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    Congress Should Monitor Iran Deal, Not Keep Trying to Kill It

    If Iranian compliance with the nuclear accord is Congress's goal, then legislators should focus on ensuring that the deal is effectively implemented.

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    Sep 12, 2015

    The Hill

    Larry Hanauer

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    ISIS Plus Chemical Weapons Does Not Equal Apocalypse

    The renewed use of chemical weapons on the battlefields of Iraq and Syria is a dangerous regional phenomenon, not an imminent global threat.

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    Sep 11, 2015

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    Scott Savitz

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    How to Lose a Civil War: Lessons for Afghanistan and Syria

    Recently, both Syria and Afghanistan have seen battles that demonstrate anew the potential risks of seeking to defend exposed positions. Syrian leaders seem to have recognized that there are limits to the amount of territory its military can hold. Afghanistan's leaders would be well advised to come to the same conclusion.

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    Sep 10, 2015

    War on the Rocks

    James T. Quinlivan

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    U.S. Needs Larger Army, Not a Smaller One

    To meet potential challenges in the Baltics and Korea while at the same time countering the existing terror threat posed by the Islamic State group and dealing with other problems that will doubtless emerge, the United States would need more troops, not less.

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    Sep 9, 2015

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    Timothy M. Bonds, Michael Johnson

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    How to Defeat a New Boko Haram in Mali

    While there is a need for stepped up military and police efforts against the self-proclaimed Macina Liberation Front, Mali's policymakers and their international partners need to focus on countering revivalist Islam, ideally by promoting Mali's other Islamic traditions, while finding ways to calm the inter-communal competition.

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    Sep 8, 2015

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    Michael Shurkin

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    What Hurricane Katrina Taught Us About Community Resilience

    Hurricane Katrina left a path of destruction, death, and suffering in its wake. Its recovery, halting and incomplete as it has been, has taught us valuable lessons about resiliency.

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    Sep 8, 2015

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    Alonzo L. Plough, Anita Chandra

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    One in Five Hourly Employees Working Overtime Not Properly Compensated

    Most laws as old as the Fair Labor Standards Act regularly need tuning up. But its overtime provisions are complicated because some workers are exempt from being covered. A survey of more than 1,500 employed adults finds that employers are violating the rules.

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    Sep 4, 2015

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    Susann Rohwedder, Jeffrey B. Wenger

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    Paying for Telemedicine

    Telehealth, delivering health services and information via technology, holds great promise. But more information is needed to determine what works and what doesn't.

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    Sep 3, 2015

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    Shira H. Fischer @ShiraFischer

  • China

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    China's Military Parade Highlights Its New Strategic Capabilities

    China's elaborate military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II showcased some of the People's Liberation Army's newest high-tech weapons.

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    Sep 3, 2015

    U.S. News & World Report

    Michael S. Chase

  • Cybersecurity

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    Is It Time to Appoint a Data Security Czar?

    Cybersecurity needs to become more of a priority for the government and private corporations. Whatever the solution, public and private officials need to do a better job of weighing the risk-benefit calculation of storing data on Internet-accessible computers and justifying data-handling protocols.

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    Sep 3, 2015

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    Susan M. Sohler Everingham, Lillian Ablon

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    RAND Hosts Cybersecurity Exercise

    The discussion of cybersecurity should not be trapped within narrow technical, national security, or legal stovepipes and should include an examination of economic, civil, and societal factors. With that goal in mind, RAND hosted an analytic exercise on cybersecurity.

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    Sep 3, 2015

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    How School Choice Could Disadvantage Low-Income Students

    The flexibility to allow Title I-A funds to follow students across schools has a certain appeal. But it could have negative consequences for some of the poorest students.

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    Sep 1, 2015

    U.S. News & World Report

    Andrew McEachin, Brian M. Stecher, et al.

  • Terrorist Organizations

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    The Strategic Value of Terrorism

    While terrorists and criminals joining forces is certainly a scary thought, it's nothing new and not something that works as simply in practice as it does on a white board. Still, it's a threat worth watching.

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    Aug 31, 2015

    The Cipher Brief

    Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins

  • International Diplomacy

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    The Only Iran Deal Alternative Worth Considering

    Now is the time for Washington to prove its leadership and implement the Iran nuclear deal. The alternative is a major diplomatic defeat for America and an unrestricted Iranian nuclear program.

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    Aug 30, 2015

    The National Interest

    Alireza Nader

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    Why Kim Jong Un Fears South Korean Propaganda

    While the latest confrontation between North and South Korea appears to be ending peacefully, it provides insight into future North Korean provocations. Words as weapons can work when they are aimed at North Korea's internal politics and backed up by a strong South Korean response supported by the U.S.

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    Aug 28, 2015

    U.S. News & World Report

    Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett

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