2017

Nuclear Deterrence

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Decertifying the Iran Nuclear Deal Would Not Increase U.S. Leverage
The Iran nuclear agreement is not perfect, but it is working. Iran is no longer on the brink of being able to produce a nuclear weapon as it was two years ago. The suggestion that decertifying would increase U.S. leverage to renegotiate and strengthen the agreement is unrealistic.
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Oct 5, 2017
Jewish Journal
Dalia Dassa Kaye
International Economic Relations

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King Salman and Putin Deals Leave the U.S. Out in the Cold
Riyadh plans to invest in Russian energy assets and possibly arms. The deals will lead to the manufacture of arms in Saudi Arabia and likely the transfer of military technology. These agreements thwart the U.S.- and EU-led sanctions regime and send an important signal to Washington.
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Oct 4, 2017
Newsweek
Becca Wasser, Howard J. Shatz @HowardJShatz
Sleep

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How Young Kids Causing Sleepless Nights Drove Me to Sleep Research
RAND's Marco Hafner discusses how sleep troubles related to raising two young children spurred him to study how insufficient sleep impacts productivity at work, mortality, academic performance, and even national economies.
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Oct 3, 2017
Thrive Global
Marco Hafner
Terrorism Threat Assessment

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All That Could Go Wrong When Jihadists Return Home — to China
About 300 of Western China's Uighurs, the Sunni Muslim indigenous ethnic minority, went to Syria to join ISIS. Now that the caliphate is collapsing, Beijing could soon find itself in the crosshairs of a religiously motivated, battle-hardened crop of returning terrorists.
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Sep 29, 2017
Defense One
Colin P. Clarke, Paul Rexton Kan
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The Intersection of Algorithms and an Individual's Rights
Data collection, and our reliance on it, have evolved extremely rapidly. The resulting algorithms have proved invaluable for organizing, evaluating and utilizing information. How do individuals' rights come in to play, when data about their lives is compiled to create algorithms, and the resulting tools are applied to judge them?
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Sep 29, 2017
Daily Journal
Dan Grunfeld
Gender Equity in the Workplace

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Female Drivers Can Put Saudis on Road to Enhanced Growth
Allowing women to get behind the wheel will likely lead to significant long-term changes in Saudi Arabia's economy and the participation of women in the labor force.
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Sep 29, 2017
The Hill
Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson
Sleep

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Why Sleep Matters to the World's Bottom Line
Sleep and sleep loss matters to all aspects of society, from an individual's health to the success of the global economy. Insufficient sleep costs five of the largest economies more than half a trillion dollars per year, but improving sleeping habits and duration can have major impacts.
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Sep 27, 2017
Media Planet
Marco Hafner
Sleep

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Debunking 5 Myths of Sleeping Together
About a third of American adults choose not to sleep with their partner, and evidence suggests that their ranks are growing. This decision often results in social stigma, including some dubious assumptions that sleeping apart is a sign of a sexless or otherwise unhappy marriage.
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Sep 27, 2017
Media Planet
Wendy M. Troxel @wendytroxel
Health Care Payment Approaches

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Savings from a Single-Payer Health System Would Not Be Automatic
Polls have shown increasing public support for a single-payer system in the United States. Yet there is no agreement on how to set up and pay for a single-payer system or even how much it would cost.
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Sep 26, 2017
The Hill
Jodi L. Liu @jodilliu
International Diplomacy

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The Multilateral Order Makes America Stronger
Skeptics have suggested that U.S. interests and support for the international community are somehow mutually exclusive. In fact, international institutions, rules, and norms have mostly worked in the U.S. interest, not against it. The Trump administration has an opportunity to build on that record with a strong agenda of reform and support.
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Sep 26, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
Michael J. Mazarr @MMazarr
The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization)

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Round-Trip Tickets: How Will Authorities Know When Foreign Fighters Have Returned?
As the Islamic State's territory shrinks and its prestige declines, militants will try to find their way home. Many foreign fighters began as criminals, and many might turn to crime on their return. One of the most productive ways to identify and disrupt returning fighters is to focus on the criminal underworld.
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Sep 25, 2017
Lawfare
Colin P. Clarke
Migrants

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Addressing Europe's Migrant Crisis Takes More Than Stopping the Boats from Libya
Treating migration from Libya as a border security issue has reduced migration across the Mediterranean. But efforts to keep migrants in Libya are fraught with risks, exacerbate a massive human rights problem, and do not address Libya's long-term economic and political stabilization.
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Sep 25, 2017
Foreign Policy Concepts
Amanda Kadlec, Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson
The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization)

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How ISIS Is Transforming
The campaign to counter ISIS has made significant progress, but predictions of the group's demise are premature. It is transitioning from an insurgent organization with a fixed headquarters to a clandestine terrorist network dispersed throughout the globe.
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Sep 25, 2017
Foreign Affairs
Colin P. Clarke
Health Care Reform

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Do Americans Expect Too Much from Health Insurance?
Americans expect affordable coverage for pre-existing conditions, access to routine services, and protection from unpredictable and significant financial risk from accidents or illness. As a product designed primarily for risk protection, insurance may not be the most efficient or affordable approach to achieving all of these objectives.
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Sep 23, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
Christine Eibner @Chrissyeibner, Katherine Grace Carman
International Diplomacy

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Book Review: 'The Chessboard and the Web' by Anne-Marie Slaughter
Few quests in international relations scholarship are as imperative and vexing as that of rethinking power — how it is defined, who wields which types, and what strategies different actors pursue to accumulate it. Slaughter's new book is a significant contribution to that end.
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Sep 22, 2017
New Republic
Ali Wyne