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RAND researchers contribute opinion pieces to newspapers worldwide on the topics of:

• International Affairs
• U.S. National Security
• U.S. Domestic Agenda

This page is organized chronologically by topic, but a completely chronological listing of all recent RAND commentary is also available, as is a list of commentary organized alphabetically by author.

Commentary pieces by RAND staff reflect the analyses of the authors and not those of RAND itself.

International Affairs Commentary

April 27, 2007: How Not to Promote American Missile Defense in Europe

By F. Stephen Larrabee and Andrzej Karkoszka (Project Syndicate)

April 19, 2007: Easing U.S.-Iran Tensions

By Robert Hunter (United Press International)

April 18, 2007: Green But Unsafe

By John D. Graham (Wall Street Journal, Europe Edition)

April 16, 2007: Who Lost Iraq?

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

April 12, 2007: The Taliban Threat is Not Just America's Burden

By Robert Hunter (Financial Times)

March 29, 2007: Missile Defense: Avoiding a Crisis in Europe

By F. Stephen Larrabee and David E. Mosher (International Herald Tribune)

March 26, 2007: Paradoxes: Liberal…Conservative…Go Figure

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (Milken Institute Review)

March 18, 2007: Flagging Ally: Pakistan's Lapses Are Hurting the War on Terror

By Seth G. Jones and John Gordon IV (San Diego Union-Tribune)

March 16, 2007: Iran's Covert War in Iraq

By Rick Brennan (Washington Times)

March 7, 2007: Unknown Education Revolution

By Naveen Mandava (Mint)

March 5, 2007: C. Asia's Great Game

By F. Stephen Larrabee (United Press International)

February 27, 2007: My Enemy's Enemy

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

February 23, 2007: America's Turkey Problem

By F. Stephen Larrabee and Suat Kiniklioglu (United Press International)

February 11, 2007: Iraq's Jobs-for-Peace Mirage

By Keith Crane (Project Syndicate)

February 1, 2007: Which Economy Will Run Into Trouble First: The US or China?

By William H. Overholt (Policy & Markets Magazine)

February 1, 2007: America's Long Wars

By Andrew R. Hoehn and David A. Shlapak (United Press International)

January 31, 2007: Afghanistan's Local Insurgency

By Seth G. Jones (International Herald Tribune)

January 29, 2007: Put Iraqi Insurgents Out of Business

By Keith Crane (Christian Science Monitor)

January 26, 2007: No Need to Expand U.S. Army

By David C. Gompert (United Press International)

January 24, 2007: Coordination Could Breed Control in Iraq

By Austin Long (Washingtonpost.com)

January 17, 2007: A Bad Plan for the Middle East

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

January 15, 2007: Central Asia's Other 'Turkmenbashis'

By F. Stephen Larrabee (Project Syndicate)

January 14, 2007: Old Front Against Terrorism

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

January 4, 2007: Public: Leaner, Fitter, Meaner?

By Tom Ling (The Guardian)

January 4, 2007: A Mighty Country's Progress and Regress

By Charles Wolf (Project Syndicate)

January 2, 2007: Europe's Afghan Test

By Robert Hunter (United Press International)

December 28, 2006: Pakistan's Tribal Deals Aren't Working

By Seth G. Jones (International Herald Tribune)

December 21, 2006: Globalization's Unequal Discontents

By William H. Overholt (Washingtonpost.com)

December 19, 2006: Afghanistan Needs Help

By Obaid Younossi (United Press International)

December 15, 2006: In Bahrain, Democracy in Action or Just Divide and Rule?

By Fred Wehrey (Arab Reform Bulletin)

December 6, 2006: Changes From Command Transfer

By Bruce Bennett (Korea Times)

December 1, 2006: No Law and No Order

By Olga Oliker (Parliamentary Brief)

November 28, 2006: N Korea Policy Options

By Bruce Bennett (United Press International)

November 21, 2006: Tokyo's Leverage Over Pyongyang

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

November 19, 2006: Grand Strategy for the Middle East

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

November 18, 2006: The EU Should Put Up or Shut Up in Afghanistan

By Robert E. Hunter (Project Syndicate)

November 14, 2006: Winning Back the Turks

By F. Stephen Larrabee (International Herald Tribune)

November 10, 2006: A Laid-Off Child Is a Terrible Mind to Waste

By Krishna Kumar (Rediff)

October 18, 2006: Crafting Terror Strategy

By David Ochmanek and Lowell Schwartz (United Press International)

October 17, 2006: What's to Stop Kim Now?

By Bruce Bennett (International Herald Tribune)

October 15, 2006: On the Edge

By Bruce Bennett (Washington Times)

October 6, 2006: Terror War Uncertainties

By Brian Michael Jenkins (United Press International)

September 28, 2006: What Went Wrong in Iraq?

By Ed O'Connell (United Press International)

September 11, 2006: State of Terrorism Address: What Would Osama Bin Laden Say to Jihadists Five Years Later?

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

September 10, 2006: Safer, But Not Safe

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

September 1, 2006: U.S. Mideast Setbacks

By Robert E. Hunter (United Press International)

August 30, 2006: Mideast Peace: Bush Has a Job to Do

By Robert E. Hunter (International Herald Tribune)

August 15, 2006: Regulatory Reform on Both Sides of the Atlantic

By John Graham (Washingtonpost.com)

August 13, 2006: Castro's Deal With the Soviet Devil

By Edward Gonzalez (Los Angeles Times)

August 13, 2006: Moral Clarity in the Mideast

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

August 8, 2006: Lebanon's Sectarian Aftershocks

By Fred Wehrey and Dalia Dassa Kaye (United Press International)

August 1, 2006: 'There Is Still So Much Infosys in Me'

By Krishna Kumar (Rediff) Read commentary at rediff.com

July 30, 2006: Bombing Boon…

By David Aaron and Paul Miller (Washington Times)

July 19, 2006: Protecting U.S. Interests In the Middle East

By Robert E. Hunter (Washingtonpost.com)

July 18, 2006: How to Curb Rising Suicide Terrorism in Afghanistan

By Hekmat Karzai and Seth G. Jones (Christian Science Monitor)

June 10, 2006: Zarqawi Death Won't End War

By Farhana Ali (United Press International)

June 7, 2006: How Iraq's Neighbours Can Steer It Away From Destruction

By David Aaron (Financial Times)

May 2, 2006: Averting War with Iran

By F. Stephen Larrabee and Peter A. Wilson (United Press International)

