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  <updated>2008-12-30T12:53:35Z</updated>
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		<title type="html">Policy Forum Addresses Sustainable Change Through Community Engagement</title>
		<id>urn:uuid:69EBA38E-D6B3-11DD-87B3-51C038788F35</id>
		<published>2009-01-29T00:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2009-01-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
		<summary type="html">A RAND Gulf States Policy Forum on &lt;em&gt;Sustainable Change Through Community Engagement&lt;/em&gt; will gather stakeholders and decisionmakers from the Gulf States with RAND researchers to discuss key issues, regional priorities, and the role of research and data in problem solving.</summary>
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		<title type="html">Congressional Briefing Contains Relevant Insights Into Recent Armed Violence On the Open Seas</title>
		<id>urn:uuid:EC89854A-C2EA-11DD-8354-52C038788F35</id>
		<published>2008-12-09T00:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-12-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
		<summary type="html">Senior Policy Analyst Peter Chalk presents &lt;em&gt;Piracy and Armed Violence at Sea: How Can Policymakers Make the World&#39;s Oceans Safer?&lt;/em&gt; at a Congressional Briefing on December 9, 2008.</summary>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Read More" href="http://www.rand.org/congress/activities/2008/12/09/" />
		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Related Report" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG697/index.html" />
		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="National Security" href="http://www.rand.org/research_areas/national_security/index.html" />
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		<title type="html">Congressional Briefing Weighs Security Benefits and Economic, Environmental Issues of a U.S. Coal-to-Liquids Industry</title>
		<id>urn:uuid:B91DC2CC-C2E8-11DD-A172-52C038788F35</id>
		<published>2008-12-10T00:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-12-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
		<summary type="html">Senior Policy Researcher James Bartis presents &lt;em&gt;Producing Liquid Fuels From Coal: Prospects and Policy Issues&lt;/em&gt; at a Congressional Briefing on December 10, 2008.</summary>
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		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Energy and Environment" href="http://www.rand.org/research_areas/energy_environment/index.html" />
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		<title type="html">Congressional Briefing Examines China's Rising Power in Asia</title>
		<id>urn:uuid:30B693A8-C2E5-11DD-893E-52C038788F35</id>
		<published>2008-12-11T00:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-12-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
		<summary type="html">Senior Political Scientist Evan S. Medeiros will present &lt;em&gt;Asia Responds to China&#39;s Rise&lt;/em&gt; at a Congressional Briefing on December 11, 2008.</summary>
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		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Related Report" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG736/index.html" />
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		<title type="html">A Discussion of the Strategic Concerns Surrounding China's Rising Power</title>
		<id>urn:uuid:FAD6097A-B0F7-11DD-90C5-5DFE38788F35</id>
		<published>2008-11-17T06:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-11-17T06:00:00Z</updated>
		<summary type="html">RAND will host a new book launch event for &lt;em&gt;Pacific Currents: The Responses of U.S. Allies and Security Partners in East Asia to China&#39;s Rise&lt;/em&gt; on November 17, 2008.</summary>
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		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Related Report" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG736/index.html" />
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		<title type="html">Congressional Panel Discussion Explores the Need for New Approaches to Preventing Nuclear Use</title>
		<id>urn:uuid:E554FF58-AD18-11DD-9C4B-51C038788F35</id>
		<published>2008-11-17T08:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-11-17T08:00:00Z</updated>
		<summary type="html">Senior Defense Analyst David Ochmanek will moderate a Panel Discussion on &lt;em&gt;Deterrence: Past, Present, &amp;amp;amp; Future&lt;/em&gt; on November 17, 2008.</summary>
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		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Related Report" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG636/index.html" />
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		<title type="html">Congressional Briefing Compares Oil Sands and Liquid Coal Fuel to Conventional Petroleum Products</title>
		<id>urn:uuid:281B7CB2-ACDE-11DD-93B6-51C038788F35</id>
		<published>2008-11-17T10:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-11-17T10:00:00Z</updated>
		<summary type="html">Senior Economist Michael Toman will present &lt;em&gt;Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels: Economic and Environmental Trade-Offs&lt;/em&gt; at a Congressional Briefing on November 17, 2008.</summary>
