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Sexual Behavior
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Public Health Reasons to Tune Into TV's 'Dear White People'
Sarah MacCarthy
Aug 10, 2018
Scientific American
The Netflix series Dear White People shows how sexual decisionmaking can be influenced by race, status, and the power dynamics within a relationship. Public health programs and policies could be better tailored to account for this complexity.
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Middle East
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State Competition, Not Sectarianism, Key Driver of Middle East Politics
Dalia Dassa Kaye
Aug 3, 2017
Axios
Sectarianism is real and dangerous in the Middle East, but the region is more complicated. The next leaders in Iran and Saudi Arabia, under pressure from youthful populations and worsening economic challenges, may no longer see value in a costly sectarian agenda.
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Technical Professions
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To Increase Diversity in Tech, We Need to Rethink What 'Tech' Is
Diana Gehlhaus Carew
Nov 17, 2016
The Hill
Rethinking what defines today's tech jobs, along with greater investment in public-private partnerships, could go a long way toward bridging the diversity gap.
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Afghanistan
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RAND Experts Q&A on the Fighting in Kunduz
Oct 2, 2015
The RAND Blog
The Taliban battled its way into the center of Kunduz this week, with media reports saying it seized control of the northern Afghanistan city at least for a time. A trio of RAND experts participated in a Q&A on the situation and its significance.
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Affordable Care Act
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Many Americans Are Confused About the Affordable Care Act
Mar 26, 2014
In a nationally representative sample of more than 6,000 Americans, researchers found an acute lack of understanding among low-income people regarding finances in general, and health reform and health insurance in particular.
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Community-Based Health Care
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Using the Power of Communities to Beat Depression
Kenneth B. Wells, Loretta Jones
Aug 27, 2013
The RAND Blog
Under-resourced communities of color have limited access to programs that could improve recognition and treatment of depression. RAND and UCLA investigators applied an engagement model to determine how to better serve these communities.
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International Diplomacy
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Is Turkey Rethinking the Syrian Kurd Issue?
F. Stephen Larrabee
Aug 21, 2013
CNN
An autonomous Kurdish region that remains an integral part of Syria, even one dominated by the PYD (the Democratic Union, the largest and best organized Kurdish opposition party), would be far less dangerous than one dominated by forces affiliated with al Qaeda.
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Iraq
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Reading the Tea Leaves in Iraq
Jason H. Campbell @JasonHCampbell
Aug 19, 2013
War on the Rocks
The United States should not be too quick to write off Iraq based on recent violent trends, says Jason Campbell. After all, if there is anything that should be remembered from years past it's that the Iraqi populace can endure astonishing levels of violence and still maintain confidence in the survival of the state.
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International Diplomacy
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Obama's Burmese Gamble
Jonah Blank
Jul 11, 2013
Project Syndicate
A year ago, the United States and Myanmar (Burma) did not even have ambassadors in each other's capitals. In May, President Thein Sein became the first leader from Myanmar to visit the White House in nearly a half-century. Has Obama's administration been too quick to embrace what was one of the world's most repressive regimes?
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Nation Building
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Saved by the Diaspora
Wasif Syed
May 24, 2013
Project Syndicate
If Alawites and Sunnis living abroad can stand united against the Assad regime, so can their counterparts inside Syria. By setting an example of coexistence, they can mitigate the fears of Alawites in Syria that deserting Assad would facilitate the rise of an anti-Alawite Sunni regime.
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Minority Populations
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Iran's Forgotten Ethnic Minorities
Alireza Nader, Robert Stewart
Apr 4, 2013
Foreign Policy
Non-Persian ethnic minorities make up roughly 40 to 50 percent of Iran's population. Marginalized from society, they may choose a path of political apathy. On the other hand, Tehran's refusal to acknowledge minority rights may lead to future ethnic insurgencies and uprisings.
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Afghanistan
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Path to a Pashtun Rebellion in Afghanistan
Seth G. Jones
Oct 2, 2009
Washington Post
The discussion of American troop numbers misunderstands the subtle nuances of fighting a war in areas inhabited by fiercely independent Pashtun tribes, whose culture and traditions are under severe threat from the Taliban, writes Seth Jones.
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France's Muslim Minority
Robert A. Levine
Dec 8, 2005
United Press International
Published commentary by RAND staff: France's Muslim Minority appearing in United Press International.
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Majority Rule That Respects Minorities
James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins
Jun 11, 2005
International Herald Tribune
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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