May 2, 2006: America Needs to Pick Its Fights Carefully

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

May 2, 2006: Stability in Iraq Won't Come Without Disbanding Militias

By David C. Gompert (Christian Science Monitor)

April 26, 2006: Time To Talk With Iran

By Robert E. Hunter (Washingtonpost.com)

April 11, 2006: Striking Iran Is an Option, Not Inevitable

By Seth G. Jones (Christian Science Monitor)

April 8, 2006: Ukraine's New Politics

By F. Stephen Larrabee and Taras Kuzio (United Press International)

April 4, 2006: Dialogue Can Stop Iran at the Nuclear Threshold

By James Dobbins and Ray Takeyh (Financial Times)

March 27, 2006: Today's Wars Are Less About Ideas Than Extreme Tribalism

By David Ronfeldt (Christian Science Monitor)

March 21, 2006: Roiling the Waters in the Taiwan Strait

By Roger Cliff and Toy Reid (International Herald Tribune)

March 19, 2006: The Defiant War

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

March 15, 2006: How to Deal with Hamas

By David Aaron (United Press International)

March 13, 2006: Pakistan vs. al-Qaida

By Farhana Ali (United Press International)

March 9, 2006: Defusing the Iranian Crisis

By F. Stephen Larrabee (Orange County Register)

March 3, 2006: The Threat of Oil Jihad

By Brian Michael Jenkins (United Press International)

March 1, 2006: Lessons for Intelligence in the Campaign Against al Qaeda

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Vanguard)

February 26, 2006: Give Haiti United Message from D.C.

By James Dobbins (Miami Herald)

February 22, 2006: Making Europe a Home Fit for the Next Einstein

By Erik Frinking and Titus Galama (Financial Times)

February 10, 2006: A Strategy for Iran

By Dalia Dassa Kaye (United Press International)

February 10, 2006: Amateur Hour in Iraq

By James Dobbins (United Press International)

February 9, 2006: A Brain Drain Threatens Afghanistan's Future

By Obaid Younossi (International Herald Tribune)

February 2, 2006: We the People (of China)…

By Murray Scot Tanner (Wall Street Journal)

January 25, 2006: Just Starting: The War Against Terror

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Newsday)

January 15, 2006: Watching a Retriever Teach Foreign Policy

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

January 13, 2006: Let's Avoid Another Trans-Atlantic Feud

By Seth G. Jones and F. Stephen Larrabee (International Herald Tribune)

December 30, 2005: Iraq Needs Unity

By James Dobbins (United Press International)

December 18, 2005: War, Propaganda and Public Opinion

By Lowell Schwartz (Baltimore Sun)

December 18, 2005: Biometrics in the War on Terror

By John D. Woodward, Jr. (United Press International)

December 14, 2005: Vision for a Successful Palestine

By Michael Rich (Washington Times)

December 13, 2005: The Challenge of Ukraine's European Integration

By Taras Kuzio and Jennifer Moroney (United Press International)

December 13, 2005: The Bomber Behind the Veil

By Farhana Ali (Baltimore Sun)

December 11, 2005: We Advance Our Cause

By David C. Gompert (Washington Post)

December 8, 2005: France's Muslim Minority

By Robert A. Levine (United Press International)

December 8, 2005: NATO's Role in Nation-building

By James Dobbins (NATO Review)

December 7, 2005: Little to Argue About on Iraq

By James Dobbins (The Hill)

November 23, 2005: Shareholders Don't Shoot Each Other

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (Wall Street Journal)

November 13, 2005: Misjudging The Jihad: Briefing Osama on All the War's Wins and Losses

By Brian Michael Jenkins and Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

November 7, 2005: The World Needs a Prefab Constitution

By Cheryl Benard (International Herald Tribune)

November 1, 2005: Bush Needs Allies Near Iraq, However Unsavoury

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

October 30, 2005: Puts & Calls: Concerns Over U.S.-China Trade Deficit Are Overblown

By Julia F. Lowell (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

October 28, 2005: Terror in Historical Context

By Brian Michael Jenkins (United Press International)

October 16, 2005: Straight Talk on Turning Points

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

September 30, 2005: NATO Peacekeepers Need a Partner

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

September 23, 2005: The Danger Next Door

By Seth G. Jones (New York Times)

September 14, 2005: China: Bachelor Bomb

By Dudley L. Poston Jr. and Peter A. Morrison (International Herald Tribune)

September 11, 2005: Four Years After 9/11, War on Terror Slogs On

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

September 11, 2005: Democracy's Defense: Values and Justice

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Baltimore Sun)

September 6, 2005: Why America Shouldn't Sever Uzbekistan Ties

By Olga Oliker (Baltimore Sun)

August 29, 2005: Exiting Iraq

By Lowell H. Schwartz and Jeff Michaels (United Press International)

August 27, 2005: Iraq's Constitution: From Dayton to Baghdad

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

August 25, 2005: In Iraq's Prisons, Try a Little Tenderness

By Scott Gerwehr and Nina Hachigian (New York Times)

August 16, 2005: Palestinians Need Money in Order for Peace to Work

By Robert Hunter (Marketplace)

August 13, 2005: Timing is Everything

By Terrence K. Kelly (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

August 10, 2005: A Tool for Democracy Could Use Some Help

By Robert E. Hunter (Washington Post)

August 9, 2005: Gauging Counterinsurgency

By Nora Bensahel (Baltimore Sun)

August 7, 2005: Beware Beijing's Military Ambitions

By Roger Cliff (Los Angeles Times)

August 5, 2005: A Future Beyond a Funeral

By Ed O'Connell (Washington Post)

July 26, 2005: Selecting for Security

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Newsday)

July 17, 2005: The Lessons of London

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

July 12, 2005: America Is Punishing Germany for Its Iraq Opposition

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

July 7, 2005: Palestinians Need More Cash

By Robert E. Hunter (International Herald Tribune)

June 30, 2005: One Korea?

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (Wall Street Journal)

June 28, 2005: Lessons to Be Learned from Conflicts in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan

By James Dobbins (NPR)

June 26, 2005: Strategy: Political Warfare Neglected

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

June 20, 2005: Good Time to Bridge the Atlantic Gap

By Robert Hunter (Globe and Mail)

June 11, 2005: Majority Rule That Respects Minorities

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

June 8, 2005: Revitalizing U.S.-Turkey Relations

By Frank Carlucci and F. Stephen Larrabee (Washington Times)Read commentary at washingtontimes.com

June 5, 2005: What's Next for EU… and U.S.?

