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  • Gasoline

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    Among Potential Deficit Remedies, Don't Rule Out Raising Gas Tax

    A proposed 15-cents-a-gallon gas tax is worth a second look. Among various painful options put forward in the Deficit Reduction Commission's draft report, this tax hike may be well justified, write Martin Wachs.

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    Dec 25, 2010

    Detroit Free Press

    Martin Wachs

  • Cyber Warfare

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    Stuxnet Is the World's Problem

    The highly sophisticated Stuxnet computer worm suspected of sending Iran's nuclear centrifuges into self-destruction mode forces a difficult debate on whether longstanding firewalls in our country's democracy should be breached for the sake of national security, writes Isaac Porche.

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    Dec 9, 2010

    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

    Isaac R. Porche III

  • Iran

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    A WikiLeaks Disconnect

    Given domestic pressures and intra-Arab rivalries, all Arab states hedge in their policies toward Iran, seeking to rein in Iranian influence but also being mindful of the permanence of Iranian power and the costs of antagonizing it, writes Dalia Dassa Kaye.

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    Dec 6, 2010

    Los Angeles Times

    Dalia Dassa Kaye

  • Law Enforcement

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    Alert Public and Cops Foiled the Most Terrorism Schemes

    The recent foiled plot by a naturalized citizen to bomb Washington-area metro stations has national counterterrorism officials warning that the U.S. faces not only risks from abroad, but also homegrown terrorism, write John S. Hollywood and Kevin J. Strom.

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    Nov 24, 2010

    The Charlotte Observer

    John S. Hollywood @JohnS_Hollywood, Kevin J. Strom

  • Turkey

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    The US Midterm Elections and US-Turkish Relations

    Some Turkish commentators have written off Obama as a lame duck and advised the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan government to begin reconsidering relations in the post-election period. However, foreign policy played virtually no role in the election, writes F. Stephen Larrabee.

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    Nov 23, 2010

    Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review

    F. Stephen Larrabee

  • Nuclear Disarmament

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    Alternative to Futile Negotiations with N.K.

    Clearly, it's time for a new strategy, one that North Korea has been loathe to discuss: hasten Korean unification under South Korea's leadership, writes Bruce Bennett.

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    Nov 23, 2010

    The Korea Herald

    Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett

  • Iran

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    Revolutionary Guards Criticize Ahmadinejad

    Ahmadinejad, who has been opposed by the reformists and the pragmatic conservatives, is increasingly viewed as a divisive figure even within the principlist (fundamentalist) camp, writes Alireza Nader.

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    Nov 5, 2010

    PBS.org and USIP

    Alireza Nader

  • International Diplomacy

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    Find the Right Balance Between Civilian and Military: Don't Just Strip the DoD of Capabilities to Inform, Influence, and Persuade

    All parties would like to see greater U.S. capability to inform, influence, and persuade abroad, with the Department of State as the robust leader of American public diplomacy and the Department of Defense as a valued and supporting partner, writes Christopher Paul.

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    Oct 31, 2010

    MountainRunner Institute

    Christopher Paul

  • Counterinsurgency

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    Your COIN Is No Good Here

    One can legitimately argue for reducing the United States' commitment to the Afghan war, but it makes no sense to denigrate the tactics and techniques best designed to counter an insurgency, writes James Dobbins.

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    Oct 26, 2010

    Foreign Affairs

    James Dobbins

  • Traffic Accidents

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    A Risk to Themselves

    Drivers 65 and older are only 16 percent more likely per mile driven to cause a traffic accident than are drivers ages 25–64. And their total contribution to the nation's traffic accidents is surprisingly small, writes David S. Loughran.

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    Oct 20, 2010

    New York Times

    David S. Loughran

  • Terrorism Threat Assessment

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    Our Foes Cannot Destroy This Nation

    We have come through wars, depressions, natural and man-made disasters, indeed higher levels of domestic terrorist violence than that we face today, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.

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    Sep 27, 2010

    NationalJournal.com

    Brian Michael Jenkins @BrianMJenkins

  • Public Health Preparedness

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    Flu and Far Between

    In a world where viruses travel as fast as jets, it becomesimportant for governments to share timely informationand accelerate the production and delivery of vaccines, writes Melinda Moore.

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    Sep 22, 2010

    Public Service Review: European Union

    Melinda Moore

  • Africa

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    An Old Scourge Needs a Modern Solution

    Piracy is a crime at sea, but it starts on land. To thwart the Somali piracy career path, the world community should put funds toward protecting local fishing grounds and building a national coast guard capability in Somalia, writes Peter Chalk.

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    Sep 3, 2010

    International Herald Tribune

    Peter Chalk

  • Nation Building

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    A To-Do List for Shoring Up Haiti

    It is not enough to raise stronger buildings. What Haiti truly needs is a more resilient and effective government, write James Dobbins and Laurel Miller.

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    Aug 23, 2010

    Los Angeles Times

    James Dobbins, Laurel E. Miller

  • commentary

    Physician Compensation, Cost, and Quality

    Pay for performance, transparency, and other innovative ways of compensating physicians will work only if, at the same time, the system for providing care is changed to one that has clear objectives and provides specific tools to help physicians achieve those objectives, writes Robert H. Brook.

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    Aug 18, 2010

    The Journal of the American Medical Association

    Robert H. Brook

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