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Commentary by Date - 2005

Commentary pieces by RAND staff are the analyses of the authors, and not of RAND itself.

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)

December 4, 2005: Forum: Leaner Learning

By Brian Gill (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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 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 30, 2005: NATO Peacekeepers Need a Partner

By James Dobbins (International Herald Tribune)

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)

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 29, 2005: Securing U.S. Supply Chain

By David Ortiz and Henry H. Willis (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)

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)

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

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

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)

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

By James P. Smith (Los Angeles Times)

April 29, 2005: Kidnappings in Iraq Strategically Effective

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

April 26, 2005: Fear and the Garrison State

By Lowell H. Schwartz (United Press International)

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)

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

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

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

By Seth Jones (Financial Times)

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