By Robert E. Hunter (Washington Times)Read commentary at washingtontimes.com

May 24, 2005: Terrorists and Organized Crime Join Forces

By Rollie Lal (International Herald Tribune)

May 22, 2005: Planning for Palestine

By Steven Simon and C. Ross Anthony (Baltimore Sun)

May 21, 2005: Buy Security Through Aid

By Gregory F. Treverton and Robert Klitgaard (United Press International)

May 20, 2005: A Sensible Solution To Beijing's Yuan Dilemma?

By Charles Wolf (Asian Wall Street Journal)

May 18, 2005: Can the Iraq Beast Be Tamed?

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Boston Globe)

May 15, 2005: The Men Who Pursued Paradise in Destruction

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

May 12, 2005: Beijing's Dangerous Game

By Murray Scot Tanner (United Press International)

May 7, 2005: Iraq: Democracy vs. Power Sharing

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

May 6, 2005: How to Help Yushchenko

By Jennifer Moroney and Taras Kuzio (International Herald Tribune)

May 4, 2005: Opium and Democracy

By Peter Reuter and Victoria Greenfield (United Press International)

April 29, 2005: Kidnappings in Iraq Strategically Effective

By Brian Michael Jenkins, Meg Williams, and Ed Williams (Chicago Tribune)

March 25, 2005: The Muslim Ghetto

By Geneive Abdo and Steven Simon (Al-Ahram Weekly)

March 22, 2005: Promoting Justice

By David Aaron (United Press International)

March 10, 2005: The Challenge for NATO's Chairman

By Robert Hunter (Frontline Canada)

March 2, 2005: Heading Off European Arms to China

By Evan S. Medeiros and Seth G. Jones (The Hill)

February 22, 2005: Strengthening the Partnership

By Cheryl Benard (In Touch)

February 21, 2005: Beyond Cowboy Diplomacy

By Robert E. Hunter (Baltimore Sun)

February 20, 2005: Contrary to Some Journalistic Snap Judgments, the Iraqi Elections Were Not a Victory for a Theocracy Controlled by Iran

By Terrence K. Kelly (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

February 17, 2005: China's Stake in a Nonnuclear North Korea

By Nina Hachigian (Christian Science Monitor)

February 16, 2005: The Multilateral Path To Disarming North Korea

By Charles Wolf Jr. (Asian Wall Street Journal)

February 15, 2005: Spreading Democracy in Ukraine

By Jennifer D.P. Moroney (The Hill)

February 10, 2005: Western Strategy for Ukraine

By F. Stephen Larrabee (United Press International)

February 4, 2005: Bin Laden and His Special Effects

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Chicago Tribune)

January 30, 2005: Iraq: Not Terrorist Central

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

January 26, 2005: Upcoming Iraqi Elections Could Make Ethnic Strife There Even Worse

By James Dobbins (NPR)

January 23, 2005: Unavoidable Clash of Islam and the West?

By Steven Simon (Newsweek Polska)

January 15, 2005: Our Way or the Highway

By James T. Quinlivan (United Press International)

January 6, 2005: A Chance to Clean Up the Palestinian Authority

By Seth Jones (Financial Times)

December 29, 2004: Work with the PA for Peace

By Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson (United Press International)

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

By John C. Baker and Kevin Pollpeter (Space News)

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

By David Ronfeldt (Los Angeles Times)

December 10, 2004: 'Oil for Food' Worked

By James Dobbins (Washington Post)

December 10, 2004: Immigrants in France

By Robert Levine (United Press International)

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

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

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 Hunter (Forward)

November 15, 2004: Rereading the Duelfer Report

By David E. Mosher and 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)

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: Iraqi Security Forces: Numbers and Needs

By Olga Oliker (Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)

October 20, 2004: Elections and Nation-building

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

September 27, 2004: China Shows Advantages of Accessible Economy

By William H. Overholt (Shanghai Daily)

September 24, 2004: The Four Defensive Measures Against Terrorism

By Brian Jenkins (24 Chasa)

September 22, 2004: Safety First

By James Dobbins (New York Times)

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 Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

August 25, 2004: The World Should Share Its Science

By Yee-Cheong Lee and Caroline Wagner (Financial Times )

August 24, 2004: US Troop Withdrawals Costly to Alliances

By Robert E. Hunter (Christian Science Monitor)

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

Brian Michael Jenkins (USA Today)

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

Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union Tribune)

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 Jones (Newsweek) Read commentary msnbc.msn.com

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

By Bruce Hoffman (San Diego Union-Tribune)

July 7, 2004: China's Rising Unemployment Challenge

By Charles Wolf Jr. (Asian Wall Street Journal)

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

By Charles Wolf Jr. (International Herald Tribune) Read commentary at iht.com

June 27, 2004: Securing the Peace Will Require Finesse

By James Dobbins (Orange County Register)

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

By Robert Hunter (San Diego Union Tribune)

June 24, 2004: Plan of Attack

By Bruce Hoffman (Atlantic Monthly) Read commentary from theatlantic.com

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

By Evan Medeiros (South China Morning Post)

June 8, 2004: Fighting the Insurgency

By Bruce Hoffman (Washington Times)

June 2, 2004: Protests Now Flourish in China,

By Murray Scot Tanner (International Herald Tribune) Read commentary at iht.com

May 28, 2004: Gaining The Iraqis' Toleration

By James Dobbins and Philip H. Gordon (Washington Post)

May 27, 2004: A Chance to Overcome Religious Divisions

By Rollie Lal (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

May 13, 2004 Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

By Gregory Treverton and Spencer Kim (Korea Herald)

May 6, 2004: Time to Deal With Iran

By James Dobbins (Washington Post)

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

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune) Read commentary at iht.com

March 22, 2004: Keep The Ban On Arms for China

By Roger Cliff and Evan S. Medeiros (International Herald Tribune) Read commentary at iht.com

March 21, 2004: Does Terrorism Work?

