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    Get Real in Dealing With Homicides in Los Angeles

    Homicide in Los Angeles is on the rise again. Before accepting any of the canned explanations, we ought to take a closer look. Once we know what's really going on, we have a chance to design strategies that work.

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    Dec 27, 2000

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    George Tita, Mark A. R. Kleiman

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    'Lame Duck' Syndrome Hinders S. Korea

    What is today's news is that South Korea's economy has recovered but has not been restructured, the opening to the North is stuck, with no sign that Kim Jong Il's visit to Seoul is imminent, and the country is trapped in political gridlock.

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    Dec 27, 2000

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    Michael Parks, Gregory F. Treverton

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    Terrorism — A Policy Behind the Times

    A prerequisite to ensuring that U.S. resources are focused where they can have the most effect is a sober and empirical understanding of the terrorist threat, coupled with comprehensive and coherent strategy.

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    Nov 12, 2000

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    Bruce Hoffman

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    To Intervene or Not to Intervene

    When U.S. policymakers contemplate intervention abroad, they should do so with abundant humility, if not timidity, because of the profoundly uncertain connections between the blunt instruments they can use and the complex ends they seek.

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    Nov 5, 2000

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    Charles Wolf, Jr.

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    A Third-and Better-Way for Prescription-Drug Coverage

    Implementing a modest catastrophic benefit with low-income subsidies would provide valuable insurance to the Medicare population. It also would provide a fiscally prudent alternative, allowing policymakers to better gauge future program costs and beneficiary behavior.

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    Nov 5, 2000

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    Dana P. Goldman, Geoffrey F. Joyce

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    A Balance of Mom, Apple Pie and Grand Strategy

    Baseball, the least military of team sports, is the most highly attuned to reflecting the classic dilemma of grand strategy.

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    Oct 27, 2000

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    David Ronfeldt

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    Test Schemes Look More Like Lotto Than Lessons

    Incentives may be effective if they target the right outcomes and encourage the right behaviors, but this set of tests and rewards has shortcomings on both fronts.

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    Sep 27, 2000

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    Brian M. Stecher

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    The New Politics of the Pacific Sends Shudders Through Australia

    Like everyone else concerned with Asia, Australia also is taking a hard look at China's future, as well as at Washington's approach to it. It's not clear that Canberra and Washington see eye to eye.

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    Jul 24, 2000

    Los Angeles Times

    Robert E. Hunter

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