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2015

  • Actor Charlie Sheen on the set of the NBC Today show in New York City, November 17, 2015
    HIV and AIDS

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    Charlie Sheen and the Enduring Stigma Attached to HIV

    Sarah MacCarthy

    Dec 29, 2015

    KevinMD.com

    HIV-related stigma and discrimination remains pervasive despite strides that have been made in fighting the disease. Charlie Sheen reported paying more than $10 million in bribes to keep his HIV status secret before going public recently to put an end to the extortion.

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  • Two Oregon Army National Guard members make notes from the edge of the blast zone after a simulated dirty bomb detonated during an exercise in Portland, October 16, 2007
    Biological Weapons and Warfare

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    The U.S. Needs to Exercise Leadership at the Biological Weapons Convention

    Daniel M. Gerstein @Daniel_Gerstein

    Dec 28, 2015

    U.S. News & World Report

    The world is one rogue microbiologist away from a potentially devastating biological attack. In this new, evolving environment, the United States should establish its goals and objectives and build coalitions to help meet them.

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  • Closeup of a hand using a digital tablet
    Intelligence Collection

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    Following Online Footprints to Catch Terrorists

    Isaac R. Porche III, Colin P. Clarke

    Dec 28, 2015

    Newsweek

    Millions of people leave behind online footprints each day, giving law enforcement and intelligence experts the chance to construct a profile of who is more likely to commit violence in the name of a murderous ideology.

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  • A Super Scooper aircraft battles a 40-acre fire east of the Sepulveda Pass in Los Angeles
    Public Health Preparedness

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    Wildfires Getting More Destructive

    Jaime Madrigano @JMadrigano

    Dec 28, 2015

    Orange County Register

    The potential for smoke to harm air quality and cause health problems was especially acute in 2015 because a record number of wildfires broke out in the United States. Pre-wildfire season preparedness could go a long way toward protecting public health.

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  • A no-school sign is pictured at Florence Nightingale Middle School in the Cypress Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, December 15, 2015
    Terrorism Threat Assessment

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    How Terrorist Threats Against LA and New York Schools Exposed Weaknesses

    Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins, Richard Daddario

    Dec 23, 2015

    The Hill

    The handling of terrorist threats on Los Angeles and New York City schools calls into question the ability of national and local government to coordinate a terrorist crisis involving two or more cities.

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    Is Cross-Disciplinary Working the Way Forward to Improve Evaluation?

    Tom Ling

    Dec 23, 2015

    The RAND Blog

    Working within a single discipline might help identify how to make an existing system work better, but a cross-disciplinary conversation might help determine how to make better systems.

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  • U.S. Army automatic rifleman with Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul in Shah Joy, Afghanistan, November 2011
    Operational Readiness

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    Ground Combat

    David E. Johnson @DaveJohnsonDC

    Dec 23, 2015

    The Cipher Brief

    The U.S. Army needs to pay attention to state-sponsored irregular forces, whose numbers are growing. Such groups represent the type of adversary U.S. ground forces are likely to face.

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  • Uniformed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, march outside a Ukrainian military base, March 5, 2014
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    Struggle in the Gray Zone and World Order

    Michael J. Mazarr @MMazarr

    Dec 22, 2015

    War on the Rocks

    Recent experience suggests that the targets of gray zone campaigns recognize them for what they are — aggressive efforts to overturn the status quo. Gray zone aggression often prompts exactly the sort of reactions it's meant to avoid.

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  • Pumpjack and oil refinery plant in West Texas
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    What Will Happen After the Oil Export Ban Is Repealed?

    Keith Crane, Nathaniel Lutovsky

    Dec 22, 2015

    The RAND Blog

    Without the crude oil export ban, producers could sell their product abroad without discounting it, and the Gulf Coast refineries could specialize in the heavier oil for which they are optimized. On the whole, the global refining industry would likely enjoy efficiency gains.

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    Educational Program Evaluation

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    Hawaii Reading Scores Improved After 'Preschool to Third Grade' Initiative

    Gail L. Zellman, M. Rebecca Kilburn

    Dec 21, 2015

    Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Hawaii's “preschool to third-grade” initiative significantly improved third-grade reading scores. The P-3 approach is a promising education reform that should be considered by those seeking to improve early education performance.

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  • U.S. Army soldier conducts a call-for-fire during an artillery shoot south of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, August 22, 2014
    Veterans Health Care

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    Book Review: 'Women at War'

    Kayla M. Williams

    Dec 21, 2015

    Army Magazine

    Today, women represent approximately 15 percent of the U.S. military but research on their specific physical and psychological health issues has remained relatively sparse. A new book, Women at War, attempts to change that.

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  • Participants are seen in silhouette as they look at a screen showing a world map with climate anomalies during the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 8, 2015
    Robust Decision Making

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    Paris Gets the (Decision) Science Right

    Steven W. Popper

    Dec 18, 2015

    The RAND Blog

    The framework for the Paris negotiations is in sync with what science tells us about how to make effective public policy decisions. This alone makes them historic and may provide a model for both local and global action on more than climate alone.

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  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov before a meeting of Foreign Ministers about Syria in New York, December 18, 2015
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    A Realistic Peace Plan for Syria Needs to Begin with an Immediate Cease-Fire

    Philip Gordon, James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins, Jeffrey Martini

    Dec 18, 2015

    Washington Post

    To reach peace in Syria, the International Syria Support Group should concentrate on securing an immediate cease-fire and arranging for its enforcement, followed by further negotiations on the shape of a reconstituted Syrian state.

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  • The distribution of 40,000 litres of water is seen among in El Srief, North Darfur, July 25, 2011
    International Humanitarian Assistance

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    A New Approach to Managing Aid Agencies

    Tom Ling

    Dec 18, 2015

    The RAND Blog

    The current approach to managing aid agencies is confused due to two opposing forces: a results-based approach to management and an emphasis on the need to achieve systemic changes and transform underlying constraints.

    Read More »
  • Flowers and candles are displayed at a makeshift memorial after the December 2, 2015 shooting in San Bernardino, California
    Terrorism Threat Assessment

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    How Terrorists Get Here

    Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins

    Dec 18, 2015

    The Hill

    Of 134 jihadist-inspired terrorists who have carried out or plotted attacks in the United States since 9/11, 96 were U.S. citizens and 19 others were legal permanent residents. While some level of comfort may be drawn from the fact that terrorists are not pouring into the country, there is no basis for complacency.

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  • Morning commuters arrive and depart from Paddington Railway Station in London
    Migration

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    What Are the Facts About EU Migration to the UK?

    Barbara Janta

    Dec 18, 2015

    The RAND Blog

    Discussions about European migration taking place during the EU Summit this week could benefit from the facts: that the actual number of EU migrants in the UK is considerably smaller than popular perception, and those that are in the UK have higher employment levels than UK nationals.

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