Brian Michael Jenkins (Mercury News)

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

By Robert Hunter (Financial Times)

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

By James Dobbins (Financial Times)

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

Seth G. Jones (San Diego Union-Tribune)

February 17, 2004: Beyond Iraq and the end of the US monopoly

Robert E. Hunter (Financial Times)

February 16, 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 1, 2004: Why We Didn't Get the Picture

By Bruce Berkowitz (Washington Post)

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

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

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

By Bruce Bennett and Nina Hachigian (International Herald Tribune) Read commentary at iht.com

January 16, 2004: Help the PA Push Out Hamas

By Steven Simon and 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)

December 26, 2003: Fight Terrorism With Intelligence, Not Might

By Sara Daly (Christian Science Monitor)

December 25, 2003: From 'White' Christmas to 'Orange' Christmas

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union Tribune)

December 19, 2003: Why U.S. History Holds a Lesson for Europe

By James Thomson (Financial Times)

December 17, 2003: Saddam Is Ours. Does Al Qaeda Care?

By Bruce Hoffman (New York Times)

December 6, 2003: Democracy is Best Weapon Against Terrorists in Pakistan

By Rollie Lal and Sara Daly (Chicago Sun-Times)

December 3, 2003: Killing bin Laden, et al, Is No Help

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Newsday)

November 25, 2003: The Changing Face of Chinese Diplomacy

By Evan S. Medeiros and M. Taylor Fravel (Asian Wall Street Journal)

November 17, 2003: Exposing the Myths

By William Overholt (South China Morning Post)

November 13, 2003: “Pick the UN's Best for a Wider Iraq Role”

By Charles Wolf Jr. (International Herald Tribune; available on iht.com)

October 14, 2003: How Much Is Enough?

By Ralph Masi (Washington Times)

September 30, 2003: Terrorism in India is Not Just an Internal Threat

By Rollie Lal (Financial Times)

September 26, 2003: Behind the Rhetoric

By Charles Wolf (South China Morning Post)

September 24, 2003: Buying Cheap Chips From China

By Caroline S. Wagner (Asian Wall Street Journal)

September 13, 2003: The Perfect Army for Iraq: NATO

By Robert E. Hunter (New York Times)

September 3, 2003: A Limited Success

By Nina Hachigian (South China Morning Post)

August 25, 2003: The Real Worry

By Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon (Time Magazine)

August 7, 2003: Fault Lines: Eight Threats to China's Economic Miracle

By Charles Wolf (South China Morning Post)

August 7, 2003: US: Stick to Diplomacy with North Korea, Even If Talks Fail

By Nina Hachigian (The Christian Science Monitor)

August 3, 2003: A Thaw Between Giants

By Rollie Lal (The Baltimore Sun)

July 31, 2003: Hi-tech Hits Asian Politics

By Nina Hachigian and Lily Wu (South China Morning Post)

July 21, 2003: America Needs Europe, to Win Peace in Iraq

By Robert Hunter (Financial Times)

July 20, 2003: The Next Debate: Al Qaeda Link

By Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon (New York Times)

July 18, 2003: The Decision for War Was Still Right

By Charles Wolf, Jr. (Wall Street Journal, European Edition)

July 17, 2003: We've Been Down This Road Before

By James Dobbins (Los Angeles Times)

July 16, 2003: Getting Beyond Boundaries

By William H. Overholt (South China Morning Post)

July 14, 2003: U.S. Foreign Policy Must Include the Eradication of Dangerous Diseases

By Kenneth Shine and Ross Anthony (Modern Healthcare)

July 4, 2003: Be Tougher on Burma Than China

By William H. Overholt (Asian Wall Street Journal)

June 13, 2003: America's Record on Nation Building

By James Dobbins and Seth G. Jones (The New York Times)

June 1, 2003: China: Pitfalls on Path of Continued Growth

By Charles Wolf Jr. (Los Angeles Times)

May 30, 2003: Time to Mend Fences

By Robert E. Hunter (The Baltimore Sun)

May 26, 2003: Bush Must Ease G-8 Frictions

By Robert E. Hunter (The International Herald Tribune)

May 25, 2003: Mussolini's Ghost

By David Ronfeldt (Los Angeles Times)

May 7, 2003: Hard-earned lessons on nation-building

By Carl Bildt (The International Herald Tribune)

April 27, 2003: America must carry the load

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

April 13, 2003: Now, Back to the Real Threat? The One with Nukes

By Nina Hachigian and Bruce Bennett (Orange County Register)

April 11, 2003: And, Now: The Battle For Peace and Order

By James Dobbins (New York Newsday)

April 7, 2003: Northern Exposure

By Cheryl Benard (Wall Street Journal)

March 19, 2003: Indonesia as a Test Case

By Angel M. Rabasa (International Herald Tribune)

March 17, 2003: Learn the Lessons: Know the Price of Iraq War Before Fighting Erupts

By Robert Hunter (Defense News)

March 16, 2003: What if we don't attack Iraq?

By Brian Jenkins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

March 16, 2003: Azores summit a wise move for Bush

By Robert Hunter (San Diego Union-Tribune)

March 7, 2003: N. Korea's threat to S. Korea

By Bruce Bennett (United Press International)

March 2, 2003: Bush, Blair Can Get the Second OK They Want -- And Need

By Robert Hunter (San Diego Union Tribune)

February 23, 2003: How Deep an Ocean?

By Robert Hunter (Newsday)

February 23, 2003: Hope - and the Big 'Ifs'

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

February 18, 2003: 'Old Europe' and the New NATO

By F. Stephen Larrabee (San Diego Union-Tribune)

February 18, 2003: Europe is Split in a Number of Different Ways

By James Dobbins (Albany Times Union)

February 16, 2003: Forum: What's a 'Just War' These Days?

By Terrence K. Kelly (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

February 2, 2003: The Big Difference Between Intelligence and Evidence

By Bruce Berkowitz (Washington Post)

January 19, 2003: War Or Peace? Why, for now, there will be no war with Iraq

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

January 17, 2003: Turkey Walks a Tightrope Over Iraq Issues

By F. Stephen Larrabee (Newsday)

January 14, 2003: Four Horrible Choices in North Korea

By Bruce Bennett (San Diego Union-Tribune)

January 6, 2003: Iraqi Oil and the Global Economy

By James T. Bartis (Albany Times-Union)

December 25, 2002: Cause for Felicitation in Korea

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

December 16, 2002: What Must Follow Next War in Iraq

By Robert E. Hunter (Albany Times-Union)

October 31, 2002: Moderates against extremists

By Angel M. Rabasa (International Herald Tribune)

October 30, 2002: Mr. Bush and Herr Schroeder, Tear Down This Wall

By F. Stephen Larrabee (Los Angeles Times)

