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Military Acquisition and Procurement
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Spending Smart or Spending Big: The Value of Systematic Assessments of Weapons Procurement
Peter A. Wilson, John V. Parachini
Jun 8, 2020
The RAND Blog
Considering the COVID-19 pandemic and inevitable economic difficulties, national governments should be encouraged to weigh their military requirements in a more cost-effective manner. Countries need to think strategically about the life cycle costs of equipment, not just the original purchase price.
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Wildfires
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Uncovering the Links Between Fires and Public Health in Equatorial Asia
Miriam E. Marlier
Oct 25, 2019
Google Earth and Earth Engine on Medium
Fires in Indonesia, if left unchecked, could cause an average of 36,000 premature deaths annually across Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Researchers built a tool that models the effect of the fires on public health.
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The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization)
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Southeast Asia Loves ISIS, but Is the Feeling Mutual?
Zachary Abuza, Colin P. Clarke
Sep 16, 2019
Foreign Affairs
As the ISIS core in Iraq and Syria attempts to rebuild, Baghdadi and his lieutenants will have to make difficult decisions about where to allocate resources. Now that the caliphate is gone and ISIS must transform into an insurgency, the largely untested lands of Southeast Asia may yield rich rewards.
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Environmental Pollution
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We Built an App to Detect Areas Most Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Haze
Tianjia Liu, Miriam E. Marlier, Jonathan J. Buonocore, Loretta J. Mickley, Ruth S. DeFries
Sep 10, 2019
The Conversation
Forest and land-use fires are ravaging Indonesia's Sumatra and Kalimantan islands. Haze from these fires is life-threatening; inhaling smoke can cause heart and respiratory diseases, leading to premature deaths. We developed a new tool to provide decisionmakers with information to protect people who live downwind.
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North Korea
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Murder, Missiles, and Messages from North Korea
Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett
Mar 24, 2017
RealClearWorld
Pyongyang launched a ballistic missile on February 12 — one day before Kim Jong Nam, half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was murdered in Malaysia — and four more on March 6. What would lead North Korea to carry out these provocations?
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Chemical Terrorism
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Death by Nerve Gas: Two Arrests, Many Questions in Attack in Malaysia
Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett
Mar 7, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
Details about the murder of Kim Jong Un's half-brother are still being uncovered. If a firm connection to North Korea can be made, others in the region should react strongly. Otherwise, Kim may conclude that further provocations are worth it.
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Ukraine
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Like Flight 370, the MH17 Crash in Ukraine Could Remain a Mystery
Jul 18, 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was reportedly shot down yesterday near the Russia-Ukraine border. But like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished in March, what happened to MH17 is shrouded in mystery.
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Malaysia
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The Flight 370 Mystery Gets Political
Jonah Blank
Mar 19, 2014
U.S. News & World Report
Why might unnamed sources try to link Anwar to a potential hijacking of an aircraft carrying 239 passengers? Possibly to divert attention from the government's ineffective management of the search in the days since the plane's disappearance.
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Arms Proliferation and Control
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Asia's Nonproliferation Laggards: China, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia
Charles Wolf, Jr.
Feb 9, 2009
Wall Street Journal Asia
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction ranks as one of the biggest challenges facing the Obama administration. Luckily, Mr. Obama has a tool to combat this threat, in the form of the Proliferation Security Initiative.... The trick now will be to convince key Asian countries to participate, writes Charles Wolf Jr.
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Spending Smart or Spending Big: The Value of Systematic Assessments of Weapons Procurement

Uncovering the Links Between Fires and Public Health in Equatorial Asia

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