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2000

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Get Real in Dealing With Homicides in Los Angeles
George Tita, Mark A. R. Kleiman
Dec 27, 2000
Los Angeles Times
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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'Lame Duck' Syndrome Hinders S. Korea
Michael Parks, Gregory F. Treverton
Dec 27, 2000
Los Angeles Times
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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Terrorism — A Policy Behind the Times
Bruce Hoffman
Nov 12, 2000
Los Angeles 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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To Intervene or Not to Intervene
Charles Wolf, Jr.
Nov 5, 2000
Los Angeles Times
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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A Third-and Better-Way for Prescription-Drug Coverage
Dana P. Goldman, Geoffrey F. Joyce
Nov 5, 2000
Los Angeles Times
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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A Balance of Mom, Apple Pie and Grand Strategy
David Ronfeldt
Oct 27, 2000
Los Angeles Times
Baseball, the least military of team sports, is the most highly attuned to reflecting the classic dilemma of grand strategy.
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Test Schemes Look More Like Lotto Than Lessons
Brian M. Stecher
Sep 27, 2000
Los Angeles Times
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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The New Politics of the Pacific Sends Shudders Through Australia
Robert E. Hunter
Jul 24, 2000
Los Angeles Times
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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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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