October 24, 2002: Mideast Beckons NATO

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

October 22 , 2002: Missed Opportunities in Johannesburg

By Robert Lempert (United Press International)

October 15, 2002: Peering into Postwar Future

By Robert E. Hunter (Baltimore Sun)

September 24, 2002: AIDS Can Threaten National Stability

By Peter Chalk (United Press International)

September 19, 2002: Iraq's Had Time to Really Hide Its Weapons Sites

By John Parachini (New York Newsday)

September 12, 2002: Afghanistan's Faltering Reconstruction

By James Dobbins (New York Times)

August 12, 2002: Iraq Needn't Be a Vietnam

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

August 2, 2002: Stop Snubbing Indonesia's Military

By Angel M. Rabasa (International Herald Tribune)

June 24, 2002: Uncertain Times for Foreign Investment in China

By Charles Wolf Jr. (Wall Street Journal)

June 18 , 2002: Want to Help Africa? Stop Farm Subsidies

By Carl Bildt (Wall Street Journal)

May 22, 2002: NATO, Russia Can Get Far with Small Steps

By Robert E. Hunter and Sergey M. Rogov (Los Angeles Times)

May 17, 2002: Europeans Are Unilateralists Too

By Charles Wolf Jr. (Wall Street Journal)

April 24 , 2002: Is Democracy Always Worth the Trouble?

By Angel Rabasa (Los Angeles Times)

March 11, 2002: Working Together: Megawati and the Terrorists

By Angel Rabasa (Asian Wall Street Journal)

March 11, 2002: Sitting on the Sidelines Isn't Good Enough

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

February 24, 2002: The Wages of Comfort

By Charles Wolf Jr. (Los Angeles Times)

February 24, 2002: President Bush in Asia

By Nina Hachigian (San Diego Union Tribune)

February 19, 2002: Japan's Enduring Economic Doldrums

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Diego Union Tribune)

January 13, 2002: Fighting the 'Attack on All' Alone

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

December 16, 2001: Great Presidents Inspire Us

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

December 2, 2001: North Korea -- Friend or Foe?

By Nina Hachigian and Bruce W. Bennett (Los Angeles Times)

November 29 , 2001: Peacekeeping Forces Have a Long Afghan Haul Ahead of Them

By Daniel Byman (International Herald Tribune)

November 13, 2001: Don't Open the Door to Russia Yet

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

September 27, 2001: A Chance to Get Closer to China

By Nina Hachigian and James Mulvenon (Los Angeles Times)

September 7, 2001: China's Nuclear Agenda

By James Mulvenon and Bates Gill (New York Times)

September 1, 2001: Pakistan's Role in the Kashmir Insurgency

By Peter Chalk (Jane's Intelligence Review)

August 13, 2001: China's Capitalists Join the Party

By Charles Wolf Jr. (New York Times)

August 10, 2001: Globalization: Less Than Meets the Eye

By Charles Wolf Jr. (International Herald Tribune)

August 1, 2001: Nothing's Free in Dealing with Putin

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

July 22, 2001: Japan's Lion Clicks for Citizen Power

By Greyson Bryan and Nina Hachigian (Los Angeles Times)

July 13, 2001: The Americas: Colombia's Rebels Talk Peace but Make More War

By Angel Rabasa (Wall Street Journal)

June 17, 2001: A Confounding, Complex Tragedy

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)
on U.S. policy toward Colombia

June 17, 2001: Violence Unraveling the Fabric of Society

By Angel Rabasa (San Diego Union-Tribune)
on U.S. policy toward Colombia

June 6, 2001: A Burst of Agenda-Setting Will Disarm Europeans for Bush

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

April 24, 2001: Taiwan Risks Getting In Over Its Head

By Michael D. Swaine (Los Angeles Times)

April 15, 2001: Five Lessons from a Diplomatic Test

By Michael Swaine (San Diego Union-Tribune)
on the U.S. reaction to the downing of the Navy plane in China

April 13, 2001: No. 1 Only Counts If You Have Influence

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

April 1, 2001: Africa Suffers Wave of Maritime Violence

By Peter Chalk (Jane's Intelligence Review)

March 27, 2001: Keep North Korea on Life Support

By Michael Parks and Gregory F. Treverton (Los Angeles Times)

March 1, 2001: Light Arms Trading in SE Asia

By Peter Chalk (Jane's Intelligence Review)

February 24, 2001: The China and Nuclear Reunion Is Only a Motive Away

By David E. Mosher, Lowell H. Schwartz (Los Angeles Times)

February 23, 2001: Powell Better Remember to Pack a Defined Policy

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

February 11, 2001: Communist Ideologues Struggle to Make Room for Capitalists

By Charles Wolf Jr. (Los Angeles Times)

February 1, 2001: Tiptoeing Into Europe's Briar Patch

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

January 26, 2001: North Korea Considers 'Going Chinese'

By Michael Parks and Gregory F. Treverton (Los Angeles Times)

January 8, 2001: Foreign Policy Minefield Dictates Starting Slowly

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

December 27, 2000: 'Lame Duck' Syndrome Hinders S. Korea

By Michael Parks and and Gregory F. Treverton (Los Angeles Times)

November 12, 2000: Terrorism -- A Policy Behind the Times

By Bruce Hoffman (Los Angeles Times)

November 5, 2000: To Intervene or Not to Intervene

By Charles Wolf Jr. (Los Angeles Times)

July 24, 2000: The New Politics of the Pacific Sends Shudders Through Australia

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

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U.S. National Security Commentary

April 27, 2007: How Not to Promote American Missile Defense in Europe

By F. Stephen Larrabee and Andrzej Karkoszka (Project Syndicate)

March 29, 2007: Missile Defense: Avoiding a Crisis in Europe

By F. Stephen Larrabee and David E. Mosher (International Herald Tribune)

March 18, 2007: Flagging Ally: Pakistan's Lapses Are Hurting the War on Terror

By Seth G. Jones and John Gordon IV (San Diego Union-Tribune)

March 11, 2007: Media Leaks Hinder Intelligence Gathering

By James B. Bruce (Washington Times)

February 1, 2007: America's Long Wars

By Andrew R. Hoehn and David A. Shlapak (United Press International)

January 26, 2007: No Need to Expand U.S. Army

By David C. Gompert (United Press International)

January 24, 2007: Coordination Could Breed Control in Iraq

By Austin Long (Washingtonpost.com)

December 11, 2006: U.S. Doesn't Need the Draft

By Bernard Rostker (United Press International)

December 1, 2006: No Law and No Order

By Olga Oliker (Parliamentary Brief)

November 28, 2006: N Korea Policy Options

By Bruce Bennett (United Press International)

November 17, 2006: Gates's Opportunity at Defense

By Gregory F. Treverton (Washingtonpost.com)

October 18, 2006: Crafting Terror Strategy

By David Ochmanek and Lowell Schwartz (United Press International)

October 11, 2006: Racial Profiling Won't Stop Terror

By K. Jack Riley and Greg Ridgeway (Washingtonpost.com)

October 10, 2006: America's Muslim Resource

By Farhana Ali (United Press International)

October 6, 2006: Terror War Uncertainties

By Brian Michael Jenkins (United Press International)

September 11, 2006: State of Terrorism Address: What Would Osama Bin Laden Say to Jihadists Five Years Later?

