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December 30, 2004: Prepare the Public

By Nicole Lurie, Jeffrey Wasserman (United Press International )

December 29, 2004: Work with the PA for Peace

By Steven Simon, Jonathan Stevenson (United Press International)

December 13, 2004: A Future for U.S.-China Space Cooperation?

By John C. Baker, Kevin L. Pollpeter (Space News)

December 12, 2004: Social Studies: 21st Century Tribes

By David Ronfeldt (Los Angeles Times )

December 10, 2004: Immigrants in France

By Robert A. Levine (United Press International)

December 10, 2004: 'Oil for Food' Worked

By James Dobbins (Washington Post)

December 2, 2004: In Iran, the U.S. Can't Stay on the Sidelines

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune )

November 28, 2004: 'Lifestyle' and Live-Saving Drugs

By Thomas Croghan, Patricia M. Pittman (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

November 22, 2004: Outside View: Russia's Caucasus Gambit

By F. Stephen Larrabee (United Press International )

November 19, 2004: Nuclear Accord Could Open Door To Re-engagement With Tehran

By Robert E. Hunter (Forward)

November 15, 2004: Rereading the Duelfer Report

By David E. Mosher, John V. Parachini (International Herald Tribune )

November 13, 2004: We're All Multilateralists Now

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

November 10, 2004: A Tale of Two Economies

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (Asian Wall Street Journal)

November 9, 2004: Shortages Beyond Flu Shots

By Jennifer Brower (Washington Times)

October 29, 2004: The Kosovars Need to Know Where They're Headed

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

October 26, 2004: The Next President and NATO

By Robert E. Hunter (Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)

October 25, 2004: Why Allies Send Spooks to America

By Seth G. Jones (International Herald Tribune)

October 22, 2004: Outside View: Ukraine elections and the West

By Robert E. Hunter (United Press International )

October 20, 2004: Elections and Nation-building

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

October 20, 2004: Iraqi Security Forces: Numbers and Needs

By Olga Oliker (Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service )

October 17, 2004: Regional Cooperation Is Not Capitulation

By Sally Sleeper (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

October 14, 2004: The Mysteries of the American Electoral College

By James A. Thomson (Le Figaro)

October 10, 2004: Parents of Schoolchildren: Start Your Information Engines

By Brian Gill, Laura S. Hamilton (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

October 3, 2004: Downtown is a Pittsburgh Neighborhood

By Rachel Rue (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

September 30, 2004: Semantics are Strategic in the War on Terror

By Brian Michael Jenkins (The Globe and Mail)

September 27, 2004: China Shows Advantages of Accessible Economy

By William H. Overholt (Shanghai Daily)

September 26, 2004: Quality, Not Quantity

By Henry H. Willis (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

September 24, 2004: The Four Defensive Measures Against Terrorism

By Brian Michael Jenkins (24 Chasa)

September 22, 2004: Safety First

By James Dobbins (New York Times)

September 19, 2004: Navigating Research on Alternative Schools

By Ron Zimmer, Christopher Nelson (San Diego Union-Tribune)

September 19, 2004: The Bright Lights in Pittsburgh's Future

By Barry Balmat, Peter A. Morrison (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

September 16, 2004: Storms Blow, But We Can Cut Losses

By Charles Meade (Times-Picayune, New Orleans)

September 12, 2004: The View from Ground Zero: Is America Safer?

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

September 12, 2004: Terrorism

By Bruce Hoffman (Star-Ledger)

September 7, 2004: Europe Must Set Its Defence Industry Free

By Katia Vlachos-Dengler (Financial Times)

September 5, 2004: Missed Opportunities

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

August 27, 2004: Talk It Out on Iran Before It's Too Late

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times )

August 25, 2004: The World Should Share Its Science

By Yee-Cheong Lee, Caroline S. Wagner (Financial Times)

August 24, 2004: US Troop Withdrawals Costly to Alliances

By Robert E. Hunter (Christian Science Monitor)

August 22, 2004: Looking for 'High Noon' in a Hundred Years' War

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union Tribune)

August 22, 2004: World Becomes the Hostage of Media-Savvy Terrorists

By Brian Michael Jenkins (USA Today)

August 17, 2004: Don't Move Too Fast on Intelligence Reform

By Brian Michael Jenkins (The Hill)

August 12, 2004: Afghanistan Without Doctors

By Cheryl Benard (Wall Street Journal)

August 11, 2004: Nation-Building Returns to Favour

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

August 9, 2004: A Dangerous Peace

By Seth G. Jones (Newsweek)

