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May 2016

commentary

Striking Back at the Islamic State's Foreign Fighter Pipeline
Islamic State training camps are the breeding grounds of tomorrow's Brussels or Paris attacks, and their consistent penchant for training foreigners suggests that military and security officials need to get serious about how to deal with returnees from Iraq and Syria.
May 31, 2016

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President Obama's Visit to Japan and the Transformation of Japan's Defense Policy
Washington and Tokyo have moved to actively shape and reinforce the values, norms, institutions, and regional order that have served to enable the Asia-Pacific to emerge as an engine of growth and bastion of freedom and democracy over the past nearly 40 years.
May 31, 2016
commentary

Debunking Myths About Patient Experience Surveys
Patient experience surveys give patients a voice. They can provide fair and relevant indicators that complement other metrics of health care quality to monitor and improve care.
May 27, 2016
q&a

Researcher Q&A: Beau Kilmer on the State of Marijuana Legalization
Beau Kilmer, co-director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center and a co-author of the nonpartisan primer Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know addresses developments in marijuana policy and why reasonable people can disagree about legalization.
May 26, 2016
commentary

Georgia's Delicate Foreign Policy Dance
Given the dangerous environment and the small size and relative military weakness of Georgia, it wisely pursues a good neighbor policy in all directions. Still, the country must improve its defense posture and for Georgia, the main security balancer is the United States.
May 25, 2016
commentary

Why Has Obama Lifted the Arms Sales Ban on Vietnam?
The lifting of the arms embargo needs to be understood as part of the long process of normalizing relations with a former U.S. enemy and building toward a more cooperative, economically dynamic, and strategic future-oriented relationship.
May 25, 2016
commentary

Did We Improve Veterans Health Care? It's Unclear
The Veterans Choice program was designed to expedite veterans' access to health care and relieve pressure on the VA system. Before making the program permanent, the VA should better understand its effectiveness.
May 24, 2016
commentary

Does Social Spending Hold the Key to Better Health?
Many governments are cutting spending on social welfare programs, such as unemployment benefits, while protecting health care spending. This could actually be negatively affecting population health.
May 24, 2016
commentary

Brexit and Health Research: An Uncertain Picture
The impact of leaving the EU on UK health research would depend greatly upon the terms and conditions of such a major change. But by exploring different scenarios, each with its own set of political and economic assumptions, we can get a picture of the potential impacts.
May 23, 2016
commentary

Islamic State May Be Down, but It's Far from Out
The Islamic State's loss of territory, money, and recruits would seem to demonstrate significant progress by the U.S.-led coalition. But if there is one accepted truism in the battle against the group, it is that its leaders intend to fight to the death to establish an Islamic caliphate.
May 23, 2016
commentary

5 Things That Should Happen When Obama Visits Hiroshima
On May 27, President Barack Obama will be the first sitting U.S. president to visit the city of Hiroshima. The visit is a sign of respect and friendship between the American and Japanese people, and should make the two countries' ties even stronger.
May 23, 2016
commentary

Terrorism Shouldn't Affect Travel Plans
Evidence suggests that the threat of terrorism need not affect individuals' behavior and travel decisions, not even in the wake of attacks such as those in Brussels and Paris.
May 21, 2016
commentary

The Global Economic Costs of Antimicrobial Resistance
In addition to being a public health problem, antimicrobial resistance is also a major economic concern. It crosses sectoral boundaries, because resistant bugs can pass between animals and humans, and through food, agriculture, and the environment.
May 20, 2016
commentary

Making the 'Gap Year' More Inclusive and Purposeful
High schools and universities should work together, with the support of policymakers, to develop programs that would provide a wider spectrum of U.S. students with the opportunity to take a purposeful gap year—and enter college with some real-world adult experience behind them.
May 19, 2016
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The O'Neill Review: A Critical Step in Taking Global Action Against AMR
The O'Neill Review aims to increase global knowledge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and generate international consensus about the nature of the problem and the necessary steps to tackle it. A RAND Europe analysis of the potential economic costs of AMR contributed to the Review.
May 19, 2016
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100 Stories, 10 Years, 1 Transformation: A Recent History of NIHR's Impacts on the Health Research Landscape
The National Institute for Health Research is now ten years old. What benefits has it had on the health research landscape in the UK since its formation?
May 19, 2016

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