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

September 10, 2006: Safer, But Not Safe

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

September 4, 2006: Speed Low-Risk Travelers Through Increased Security

By K. Jack Riley and Henry H. Willis (Los Angeles Business Journal)

September 1, 2006: U.S. Mideast Setbacks

By Robert E. Hunter (United Press International)

August 30, 2006: Mideast Peace: Bush Has a Job to Do

By Robert E. Hunter (International Herald Tribune)

August 27, 2006: Forum: Are We Prepared? Not Quite

By K. Jack Riley (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

August 22, 2006: Tighten Up Mass-Transit Security

By Peter Chalk (Newsday)

May 23, 2006: Police Personnel Crisis Needs Federal Leadership

By Jeremy Wilson (Washingtonpost.com)

May 19, 2006: Fueling Opportunity

John Graham (Washington Times)

May 2, 2006: Averting War with Iran

By F. Stephen Larrabee and Peter A. Wilson (United Press International)

May 2, 2006: America Needs to Pick Its Fights Carefully

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

April 26, 2006: Time To Talk With Iran

By Robert E. Hunter (Washingtonpost.com)

March 26, 2006: Securing America's Ports

By Henry H. Willis and David Ortiz (San Diego Union-Tribune)

March 19, 2006: The Defiant War

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

March 9, 2006: Defusing the Iranian Crisis

By F. Stephen Larrabee (Orange County Register)

March 1, 2006: Lessons for Intelligence in the Campaign Against al Qaeda

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Vanguard)

February 27, 2006: A Far too Costly Pentagon

By David C. Gompert and James Dobbins (United Press International)

February 5, 2006: Strike a Balance by Weighing Threats

By Robert E. Hunter (Baltimore Sun)

February 5, 2006: President Obscured the Case for Spying

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

January 25, 2006: Just Starting: The War Against Terror

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Newsday)

January 15, 2006: Watching a Retriever Teach Foreign Policy

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

January 13, 2006: Let's Avoid Another Trans-Atlantic Feud

By Seth G. Jones and F. Stephen Larrabee (International Herald Tribune)

December 18, 2005: War, Propaganda and Public Opinion

By Lowell Schwartz (Baltimore Sun)

December 18, 2005: Biometrics in the War on Terror

By John D. Woodward, Jr. (United Press International)

November 13, 2005: Misjudging The Jihad: Briefing Osama on All the War's Wins and Losses

By Brian Michael Jenkins and Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

October 28, 2005: Terror in Historical Context

By Brian Michael Jenkins (United Press International)

October 16, 2005: Straight Talk on Turning Points

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

September 27, 2005: Prepare for Disaster

By Tom LaTourrette and Ed Chan (United Press International)

September 26, 2005: Katrina Shows Supply Chain Needs National Attention

By David Ortiz and Henry H. Willis (Los Angeles Business Journal)

September 25, 2005: Let Sgt. Friday Fight Terror

By Brian Michael Jenkins and Jack Weiss (Los Angeles Times)

September 11, 2005: Four Years After 9/11, War on Terror Slogs On

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

September 11, 2005: Democracy's Defense: Values and Justice

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Baltimore Sun)

August 29, 2005: Exiting Iraq

By Lowell H. Schwartz and Jeff Michaels (United Press International)

August 29, 2005: Securing U.S. Supply Chain

By David Ortiz and Henry H. Willis (United Press International)

August 9, 2005: Gauging Counterinsurgency

By Nora Bensahel (Baltimore Sun)

August 7, 2005: Beware Beijing's Military Ambitions

By Roger Cliff (Los Angeles Times)

August 1, 2005: UXOs at Closing U.S. Bases

By Debra Knopman and Jacqueline Macdonald (United Press International)

July 26, 2005: Selecting for Security

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Newsday)

July 17, 2005: The Lessons of London

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

May 24, 2005: Terrorists and Organized Crime Join Forces

By Rollie Lal (International Herald Tribune)

May 15, 2005: The Men Who Pursued Paradise in Destruction

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

April 26, 2005: Fear and the Garrison State

By Lowell H. Schwartz (United Press International)

March 25, 2005: The Muslim Ghetto

By Geneive Abdo and Steven Simon (Al-Ahram Weekly)

March 10, 2005: The Challenge for NATO's Chairman

By Robert Hunter (Frontline Canada)

January 13, 2005: True Intelligence Reform Is Cultural, Not Just Organizational Chart Shift

By Gregory F. Treverton and Peter A. Wilson (Christian Science Monitor)

December 30, 2004: Prepare the Public

By Nicole Lurie and Jeffrey Wasserman (United Press International)

September 12, 2004: Terrorism

By Bruce Hoffman (Star-Ledger)

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

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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

Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union Tribune)

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

By Brian Michael Jenkins (The Hill)

June 24, 2004: Plan of Attack

By Bruce Hoffman (The Atlantic Monthly) Read commentary from theatlantic.com

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

By Lynn Davis (The Connection)

May 3, 2004: Trains, Buses and Terror

By Brian Michael Jenkins (The Mercury News)

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 and Peter Chalk (Wall Street Journal)

March 21, 2004: Does Terrorism Work?

Brian Michael Jenkins (Mercury News)

February 16, 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: Why We Didn't Get the Picture

By Bruce Berkowitz (Washington Post)

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

By Bruce Hoffman (Global Agenda 2004) View PDF (0.2 MB)

December 19, 2003: Learning to Break the Rules

By Bruce Berkowitz (New York Times)

November 3, 2003: In the Calculus of Fear, Terrorists Have an Edge

By Bruce Hoffman (Los Angeles Times)

October 21, 2003: Breach of Airline Security Is Nothing to Panic About

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

October 14, 2003: How Much Is Enough?