August 2, 2004: Kosovo: Delaying is the Least-Bad Option

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

July 23, 2004: Lessons from the Past for Iraq's Future

By Bruce Hoffman (San Diego Union-Tribune)

July 7, 2004: Allies and Interests: A Test to Determine Who's an Ally

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (International Herald Tribune)

July 7, 2004: China's Rising Unemployment Challenge

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (Asian Wall Street Journal )

July 6, 2004: Measuring Racial Profiling by Police

By J. G. Riley, Greg Ridgeway ((Law Enforcement News)

June 27, 2004: Engage, Don't Isolate, Iran

By Robert E. Hunter (The San Diego Union Tribune)

June 27, 2004: Securing the Peace Will Require Finesse

By James Dobbins (Orange County Register)

June 24, 2004: What's in a Motto?

By Evan S. Medeiros (South China Morning Post)

June 8, 2004: Fighting the Insurgency

By Bruce Hoffman (Washington Times)

June 7, 2004: How Can Individuals Be Better Prepared for Catastrophic Terrorist Attacks?

By Lynn E. Davis (The Connection)

June 2, 2004: Shades of Tiananmen: Protests Now Flourish in China

By Murray Scot Tanner (International Herald Tribune)

May 28, 2004: Gaining The Iraqis' Toleration

By James Dobbins, Philip Gordon (Washington Post)

May 27, 2004: A Chance to Overcome Religious Divisions

By Rollie Lal (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

May 17, 2004: Changing Course In Iraq Is Not an Option

By James Dobbins (The Financial Times)

May 13, 2004: Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

By Gregory F. Treverton, Spencer Kim (The Korea Herald)

May 12, 2004: Perceptions of Food That Are an Ocean Apart

By Felicia Wu (The Financial Times)

May 6, 2004: Time to Deal With Iran

By James Dobbins (The Washington Post)

May 3, 2004: Trains, Buses and Terror

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Mercury News)

April 29, 2004: Gaza pullout - a Cynic's Path to 'Peace'

By Seth G. Jones (Christian Science Monitor)

April 25, 2004: Bin Laden May Be Fishing for Allies on Europe's Secular Left

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

April 15, 2004: Can We Learn from Others?

By William Rosenau, Peter Chalk (Wall Street Journal)

March 22, 2004: Europe's Embargo: Keep the Ban on Arms for China

By Roger Cliff, Evan S. Medeiros (International Herald Tribune)

March 21, 2004: Does Terrorism Work?

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Mercury News)

March 19, 2004: The West Must Now Reassess its Gamble on Russia

By Robert E. Hunter (Financial Times)

March 18, 2004: A Perilous Journey from Sovereignty to the Polls

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

February 22, 2004: Police-Search Statistics Don't Lie, But Statisticians Can

By Greg Ridgeway, J. G. Riley (Dallas Morning News)

February 19, 2004: A Way Out for Haiti

By James Dobbins (New York Times)

February 18, 2004: The U.N.'s Strengths and Weaknesses in Iraq

By Seth G. Jones (San Diego Tribune)

February 17, 2004: Beyond Iraq and the End of the US Monopoly

By Robert E. Hunter (Financial Times)

February 15, 2004: Intelligence -- a Funhouse of Reflections

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

February 4, 2004: A Perilous Dialogue of Pessimists

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

February 3, 2004: How We Are Fighting the War on Terrorism

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

February 1, 2004: 'Axis of Evil' Versus 'Chain of Evil'

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

February 1, 2004: Why We Didn't Get the Picture

By Bruce Berkowitz (Washington Post)

January 31, 2004: A Different Axis: Don't Try Regime Change in North Korea

By Bruce W. Bennett, Nina Hachigian (International Herald Tribune)

January 22, 2004: It's So Easy to Blame China for Everything

By William H. Overholt (International Herald Tribune )

January 20, 2004: UN Man for Baghdad: Bringing the Afghan Experience to Iraq

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

January 16, 2004: What Can We Learn from the Terrorists?

By Bruce Hoffman (Global Agenda)

January 16, 2004: Help the PA Push Out Hamas

By Steven Simon, Jonathan Stevenson (Wall Street Journal, European Edition)

January 6, 2004: Carrots Are as Vital as Sticks in the Balkans

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

January 5, 2004: French Tussle Over Muslim Head Scarf is Positive Push for Women's Rights

By Cheryl Benard (Christian Science Monitor)

January 4, 2004: Mao as Guide to Fight in Iraq

By Ralph Masi (San Francisco Chronicle)

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