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  • Shelves full of cigarettes at a CVS store in Manhattan, February 5, 2014
    Tobacco and Smoking

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    CVS Health: Breathing a Little Easier and Holding Our Breath

    William G. Shadel @william_shadel

    Sep 12, 2014

    The Health Care Blog

    CVS has officially stopped selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, a move that will cost the pharmacy chain about $2 billion in annual profits. It's difficult to say if this will affect smoking. For now, the ban is most significant for what it represents symbolically.

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  • A resident of Tabqa city on a motorcycle waves an Islamist flag in celebration after Islamic State militants took over Tabqa air base, August 24, 2014
    Terrorism Financing

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    To Defeat the Islamic State, Follow the Money

    Howard J. Shatz @HowardJShatz

    Sep 10, 2014

    Politico

    ISIS, likely the world's richest terrorist organization, has bills to pay and mouths to feed. If U.S. President Obama wants to defeat them, he should follow the money.

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  • Some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion in an undated handout colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM)
    Intelligence Collection

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    The Faceless National Security Threat

    Peter Chalk

    Sep 10, 2014

    U.S. News & World Report

    The rapid, uncontrolled spread of aggressive diseases such as Ebola is often a matter of national security. U.S. intelligence professionals must establish relevant information collection and dissemination mechanisms to deal with such contingencies.

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  • Pro-democracy lawmakers protest as Li Fei (on screen), deputy general secretary of the National People's Congress standing committee, speaks during a briefing session in Hong Kong Sept. 1, 2014
    Politics and Government

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    Big Trouble in Little China

    Scott W. Harold @ScottWHarold

    Sep 9, 2014

    Foreign Affairs

    As China's central government and Hong Kong residents consider next steps after last week's decision on the 2017 chief executive election, they will do so against a background of deteriorating trust, declining social acceptance of integration, and a worsening of relations between Hong Kong and mainland Chinese society.

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  • Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence has contacted authorities to investigate who stole and posted nude images of her online, part of a reported mass hacking of celebrities' intimate photos
    Data Privacy

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    Hackerazzi: How Naked Celebrities Might Make the Cloud Safer

    Lillian Ablon

    Sep 8, 2014

    The RAND Blog

    Despite data breach after data breach that lays bare the personal information of millions of people, leading to only incremental changes by the hacked company, it seems it only takes a handful of celebrity nude selfies to bring issues like cloud security and multi-factor authentication to the fore causing immediate changes.

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  • Afghan election workers count ballot papers for an audit of the presidential run-off in Kabul August 27, 2014
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    Afghanistan on the Brink

    Seth G. Jones

    Sep 8, 2014

    The Wall Street Journal

    The impasse between the Abdullah and Ghani camps has grown so significant that some senior Afghan political and security officials considered imposing an interim government, a move tantamount to a coup.

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  • An Islamic State militant uses a loud-hailer to announce to residents of Tabqa city that Tabqa air base has fallen to Islamic State militants, August 24, 2014
    Terrorism Financing

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    How ISIS Funds Its Reign of Terror

    Howard J. Shatz @HowardJShatz

    Sep 8, 2014

    New York Daily News

    ISIS raises much of its money just as a well-organized criminal gang would do. It smuggles, it extorts, it skims, it fences, it kidnaps and it shakes down. Although supposedly religiously inspired, its actions are more like those of an organized criminal cult.

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  • A soldier from the Ukrainian self-defense battalion "Azov" stands guard at a checkpoint in the southern coastal town of Mariupol, September 8, 2014
    Ukraine

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    The Damage Already Done

    Olga Oliker

    Sep 8, 2014

    U.S. News & World Report

    The conflict in Ukraine calls for capable diplomacy, open channels of communication, and clear strategies. At least the latter two appear to be absent, but they can be developed in time. Ending the conflict, however, calls for clear mutual intent to solve problems, build trust, and move forward. That may prove even more elusive.

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  • India's Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel march during a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, January 4, 2013
    Terrorist Organizations

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    Let's Talk About Kashmir

    Jonah Blank

    Sep 8, 2014

    Foreign Policy

    When U.S. combat troops have withdrawn from Afghanistan in December 2014, and training units follow two years later, the dynamics that once turned northern India's Kashmir into both a target and an incubator of global terrorism may return. This would threaten U.S. security, as well as that of the region.

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  • Russia's Prime Minister Medvedev and President Putin attend a meeting with members of the Russian Parliament in Yalta, Crimea, August 14, 2014
    Russia

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    Crimean Adventure Will Cost Russia Dearly

    Larry Hanauer

    Sep 8, 2014

    The Moscow Times

    Moscow may have overreached, as it appears ill-prepared to come up with the necessary funds to cover Crimea-related costs. Infrastructure improvements, development aid, government operations, and other costs will be a multi-billion drain -- as much as $4.5 billion per year.

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  • Iran's President Hassan Rouhani during a meeting in Ankara, June 10, 2014
    Iran

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    Nuclear Deal or No Deal, Don't Expect Iran Changes

    Alireza Nader

    Sep 8, 2014

    CNN

    The impeachment of Iranian science minister Reza Faraji-Dana, the latest episode in the struggle between Iran's so-called moderates and hard-liners, is likely a sign of troubling times ahead. And even though President Hassan Rouhani is the West's best hope of the nuclear issue being addressed, a deal could energize his rivals in their bid to stave off change.

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  • Palestinian fighters from the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades inside an underground tunnel in Gaza
    Warfare and Military Operations

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    The Gaza Conflict: Tunnel Warfare's Latest Chapter

    Scott Savitz

    Sep 5, 2014

    The RAND Blog

    Despite its long history as an effective combat tool, tunneling rarely garners much attention, perhaps because it is inherently clandestine, tedious, and dirty. However, as the conflict in Gaza indicates, tunneling remains effective, and will likely persist as long as conflict itself.

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  • Yes and no boxes on a clipboard
    Employment and Unemployment

    commentary

    If You Want Ex-Cons to Be 'Productive Members of Society,' Ban the Box

    Lois M. Davis @LoisMDavis

    Sep 5, 2014

    The Cleveland Plain Dealer

    When an inmate is released, you often hear Americans say that he's 'paid his debt' and can now become 'a productive member of society.' But the reality is ex-cons pay for their crimes long after sentences end. On the outside, the stigma of incarceration makes it extremely difficult to land a job.

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  • A Pro-Russian separatist stands near the damaged war memorial at Savur-Mohyla, east of the city of Donetsk, Ukraine
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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    A Dispatch from the Ukrainian Front

    Terrence Kelly, David A. Shlapak

    Sep 5, 2014

    U.S. News & World Report

    If Putin sought advice about what NATO is thinking, his Russian Western Front Military commander might say that given its current political indecisiveness and lack of military readiness, NATO lacks the capability to launch a credible intervention, but they should watch for changes in the alliance posture.

    Read More »
  • A view from the deck of the Chinese PLA Naval ship Haikou; for the first time, China participates in RIMPAC, the world's largest biennial naval exercise between the U.S. and Pacific Rim nations
    Military Strategy

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    A U.S. Strategy for Dealing with China

    Sep 3, 2014

    Developing a next generation strategy for dealing with China will require the United States to sculpt a balanced and flexible approach that protects U.S. interest in East Asia while at the same time fosters cooperation with China on issues of common concern.

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