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  • Indian Army BMP-2 IFV combat vehicle
    Military Budgets and Defense Spending

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    Modernisation and Austerity

    Christopher Clary, Vipin Narang

    Sep 16, 2013

    The Indian Express

    In a time of austerity, strategic planning is about prioritisation. How should India prioritise its future military modernisation to meet its envisioned security requirements? Each of the three services can claim urgent need.

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  • Afghan men shout anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration in Jalalabad province February 24, 2012
    International Diplomacy

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    10 Reasons U.S. Influence Has Fallen in the Middle East

    Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins

    Sep 16, 2013

    Slate

    By most assessments, U.S. influence in the Middle East has dramatically declined since the Arab uprisings began in January 2011. Critics have blamed this on inept diplomacy by the current administration, but this is only a partial explanation for America's loss of authority in the region.

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  • Inmates sit in a classroom at the Orange County jail
    Recidivism

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    To Stop Prisons' Revolving Door

    Lois M. Davis @LoisMDavis

    Sep 16, 2013

    Los Angeles Times

    If California wants to reduce its prison population, it needs to address recidivism, and the best way to do this is through education and job training. Cutting education and vocational training may seem like a tempting way to plug short-term budget gaps, but it actually ends up costing the system more over time.

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    What to Do About 'Futile' Critical Care

    Neil S. Wenger

    Sep 13, 2013

    The Health Care Blog

    There are times when no amount of care, however cutting-edge it is, will save a patient. In these instances, further critical care is said to be “futile.” This type of treatment is not uncommon in intensive care units, and that raises some uncomfortable questions.

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  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
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    Examining the Diplomatic Option in Syria

    Sep 12, 2013

    The United States' options in Syria are all miserable, but the Russian proposal appears to be the least miserable of the lot, says Bruce Bennett.

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  • Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta, U.S. President Barack Obama, and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron attend the working dinner after the session of the G20 Summit in Strelna near St. Petersburg, September 5, 2013
    Security Cooperation

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    A Not-So-Special Relationship?

    F. Stephen Larrabee

    Sep 11, 2013

    U.S. News & World Report

    While the House of Commons vote against Britain's participation in a military strike against Syria was largely attributable to short-term miscalculations on Cameron's part, it also reflects important long-term trends that could complicate U.S.-British ties and weaken the traditionally strong bonds between the two countries.

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  • Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javed Zarif speaking at a news conference in Baghdad, September 8, 2013
    International Diplomacy

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    What to Do Now? Iran Torn on Syria

    Alireza Nader

    Sep 11, 2013

    The Iran Primer, USIP

    Iran has a strategic interest in opposing chemical weapons due to its own horrific experience during the 1980–1988 war with Iraq. But it also has compelling reasons to continue supporting Damascus. The Syrian regime is Iran's closest ally in the Middle East and the geographic link to its Hezbollah partners in Lebanon.

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    Terrorism Threat Assessment

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    What Has America—and Its Enemies—Learned Since 9/11?

    Sep 11, 2013

    The attacks on September 11, 2001 provoked America's global campaign against terrorism and jump-started the nation's efforts to improve intelligence, airport security, and emergency preparedness. Meanwhile, al Qaeda, while weakened by the death of its leader in 2011, still generates fear. RAND experts continue to examine U.S. policy options, recommend strategy, and shed light on various aspects of the terrorism threat.

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  • Free Syrian Army fighters aim their weapons during clashes with forces loyal to Assad
    Chemical Weapons and Warfare

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    Punishing the Wicked in Syria

    Paul D. Miller

    Sep 10, 2013

    RealClearDefense

    The international community has once again defined a global standard of “the wicked” against whom sovereign states have a duty to fight, writes Paul D. Miller. Instead of pirates and cannibals, it is war criminals and genocidaires. This appears to be the implicit argument for military action against Syria.

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  • Syrian-Americans rallying in favor of proposed U.S. military action, outside the U.S. Capitol
    Military Strategy

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    Objectives in Syria? Look at U.S. Targets

    Seth G. Jones

    Sep 10, 2013

    Politico

    If you want to understand the Obama administration's objectives in Syria, don't just listen to what officials say — watch what they bomb, writes Seth G. Jones. There are at least four sets of potential political objectives. Each is linked to a different set of targets.

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  • boys exiting a school bus
    School Services

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    America's Great Yellow School Buses

    Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson

    Sep 9, 2013

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    One of the things taken for granted in the United States is the vast network of school buses—about 26 million children ride 480,000 buses every day. But in other parts of the world, getting millions of children to and from the right school, on time, safely, and for a reasonable cost is a significant challenge.

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  • USS Normandy (CG-60) conducts Tomahawk missile 500th operational test launch (OTL-495) July 20 off Southern Florida.
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    Five Views on U.S. Military Action in Syria

    Sep 9, 2013

    RAND experts offer insights into the potential scope of U.S. action in Syria and the ramifications it could have on Iran, Israel, al Qaeda, and the Assad regime.

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  • Ousted Yugoslav President Milosevic (center) with Yugoslav Defence Minister Ojdanic (left) and Serbian Police Minister Stojiljkovic (right) June 14, 1999
    Military Strategy

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    Limited U.S. Military Strikes Do Not Unseat Dug-in Dictators

    Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins

    Sep 9, 2013

    The RAND Blog and GlobalSecurity.org

    Like the measured attacks that may soon strike Syrian targets, America's first military attacks on Serbia, Libya, Iraq, Sudan, and Afghanistan were not aimed at regime change. Their purpose was to retaliate for attacks or coerce changes in policy.

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  • California Air National guardsmen perform precision water bucket drops near Yosemite
    Wildfires

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    The Desirability of 'Free' C-27s for the U.S. Forest Service

    Edward G. Keating, Daniel M. Norton

    Sep 6, 2013

    The RAND Blog

    Although we believe that a scooper-centric firefighting aircraft portfolio for initial attack would still be preferred, Air Force-provided 1,850-gallon C-27Js could be a cost-effective component of the retardant-bearing portion of the Forest Service's airborne firefighting arsenal, write Edward G. Keating and Daniel M. Norton.

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  • U.N. chemical weapons investigation team in Damascus
    Arms Proliferation and Control

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    US Should Keep Focus on Syria, Not Iran

    Dalia Dassa Kaye

    Sep 6, 2013

    Al-Monitor

    Those arguing for US-led airstrikes based on the premise of preventing a precedent with Iran would only make it easier for Iran and Syria to paint military action against the brutal Assad regime as an Israeli-inspired scheme rather than a regionally and internationally supported option, writes Dalia Dassa Kaye.

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