions of the group's demise are premature. It is transitioning from an insurgent organization with a fixed headquarters to a clandestine terrorist network dispersed throughout the globe.
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Health Care Reform
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Do Americans Expect Too Much from Health Insurance?
Christine Eibner @Chrissyeibner, Katherine Grace Carman @KGCarman
Sep 23, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
Americans expect affordable coverage for pre-existing conditions, access to routine services, and protection from unpredictable and significant financial risk from accidents or illness. As a product designed primarily for risk protection, insurance may not be the most efficient or affordable approach to achieving all of these objectives.
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International Diplomacy
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Book Review: 'The Chessboard and the Web' by Anne-Marie Slaughter
Ali Wyne @Ali_Wyne
Sep 22, 2017
New Republic
Few quests in international relations scholarship are as imperative and vexing as that of rethinking power — how it is defined, who wields which types, and what strategies different actors pursue to accumulate it. Slaughter's new book is a significant contribution to that end.
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Military Doctrine
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What a 1963 Novel Tells Us About the French Army, Mission Command, and the Romance of the Indochina War
Michael Shurkin @MichaelShurkin
Sep 20, 2017
War on the Rocks
The novel La 317e Section (The 317th Platoon) informs and reflects an operating style rooted in the French Army's collective memory of the colonial wars. Colonial operations tended to be low-budget, small-footprint missions that placed junior officers in positions of considerable authority and responsibility. Service promised quick glory but was also more dangerous.
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Military Health and Health Care
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The Lack of Clarity Over Medical Support for Light Footprint Operations and How It Could Be Solved
Susanne Sondergaard, Marta Kepe @martakepe
Sep 19, 2017
Pan European Networks
Early identification and planning for medical support for EU-led military operations are vital to saving lives, treating injuries and keeping personnel healthy. Common standards would ensure high-quality and consistent medical support regardless of which country is providing it.
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Information Operations
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How Hezbollah Came to Dominate Information Warfare
Colin P. Clarke @ColinPClarke
Sep 19, 2017
The Jerusalem Post
Hezbollah's information warfare portfolio includes newspapers, social media outlets, television programming, and a major internet presence. Its websites reflect the group's diverse agenda and aim to be multi-generational in their approach, offering information about social services as well as a video game to engage youth.
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International Diplomacy
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Europe's Hour Is Here
Denis Corboy, William Courtney @courtneywmh, Kenneth Yalowitz
Sep 16, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
Since World War II, the United States and the United Kingdom have played disproportionate roles in dealing with Russia. Now continental Europe must assume more of the burden in advancing Western values and interests with an unpredictable and at times unruly Moscow.
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Employment and Unemployment
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Exploring the Challenges Facing American Workers
Sep 15, 2017
A panel of experts at RAND discussed changes in the U.S. economy and findings from a survey that asked more than 3,000 Americans about issues they face in the workplace. Frequent hostility, rising inequality, slow wage growth, and changes in the demand for certain skills are some of the issues affecting workers.
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Cybersecurity
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Helping Small Businesses Deal with Cyber Threats
Quentin E. Hodgson @QHodgson
Sep 15, 2017
Inside Sources
Small businesses are especially vulnerable to cyber threats. What can be done to provide small businesses the security to continue to prosper, while enhancing America's cybersecurity workforce and making the economy more secure?
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Bibliometrics
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Funders Using Bibliometrics Should Keep It Simple
Salil Gunashekar, Susan Guthrie
Sep 15, 2017
Research Fortnight
Avoiding information overload is crucial for research grant decisions. The right guidance and training to panel members can help them make the most of bibliometrics as an evaluation tool to assist their decisions on research funding.
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