By Ralph Masi (Washington Times)

September 29, 2003: Swarming -- The Next Face of Battle

By John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt (Aviation Week & Space Technology)

August 25, 2003: The Real Worry

By Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon (Time Magazine)

August 7, 2003: US: Stick to Diplomacy with North Korea, Even If Talks Fail

By Nina Hachigian (The Christian Science Monitor)

June 1, 2003: Connect the Cops to Connect the Dots

By Brian Michael Jenkins (The San Diego Union Tribune)

March 24, 2003: All citizens now first responders

By Brian Michael Jenkins (USA Today)

February 16, 2003: The Nation: Terrorists' Talk

By Bruce Berkowitz (New York Times)

February 9, 2003: Should Uncle Sam Want You?

By Beth Asch (Boston Globe)

September 12, 2002: Proven Strategies vs. Terror

By Bruce Hoffman and Kim Cragin (New York Daily News)

September 11, 2002: Vigilance Is Our Civic Duty

By Terrence Kelly (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

September 8, 2002: Countering al-Qaeda: The Next Phase in the War

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union-Tribune)

September 8, 2002: Protecting the Homeland: One Year Later

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Diego Union-Tribune)

September 3, 2002: Fliers Have Reason to Jettison Jitters

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

August 25, 2002: It Takes a Network

By John Arquilla (Los Angeles Times)

July 30, 2002: Put Brains Behind Airway Safety

By Brian Michael Jenkins (New York Daily News)

July 26, 2002: Lessons for the War on Terrorism

By Robert A. Levine (International Herald Tribune)

July 25, 2002: Get Used to It: Our Airports Are Vulnerable to Terrorism

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

July 10, 2002: Face Terror with Better Spying, Not Moats of Fear

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

June 9, 2002: Dissect the Divisions

By Gregory Treverton (Baltimore Sun)

March 11, 2002: Get Ready for a Nasty War in Iraq

By Daniel Byman (International Herald Tribune)

February 20, 2002: Leash the Dogs of War

By Kevin O'Brien (The Financial Times)

December 30, 2001: Osama Bin Laden--Not Wanted: Dead or Alive

By John Arquilla (Los Angeles Times)

October 24, 2001: Don't Scare the Public with Vague Warnings

By Charles Meade (Los Angeles Times)

October 17, 2001: Deny Victory to Anthrax Terrorists

By John Parachini (International Herald Tribune)

October 8, 2001: Bush Waited, Deliberated--and the U.S. Gets It Right

By Robert E. Hunter (Los Angeles Times)

September 25, 2001: Bin Laden's Group Will Survive Him

By Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack (Newsday)

September 24, 2001: High-Tech Human Identification Can Fight Terrorism

By John D. Woodward Jr. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

September 21, 2001: Re-Thinking U.S. Counter-Terrorism Efforts

By Peter Chalk (San Diego Union Tribune)

September 20, 2001: Beef Up the Taliban's Enemy

By Daniel L. Byman, Kenneth M. Pollack, and Gideon G. Rose (Los Angeles Times)

September 16, 2001: A Counterterrorism Policy for Yesterday's Threat

By Bruce Hoffman (Los Angeles Times)

September 16, 2001: This Time It Is Different

By Brian Michael Jenkins (San Diego Union Tribune)

September 16, 2001: Our Rage and Frustration: The War Within Us

By Gregory Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

September 16, 2001: Religion Isn't Sole Motive of Terror

By John V. Parachini (Los Angeles Times)

May 3, 2001: There's a Better Way to Missile Defense

By Jeffrey A. Isaacson (Los Angeles Times)

April 8, 2001: Intelligence in the Information Age; Spy Data For Sale

By Kevin M. O'Connell (Newsday)

April 3, 2001: Can Trust Spring From Aerial Danger?

By Michael Swaine (Los Angeles Times)

February 22, 2001: Disloyalty Feeds on Cash, Flesh and Thrills

By Brian Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

February 9, 2001: The US Agricultural Sector: A New Target for Terrorism?

By Peter Chalk (Jane's Intelligence Review)

January 7, 2001: Terrorist Trials Serve U.S. Strategy

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Los Angeles Times)

October 27, 2000: A Balance of Mom, Apple Pie and Grand Strategy

By David Ronfeldt (Los Angeles Times)

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U.S. Domestic Agenda Commentary

April 18, 2007: Not Every Tragedy Has a Solution

By Brian Michael Jenkins (Washingtonpost.com)

April 18, 2007: Laws Are No Substitute to Vigilance

By Greg Ridgeway (Washingtonpost.com)

March 30, 2007: Saving Money and Saving Lives in Nursing Homes

By Lisa Shugarman (Washingtonpost.com)

March 27, 2007: Think It Through on Tests

By Laura Hamilton (Philadelphia Inquirer)

March 16, 2007: Steer a Smarter Course Than Specific Mileage Goals

By John D. Graham (Detroit Free Press)

March 7, 2007: Marketing is Making Us Fat

By Deborah Cohen (United Press International)

February 21, 2007: A Desired Epidemic: Obesity and the Food Industry

By Deborah Cohen (Washingtonpost.com)

February 21, 2007: When Students Disappear…

By John F. Pane (Education Week)

February 11, 2007: Straight Talk About a Report on Achievement at City Schools

By Brian Gill and Jolley Bruce Christman (Philadelphia Inquirer)

January 7, 2007: Flooded with Food

By Deborah Cohen (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

October 25, 2006: Paying for Our Transportation Needs

By Martin Wachs (San Diego Union-Tribune)

September 20, 2006: Preschool Pays Off

By Dana Schultz (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

September 13, 2006: 'No Child' Leaves Too Much Behind

By Brian Stecher (Washingtonpost.com)

September 4, 2006: Speed Low-Risk Travelers Through Increased Security

By K. Jack Riley and Henry H. Willis (Los Angeles Business Journal)

August 20, 2006: Mississippi Comeback

By George Penick and K. Jack Riley (Los Angeles Times)

July 3, 2006: Cities Should Enlist Business in Their Battle Against Crime

By John MacDonald and Robert J. Stokes (Los Angeles Business Journal)

June 20, 2006: RAND Finds Pittsburgh Grand; Research Nonprofit Marks 6 Years With New Offices and Commitment to Make the City and Region Better

