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  • Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen around Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea May 21, 2015
    China

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    China's Airfield Construction at Fiery Cross Reef in Context: Catch-Up or Coercion?

    Michael S. Chase, Benjamin Purser

    Aug 11, 2015

    Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, CSIS

    Even if China really sees itself as undertaking legitimate activities to protect its rightful interests, it is not surprising that its rival claimants, as well as the United States and other countries in the region, see Beijing's island building activities as efforts to improve China's abilities to bully its neighbors.

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  • Engineer looking at factory emissions
    Global Climate Change

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    Climate Targets: Values and Uncertainty

    Robert J. Lempert @RobertLempert

    Aug 11, 2015

    Nature Climate Change News and Views

    Policymakers know that the risks associated with climate change mean they need to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. But uncertainty surrounding the likelihood of different scenarios makes choosing specific policies difficult.

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    Law Enforcement Cyber Center: A New Internet Resource for Combating Cybercrime

    Sasha Romanosky, Laura Patton

    Aug 11, 2015

    The Law Enforcement Cyber Center provides vital information and resources to police chiefs, police officers, cybercrime investigators, and prosecutors.

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  • Michael Reyes with his mother, Eleanor, who suffers from dementia
    Alzheimer's Disease and Dementias

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    Struggling with Dementia

    Aug 10, 2015

    The costs of dementia are staggering. A recent RAND analysis quantifies the scope of the problem in the United States and serves as a wake-up call to policymakers everywhere.

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  • Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and China's President Xi Jinping meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, June 11, 2015
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    Aung San Suu Kyi's Trip to China: Sino-Myanmar Relations as the Countdown to the November Elections Begins

    Cristina L. Garafola @CLGarafola

    Aug 10, 2015

    China-US Focus

    For Aung San Suu Kyi and the rest of the National League for Democracy (NLD) delegation, meeting with Chinese leadership provided a forum for bilateral engagement with one of Myanmar's most important neighbors in the region, relations that will expand given the NLD's likely success at the polls in November.

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    Wendy M. Troxel @wendytroxel

    Aug 10, 2015

    The Park Record

    School schedules can bring sleep-defying stresses to kids and teens. But there are strategies for parents to get their families 'sleep-ready' for the school year.

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    Political Scientists and the Military

    Paula G. Thornhill, Rachel Whitlark

    Aug 10, 2015

    War on the Rocks

    For civilian academics interested in bridging the political science–military gap, five recommendations to acquire basic information about the military could encourage improved interaction, better policy-relevant scholarship, and an enhanced policy process.

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama tours the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Oklahoma, July 16, 2015
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    Obama Commutes Sentences of 46 Drug Offenders. Now for the Hard Part

    Lois M. Davis @LoisMDavis

    Aug 10, 2015

    The Tampa Tribune

    Last month, President Obama commuted more sentences in a single day than any president since Lyndon Johnson. But commutation doesn't erase a criminal conviction.

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    The Cost of Resistance and the Attack of the Microbes

    Marco Hafner, Jirka Taylor

    Aug 7, 2015

    LifeZette

    If left unaddressed, the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance and the rise of 'superbugs' could devastate the world economy and pose a deadly threat to humanity.

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  • William LaPlante, assistant secretary of Air Force acquisition, testifies on acquisition reform before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, April 22, 2015
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    Apply Principles of Professional Change Management to Any Acquisition Reform, or Risk More Failure

    Cynthia R. Cook @CynthiaRCook, Laura H. Baldwin @LauraHBaldwin

    Aug 7, 2015

    The Hill

    If Congress enacts substantial changes to acquisition processes as part of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, then it has a responsibility to ensure that the DoD has the opportunity and resources to implement proven change management principles to increase the chances for its success.

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  • A woman and child release lanterns into the Motoyasu River on the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 2015
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    Out of the Mushroom Cloud's Shadow

    Jonathan Reid Hunt

    Aug 6, 2015

    Foreign Policy

    With Japan's nuclear restraint no longer the article of faith it once was, the significance of the nuclear pacts struck decades ago will become ever more consequential.

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    The 2015 Summer Reading List for Congress

    Aug 5, 2015

    With Capitol Hill slowing for August recess, this list of must-read research and commentaries will help ensure that policymakers are ready to dive right back in this fall.

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    How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet of Things

    Martin C. Libicki

    Aug 4, 2015

    The RAND Blog

    Late last month, Fiat Chrysler recalled 1.4 million cars to fix a defect that allowed hackers to imperil drivers from afar. In essence, what was considered a huge threat was converted into a solved or at least solvable problem.

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  • Iranians celebrate after the announcement of a nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries, Tehran, July 14, 2015
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    Opening Iran After the Nuclear Deal

    Alireza Nader, Morad Ghorban

    Aug 3, 2015

    The Hill

    The nuclear accord paves the way for Iranian-Americans to help Iranians know the United States not for past perceived misdeeds, but future possibilities.

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  • A doctor explaining something on a tablet to her patient
    Health Care Quality Measurement

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    Can Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Improve Health Care?

    Thomas W. Concannon @tconcannon

    Jul 31, 2015

    The BMJ

    A review in 2017 of the adequacy and use of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Funds will be used to determine whether funding levels should be continued or adjusted after its authorization runs out in 2019. Researchers ought to take stock of the work in patient-centered outcomes research.

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