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    Workplace Wellness Programs

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    Claims of Wellness Cost Savings Are Overblown

    Soeren Mattke

    Jun 3, 2015

    CFO Magazine

    Workplace wellness has become a $6 billion industry in the United States. Employers hope wellness programs can help control health care costs, but they are having little if any effect on costs. Companies seeking a healthy ROI should target higher-risk employees.

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    Faith-Based Organizations as Force Multipliers

    Laura Werber

    Jun 2, 2015

    Faith-based organizations are an important community-based resource for veterans who are adjusting to civilian life. What current and potential roles can they play in reintegration?

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    Cardiovascular Disorders

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    What Does the Future Hold for Atrial Fibrillation?

    Catherine A. Lichten

    Jun 2, 2015

    Longer-term thinking, enhanced public awareness, and more thorough engagement among stakeholders are critical components of a strategy to deal with atrial fibrillation.

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  • A sign for Kayla Mueller, U.S. aid worker and ISIS hostage, in Prescott, Arizona, February 10, 2015
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    Should There Be a Hostage Czar?

    Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins

    Jun 1, 2015

    The Hill

    In light of recent kidnappings ending in the deaths of American hostages, appointing a 'hostage czar' may seem like a sound idea. But the creation of a high-profile position for hostage issues raises policy questions and comes with operational risks.

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    Puzzles, Paradoxes, Controversies, and the Global Economy, a New Book by Charles Wolf, Jr., to Be Published by Hoover Press

    Jun 1, 2015

    In a wide-ranging collection of essays first published between 2007 and 2014, Charles Wolf Jr. shares his insights on the world's economies, including those of China, the United States, Japan, Korea, India, and others.

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  • Demonstrators hold up their signs during the Stop Watching Us: A Rally Against Mass Surveillance march near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 26, 2013
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    The USA Freedom Act: The Definition of a Compromise

    Sina Beaghley

    May 29, 2015

    The Hill

    The USA Freedom Act does not 'balance' privacy and national security, nor is it clear that any legislation can credibly do so. There's no monolithic view of what such a balance should look like.

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    Giacomo Persi Paoli

    May 28, 2015

    Destroying smugglers' vessels could contribute to reducing illegal migration and impact the business model that makes smuggling so profitable. But it won't stop smuggling altogether.

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    'Better Regulation': Why Timmermans Should Go Beyond the Regulatory Scrutiny Board

    Stijn Hoorens @StijnHoorens

    May 27, 2015

    EurActiv

    Promoting the 'Better Regulation' agenda in the EU could be given a real boost by turning the proposed Regulatory Scrutiny Board into an impartial evidence and scrutiny centre, putting high-quality and objective impact assessment at the heart of the legislative process.

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    Will Putin Gamble All on a Broader Ukraine Invasion?

    Denis Corboy, William Courtney @courtneywmh, Kenneth Yalowitz

    May 26, 2015

    Newsweek

    If the Kremlin is contemplating further action in Ukraine, it faces a tough choice. The decision could have an enduring impact on Russia's fortunes.

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    Iraq Is Bankrolling ISIL

    Howard J. Shatz @HowardJShatz

    May 26, 2015

    Politico

    Iraq continues to fund ISIL by continuing salaries to the many Iraqi government employees who live in ISIL-controlled territory. That fact is a reminder of how poorly the country has been governed.

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    The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization)

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    Who Runs the Islamic State Group?

    Benjamin Bahney, Patrick B. Johnston

    May 22, 2015

    U.S. News & World Report

    Despite the Islamic State's notoriety, a wide range of theories are still circulating about who really runs the group.

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    China's Emerging Vision for World Order

    Timothy R. Heath

    May 21, 2015

    The National Interest

    China's mulling of the risks and benefits of assuming greater global responsibility reveals its judgment that it can't entrust the protection of its interests to U.S. goodwill.

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    Military Strategy

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    Land Power and a Third Offset Through a Wide-Angle Lens

    Michael J. Mazarr @MMazarr

    May 21, 2015

    War on the Rocks

    The so-called 'third offset' is intended to guide U.S. defense strategy. The right way to view it is as part of a comprehensive vision for competitive advantage, one in which land power, often minimized in offset analyses, can play a central role.

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    Military Personnel

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    Book Review: 'God Is Not Here' by Bill Russell Edmonds

    Linda Robinson @RobinsonL100

    May 19, 2015

    New York Times

    'God Is Not Here' shows how not to send a soldier to war. The experience is searing and often brutal, and only a well-led, well-trained, cohesive unit can help servicemen and servicewomen do their duty and survive both mentally and physically.

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  • A Chinese Coast Guard vessel in the South China Sea maneuvers to block a Philippine supply ship with members of the media aboard, March 29, 2014
    China

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    China's Island-Building Stirs Fears, but Creates Openings for U.S.

    Timothy R. Heath

    May 18, 2015

    World Politics Review

    News of proposed Navy patrols nearby disputed islands claimed by China suggests that the United States is toughening its response to Beijing's assertive territorial claims in the South China Sea.

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