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		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Related Report" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR580/" />
		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Energy and Environment" href="http://www.rand.org/research_areas/energy_environment/index.html" />
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		<title type="html">Congressional Briefing Assesses What Would Justify Creating a New Counterterrorism Agency</title>
		<id>urn:uuid:FB8BFD04-AC54-11DD-B054-72D338788F35</id>
		<published>2008-10-20T00:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
		<summary type="html">Director of the RAND Corporation&#39;s Center for Global Risk and Security Gregory Treverton will present &lt;em&gt;Pros and Cons of Creating a Domestic Counterterrorism Intelligence Service&lt;/em&gt; at a Congressional Briefing on October 20, 2008.</summary>
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		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Related Report" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG767/" />
		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Terrorism and Homeland Security" href="http://www.rand.org/research_areas/terrorism/index.html" />
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		<title type="html">Congressional Briefing Covers Likelihood of Terrorist Nuclear Attack Against U.S.</title>
		<id>urn:uuid:B5814F02-7EA1-11DD-912E-58C038788F35</id>
		<published>2008-09-09T00:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-09-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
		<summary type="html">Brian Michael Jenkins, one of the world&#39;s leading authorities on political violence and sophisticated crime, discusses his new book, &quot;Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?&quot; at a Congressional Briefing on September 9, 2008.</summary>
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		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="CB-413 | Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB413/index.html" />
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		<title type="html">Congressional Briefing Describes the Current State of Railroad Capacity and Performance for Freight Transportation</title>
		<id>urn:uuid:8216D5D8-7DD9-11DD-BA7A-58C038788F35</id>
		<published>2008-09-08T00:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-09-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
		<summary type="html">RAND Policy Researcher Gary Willis will present &lt;em&gt;Moving Ahead: Public Choices about U.S. Railroad Performance, Capacity and Cost&lt;/em&gt; at a Congressional Briefing on September 8, 2008.</summary>
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		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Transportation and Infrastructure" href="http://www.rand.org/research_areas/infrastructure/index.html" />
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		<title type="html">Congressional Briefing Describes the Challenge of Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversaries</title>
		<id>urn:uuid:FD26AE8C-6228-11DD-8175-DAEA38788F35</id>
		<published>2008-08-11T00:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-08-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
		<summary type="html">RAND Senior Defense Analyst David Ochmanek will present &lt;em&gt;The Challenge of Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversaries&lt;/em&gt; at a Congressional Briefing on August 11, 2008.</summary>
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		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="National Security" href="http://www.rand.org/research_areas/national_security/index.html" />
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		<title type="html">Congressional Briefing Provides Lessons on Countering Terrorist Groups</title>
		<id>urn:uuid:CB259E6C-5507-11DD-B7C7-0DC138788F35</id>
		<published>2008-07-29T00:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-07-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
		<summary type="html">RAND Political Scientist Seth Jones will present &lt;em&gt;How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa&#39;ida&lt;/em&gt; at a Congressional Briefing on July 29, 2008.</summary>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Read More" href="http://www.rand.org/congress/activities/2008/07/29/" />
		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="National Security" href="http://www.rand.org/research_areas/national_security/index.html" />
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		<title type="html">Congressional Briefing Discusses Russia's Growing Economy and Global Influence</title>
		<id>urn:uuid:CD0ED7FE-4D12-11DD-A50B-E5D938788F35</id>
		<published>2008-07-14T00:00:00Z</published>
		<updated>2008-07-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
		<summary type="html">RAND Senior International Policy Analyst Olga Oliker will present &lt;em&gt;Understanding Russia&#39;s Foreign Policy&lt;/em&gt; at a Congressional Briefing on July 14, 2008.</summary>
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		<link rel="related" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="International Affairs" href="http://www.rand.org/research_areas/international_affairs/index.html" />
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