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  • Military Transformation

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    What Does the 19th Party Congress Mean for the PLA?

    The People's Liberation Army has a lot at stake in China's Communist Party Congress. In addition to changes in military leadership, reports issued at a Party Congress invariably contain directives to the military that can add impetus to ongoing initiatives.

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    Oct 18, 2017

    China Policy Institute Blog

    Timothy R. Heath

  • Warfare and Military Operations

    commentary

    A Glass Half Empty? Taking Stock of Hezbollah's Losses in Syria

    Hezbollah has gained valuable combat experience in Syria, but the cost of that experience may not outweigh the losses in troops, the damage to its image and the need to cede some of its autonomy to Iran and the Assad regime. The longer the war drags on, the more apparent these losses will become.

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    Oct 17, 2017

    The Jerusalem Post

    Colin P. Clarke

  • Big Data

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    Big Data, Big Questions

    RAND-Lex is a computer program that can scan millions of lines of text and identify what people are talking about, how they fit into communities, and how they see the world. The program has shed light on how terrorists communicate, how the American public thinks about health, and more.

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    Oct 16, 2017

  • Infrastructure Finance

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    China's Field of Dreams in Pakistan

    China is four years into joint planning and construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a vast economic development package. Beneath the surface, Beijing is testing a new "build it and they will come" model for delivering economic development and foreign aid.

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    Oct 16, 2017

    U.S. News & World Report

    Rafiq Dossani, Niels Erich

  • International Diplomacy

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    Punting on the Iran Nuclear Deal

    President Trump has signaled that he is likely to decline to certify that Iran is adhering to its nuclear deal commitments. The alternatives to the agreement are clear: Iran will develop nuclear weapons, the U.S. will go to war to prevent this, or both.

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    Oct 16, 2017

    U.S. News & World Report

    James Dobbins @Jim_Dobbins

  • Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

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    Can Open Science Help to Make Research More Accessible?

    The leading principle of open science is that anyone, whether they are part of the research community or the public, should be able to access scientific knowledge. Free circulation of knowledge, the sharing of research results, and transparency of methodology are core tenets of the scientific method.

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    Oct 13, 2017

    Observatory for a Connected Society app

    Anna Knack, Elta Smith, et al.

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    How Salafism's Rise Threatens Gaza

    The rise of hardline Salafism is a worrisome trend in Gaza, where Salafists could surpass Hamas as the most dangerous threat to other Palestinians and the state of Israel. Such a result could signal the sabotage of yet another chance for progress in one of the world's longest-running conflicts.

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    Oct 11, 2017

    Foreign Affairs

    Colin P. Clarke

  • Health Care Access

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    Why ACA Enrollees Need Support After They Sign Up

    Providing support for Affordable Care Act enrollees to connect with care they are happy with can help minimize the risk that they will stop seeking routine health care.

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    Oct 11, 2017

    The Hill

    Laurie T. Martin

  • Wargaming

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    Adding Shots on Target: Wargaming Beyond the Game

    Figuring out what the future may look like—and what concepts and technology we should invest in now to prepare—is hard. How can the wargaming community build a cycle of research to help understand what these paths might be?

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    Oct 9, 2017

    War on the Rocks

    Elizabeth M. Bartels @elliebartels

  • Nuclear Deterrence

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    The Rorschach Test of New Nuclear Powers: Analogies for North Korean Command and Control

    Is Pyongyang more like modern Islamabad or Soviet Moscow? The answer must draw on the expertise of scholars of civil-military relations as well as nuclear strategy. Even then analogy is only a starting point—North Korea may be more or less like previous cases, but will certainly be unique.

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    Oct 6, 2017

    War on the Rocks

    Austin Long

  • Primary Care

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    Doing More with Less: Lessons from Cuba's Health Care System

    High U.S. health care costs do not yield corresponding health outcomes for its citizens. But Cuba, for less than a tenth of U.S. costs, has attained comparable outcomes on many indicators, such as life expectancy and infant mortality. Cuba prioritizes primary care and prevention and addresses social determinants of health.

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    Oct 6, 2017

    Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

    Claire E. O'Hanlon, Melody Harvey

  • Arctic Region

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    Policy Challenges in the Arctic: Q&A with Abbie Tingstad

    Abbie Tingstad discusses how the opening of the Arctic by climate change could strain relationships among Arctic nations, how these changes will affect indigenous communities, and what to make of Russia's military buildup in the region.

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    Oct 6, 2017

  • Threat Assessment

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    On North Korea, Past Foreign Policy Fiascoes Show U.S. What Not to Do

    Foreign policy disasters are often the sum of two basic errors: embracing exaggerated claims about the need to act, and inventing a conceptual magic wand to wish away potential consequences. Both are apparent in U.S. policy toward North Korea's nuclear aspirations.

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    Oct 5, 2017

    CNN

    Michael J. Mazarr @MMazarr

  • Health Economics

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    New Options for Funding the NHS and Social Care in the UK: What Can We Learn from International Experiences?

    International experiences show the complexity of policy choices around funding health and social care. What models are most feasible and appropriate to fund the UK's health and social care systems, both among policymakers and the public?

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    Oct 5, 2017

    The Health Foundation

    Jennie Corbett, Jon Sussex

  • Older Adults

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    An Uneven Future: An Ageing Population Needs Innovation, but Not at the Expense of Equal Care

    Expected increases in life expectancy together with increasingly complex physical and mental illness will continue to exert huge pressures on health systems. How should the UK prepare for the challenges ahead?

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    Oct 5, 2017

    Health Service Journal

    Camilla d'Angelo

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