By James A. Thomson and Barry Balmat (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

June 16, 2006: Help for Homeless Women

By Suzanne L. Wenzel (Washingtonpost.com)

May 23, 2006: Police Personnel Crisis Needs Federal Leadership

By Jeremy Wilson (Washingtonpost.com)

May 19, 2006: Fueling Opportunity

John Graham (Washington Times)

April 26, 2006: Benefits of Preschool Come with Every Dollar

By Lynn A. Karoly and James Bigelow (Los Angeles Times)

March 8, 2006: In Political Analysis, Just the Facts, Please

By James A. Thomson (The Hill)

February 20, 2006: The HSA MIraqe

By Dana Goldman and Jesse Malkin (United Press International)

January 13, 2006: A Simple Rx for Part D

By Geoffrey Joyce (United Press International)

December 4, 2005: Forum: Leaner Learning

By Brian Gill (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

October 30, 2005: Puts & Calls: Concerns Over U.S.-China Trade Deficit Are Overblown

By Julia F. Lowell (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

October 23, 2005: Pressure from Rising Health-Care Costs: How Can Consumers Get Relief?

By Dana P. Goldman (Press-Enterprise)

October 16, 2005: Straight Talk on Turning Points

By Gregory F. Treverton (San Francisco Chronicle)

October 10, 2005: Health Costs of Katrina

By Dana P. Goldman and Mark A. Schuster (United Press International)

October 3, 2005: Healing Storm Victims' Mental Health

By Kenneth B. Wells and Greer Sullivan (Newsday)

September 30, 2005: Acknowledge Problem, Then Fix It

By Elizabeth A. McGlynn (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

September 27, 2005: Prepare for Disaster

By Tom LaTourrette and Ed Chan (United Press International)

September 27, 2005: Get Proactive with Disasters

By Charles Meade (Philadelphia Inquirer)

September 26, 2005: Katrina Shows Supply Chain Needs National Attention

By David Ortiz and Henry H. Willis (Los Angeles Business Journal)

September 25, 2005: Let Sgt. Friday Fight Terror

By Brian Michael Jenkins and Jack Weiss (Los Angeles Times)

August 29, 2005: Securing U.S. Supply Chain

By David Ortiz and Henry H. Willis (United Press International)

May 8, 2005: The Falling Dollar: A Silver Lining for Pittsburgh

By Barry Balmat and Keith Crane (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

May 1, 2005: One More Embrace, Then Slam the Door

By James P. Smith (Los Angeles Times)

March 27, 2005: Why We Know Painfully Little About Dying

By June Lunney and Joanne Lynn (Washington Post)

March 25, 2005: The Muslim Ghetto

By Geneive Abdo and Steven Simon (Al-Ahram Weekly)

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

By Thomas Croghan and Patricia Pittman (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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)Read commentary at washingtontimes.com

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

By James Thomson (Le Figaro, France)

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

By Brian Gill and Laura Hamilton (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

September 26, 2004: Pittsburgh Area Doesn't Need a Booming Population to Become More Prosperous

By Henry Willis (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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

By Barry Balmat and Peter Morrison (Post-Gazette)

September 19, 2004: Navigating Research on Alternative Schools

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

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

By Charles Meade (Times-Picayune, New Orleans)

July 6, 2004: Measuring Racial Profiling by Police

By Jack Riley and Greg Ridgeway (Law Enforcement News)

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

By Felicia Wu (Financial Times)

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

By Greg Ridgeway and Jack Riley (Dallas Morning News)

December 11, 2003: My Dog Ate My Argument

By Brian P. Gill and Steven L. Schlossman (Los Angeles Times)

September 8, 2003: Talking to Your Child About Kobe

By Mark A. Schuster (Los Angeles Times)

August 4, 2003: A Fresh Start Against Terror

By Bruce Berkowitz (New York Times)

June 26, 2003: Sharing of Health-Care Data Needs a Tuneup

By Elizabeth A. McGlynn (Los Angeles Times)

June 10, 2003: Steps Can Be Taken to Improve Public Healthcare

By Catherine A. Jackson (The Miami Herald)

April 28, 2003: Unexploded munitions in U.S.

By Jacqueline Macdonald (United Press International)

February 13, 2003: The Weapons of Mass Creation

By Caroline S. Wagner (Los Angeles Times)

January 30, 2003: Sales Tax on Services? Not So Fast

By Robert A. Levine (Orange County Register)

January 2, 2003: Monitor After-School Programs Carefully

By Megan Beckett (San Diego Union-Tribune)

December 11, 2002: Take Two Aspirin and Call Congress

By Dana P. Goldman and Geoffrey F. Joyce (Los Angeles Times)

December 2, 2002: Doom or Boom?

By Charles Wolf (Wall Street Journal)

September 30, 2002: Creating a World Center for Scientist-Explorers

By Lee Huntsman, Ken Shine and Dean Allen (Seattle Times)

September 27, 2002: The Buy-Side Revolution

By Charles Wolf Jr. (Wall Street Journal)

February 20, 2002: Test-Based Accountability: Making It Work Better

By Brian Stecher and Laura Hamilton (Education Week)

September 30, 2001: Safeguarding the Skies

By Brian Jenkins (San Diego Union Tribune)

April 17, 2001: Tax Fairness Is in the Eye Of the Beholder

By Charles Wolf Jr. (Wall Street Journal)

July 1, 2001: U.S. Environmental Groups and 'Leaderless Resistance'

By Peter Chalk (Jane's Intelligence Review)

May 20, 2001: No Retreat, No Surrender; A Challenging Agenda for the New Drug 'Czar'

By K. Jack Riley and Martin Y. Iguchi (San Diego Union-Tribune)

March 8, 2001: Use 'Teachable Moments' to Save Young Lives

By Jaana Juvonen (Los Angeles Times)

February 4, 2001: And Now, the Good Side of Facial Profiling

By John D. Woodward Jr. (Washington Post)

December 27, 2000: Get Real in Dealing With Homicides in Los Angeles

By George Tita and Mark A.R. Kleiman (Los Angeles Times)

November 5, 2000: A Third--and Better--Way for Prescription-Drug Coverage

By Dana P. Goldman and Geoffrey F. Joyce (Los Angeles Times)

September 27, 2000: Test Schemes Look More Like Lotto Than Lessons

By Brian Stecher (Los Angeles Times)

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