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September 2009

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Finding a Solution to Iran
The revelation of a secret nuclear facility near the holy city of Qom, and the likely existence of other advanced facilities across Iran, makes more urgent the need for a quick solution to the nuclear impasse, writes Alireza Nader.
Sep 30, 2009
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Green Buildings, Jobs and Summits
If the United States is to be a global competitor in green building technology, it needs to learn from some of the countries that are at the table in Pittsburgh this week, writes Charles Ries.
Sep 25, 2009
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G-20 Growing Pains
The increasing importance of the G-20 summits, which include developing heavyweights such as Brazil, Russia, China and India, is testimony to the growing role emerging states now play in managing the international economy. But integrating these newcomers into the global community is unlikely to be straightforward or simple writes Lowell Schwartz.
Sep 24, 2009
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The Right Move in Europe: Improved Opportunities with NATO, Russia
The Obama administration's decision to alter course on missile defense was the right choice. Those who claim it is a capitulation to Russia are wrong, writes Christopher S. Chivvis.
Sep 22, 2009
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Real Threats, Real Fears, Real Defenses
Critics of the Bush administration missile defense plans for Central Europe have charged that the United States would be deploying defenses that did not work against a threat that did not exist, writes James Dobbins.
Sep 21, 2009
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Getting to Know Pittsburgh: The City Has Embraced Me ... and Now the World?
In the year since I moved to Pittsburgh from Southern California, it's become clear that I unwittingly chose the perfect moment in history to come here, writes Susan Everingham.
Sep 19, 2009
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Capitalism Still Works: Our Economy Will Recover Because We Are Innovators and Entrepreneurs
While soul-searching and even self-loathing are inevitable during a crisis, this is no time for America to shy away from a capitalist system that has produced decades of economic growth, writes Krishna Kumar.
Sep 17, 2009
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Collateral Damage in the Ruckus Over Healthcare Reform
What can you choose when life restricts you to the narrow width of a hospital bed and your view is one of life's final horizon, ask Steven M. Asch, Karl Lorenz, and Diane Meier.
Sep 11, 2009
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Finally, Presidential Support for the Individual Mandate
Among all the options in the leading Congressional health care reform bills, the individual mandate would do the most to increase insurance coverage, writes Elizabeth McGlynn.
Sep 9, 2009
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Assessing the Appropriateness of Care—Its Time Has Come
The appropriateness assessment system is a concrete way the medical profession could respond to the need to produce more efficient and effective care, writes Robert Brook.
Sep 2, 2009