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  • A bomb ripped apart a bus in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack in 24 hours
    Terrorist Bombings

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    Why Did Terrorists Attack Volgograd?

    Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins

    Dec 31, 2013

    U.S. News & World Report

    The Volgograd attacks have brought renewed world attention to the unresolved conflict in the turbulent Caucasus. The bombings no doubt have rattled Russian nerves. While Umarov's reputation among extremists will rise, President Putin's reputation as defender of Russia is at stake.

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  • a rising bar chart between a person's hands
    Affordable Care Act

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    RAND Health Reform Opinion Study Update: Positive Opinion on the ACA Continues to Rise

    Katherine Grace Carman @KGCarman

    Dec 30, 2013

    The latest data from the RAND Health Reform Opinion Study indicates that positive opinion of the ACA continues to increase. The overall favorable rating is now as high as it was in late September, prior to the opening of the health insurance exchanges.

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  • A Hellenic Air Force Canadair CL-415 drops water over a forest fire northeast of Athens in August 2009
    Wildfires

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    Investing in Firefighting

    Edward G. Keating, Andrew R. Morral @AndrewMorral, Daniel M. Norton, Dulani Woods

    Dec 30, 2013

    The Orange County Register

    While the U.S. Forest Service has not completely agreed with RAND's proposal to transition to a fleet dominated by water-dropping scooper aircraft for fighting fires, they have leased one CL-415 scooper aircraft. It might be more cost-effective for the USFS to simply purchase it outright.

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  • Women sit on a bench in New York's Times Square
    Obesity

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    Five Myths About Obesity

    Deborah A. Cohen

    Dec 27, 2013

    The Washington Post

    The obesity epidemic is among the most critical health issues facing the United States. Although it has generated a lot of attention and calls for solutions, it also has served up a super-sized portion of myths and misunderstandings.

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  • Chinese marine surveillance ship sails near Japan Coast Guard vessels and a Japanese fishing boat in front of one of the disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China
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    China, the United States, and Great Power Diplomacy

    Paul D. Miller

    Dec 27, 2013

    Foreign Policy

    The United States doesn't care about a few islands half a world away, but it should care about how China throws its weight around, how it relates to its neighbors, and what it thinks it can get away with.

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  • Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Reza Najafi attends a news conference in Vienna
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    A 'Nixon to China' Moment with Iran?

    Richard H. Solomon

    Dec 24, 2013

    U.S. News & World Report

    The current negotiations with Iran designed to eliminate its nuclear weapons capability seem to lack a broader strategic objective: stabilizing the Middle East with a regional balance of power. What does the China experience tell us about prospects for a strategic breakthrough with Iran?

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  • F/A-18C Hornets fly from Andersen Air Base, Guam, during exercise Forger Fury II, 5 December, 2013
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    Do Joint Fighter Programs Save Money?

    Mark A. Lorell

    Dec 24, 2013

    The RAND Blog

    Joint aircraft programs have not historically saved overall life cycle cost. On average, such programs experienced substantially higher cost growth in acquisition (research, development, test, evaluation, and procurement) than single-service programs.

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  • Pro-European integration protesters wave flags during a rally in Independence square in Kiev December 22, 2013
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    Preserving Ukraine's European Choice

    F. Stephen Larrabee

    Dec 24, 2013

    The RAND Blog and GlobalSecurity.org

    The United States and the EU have a strong stake in keeping open a European option for Ukraine. A reorientation of Ukrainian policy back toward Russia would shift the strategic balance in Europe and have a negative impact on the prospects for democratic change on Europe's eastern periphery.

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  • Afghan Mujahideen leader Abdul Rassoul Sayyaf talks with his supporters before registering as a candidate for the 2014 Afghan presidential election
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    Presidential Candidates Need Multiethnic Consensus

    Seth G. Jones

    Dec 23, 2013

    Council on Foreign Relations

    While many policymakers and analysts focus on who will be the next president of Afghanistan, the more important question may be whether the country's Pashtun, Uzbek, Tajik, Hazara, and other major constituencies will support the 2014 election's outcome.

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  • President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama discuss the Affordable Care Act with mothers
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    RAND Health Reform Opinion Study Update: Positive Opinion on ACA Grows, Negative Opinion Stabilizes

    Katherine Grace Carman @KGCarman

    Dec 23, 2013

    Last week we introduced the RAND Health Reform Opinion Study, a new way to measure public opinion of the Affordable Care Act. Negative opinion about the ACA seems to be stabilizing, while positive opinion is increasing. Those undecided about the ACA are decreasing.

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  • Free Syrian Army fighters in Aleppo's Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood
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    Should the United States End Assistance to Syria's Rebels?

    Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins

    Dec 23, 2013

    The RAND Blog and GlobalSecurity.org

    The American investment in Syria thus far can be accurately described as timid and minimal. The United States can do more to assist the rebels without directly using American military power or sliding into a strategy of escalation.

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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin in a televised news conference in Moscow
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    Putin's Pardons

    Olga Oliker

    Dec 23, 2013

    The RAND Blog and GlobalSecurity.org

    Few, if any, think that the amnesties just announced are a sea change in Russian domestic policy. Some speculate that they are an effort to dampen criticism of Russian human rights abuses, especially the anti-gay law, as Russia gears up for the Sochi Olympics this February.

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  • Candies in Santa Claus wrappers
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    'Tis the Season to Be Wary

    Deborah A. Cohen

    Dec 23, 2013

    The RAND Blog

    During the holiday season, a time when overindulgence is a tradition for many, food marketing creates especially serious challenges for people trying to limit their intake and make careful decisions about healthier eating.

    Read More »
  • Ukrainian pro-EU demonstrators wave EU and Ukraine flags at a barricade in Independence Square in Kiev, December 18, 2013
    Ukraine

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    Ukraine's Murky Future

    Olga Oliker

    Dec 19, 2013

    U.S. News & World Report

    While some see Ukraine choosing between European-style democracy and economic, political, and cultural backwardness in Russia's shadow, the fact is that Ukraine faces a difficult and murky path in any direction. The country is in dire financial straits, needing billions in loans to avoid bankruptcy.

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  • Obama healthcare law supporters rally during the third and final day of legal arguments over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the Supreme Court in Washington, March 28, 2012
    Affordable Care Act

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    A New Way to Measure Public Opinion of Health Reform

    Katherine Grace Carman @KGCarman

    Dec 18, 2013

    The RAND Blog

    Whether the public will begin to settle on an overall positive or negative perception of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is very much an open question. But understanding how opinion of the law evolves over time could offer valuable insight into Americans' appetite both for the ACA and for health reform more broadly.

    Read More »
  • Commuters walking across London Bridge
    European Union

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    A Long-Term View for the EU: The Health of Nations

    Stijn Hoorens @StijnHoorens

    Dec 18, 2013

    The RAND Blog

    By shifting the strategic focus beyond growth and jobs, the successor of the current Europe 2020 Strategy should aim to invest in human capital and avoid sluggish productivity growth achieved at the expense of social inclusion, public health, education and skills, security or freedom.

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