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2000

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Robert E. Hunter

Health Care Consolidation: What Does the Evidence Say?

Russian Coercive Signaling Toward the West

A Moment of Strategic Clarity

The U.S. Has a Microchip Problem. Safeguarding Taiwan Is the Solution

Addressing Homelessness Among Individuals Incarcerated in Los Angeles County

The Policy Currents Podcast

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

2000

Get Real in Dealing With Homicides in Los Angeles

'Lame Duck' Syndrome Hinders S. Korea

Terrorism — A Policy Behind the Times

To Intervene or Not to Intervene

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

A Balance of Mom, Apple Pie and Grand Strategy

Test Schemes Look More Like Lotto Than Lessons

The New Politics of the Pacific Sends Shudders Through Australia

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