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Cover: Rethinking CounterinsurgencyRethinking Counterinsurgency: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Volume 5 - 2008

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Cover: Afghanistan: State and Society, Great Power Politics, and the Way Ahead: Findings from an International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007Afghanistan: State and Society, Great Power Politics, and the Way Ahead: Findings from an International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007 - 2008

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Cover: Fiscally Informed Total Force ManpowerFiscally Informed Total Force Manpower - 2008

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RAND Alternative Strategy Initiative: A Conference on Creative Use of the Media for Understanding and Tolerance - 2008

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Cover: Working PaperInvisible Wounds: Predicting the Immediate and Long-Term Consequences of Mental Health Problems in Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom – 2008

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Caution Nation-Builders: Gender Assumptions Ahead - 2008

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Give Them Sabbaticals - May 7, 2008

Army training, courtesy of US Army

The Army’s Training With Industry program, though not tied to officer retention, could serve as the basis for an expanded effort to provide unique training in the diverse civilian world. In this commentary by Laura Miller, for USA Today, a new outlook on training could help prepare officers for the future military interactions and improve retention.

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A House of Tribes for Iraq - Apr. 29, 2008

Iraq Tribal Meeting, photo courtesy Flicker

Many western notions of governance struggle with Iraq, however one that deserves a close look is the effort to create a unique upper legislative body: The House of Tribes, as discussed in this commentary by Theodore W. Karasik and Ghassan Schbley for Washingtonpost.com.

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Good Morning, Syria! – Time to Revisit Our Axis of Evil List? — Apr. 22, 2008

Radio Studio

Syria is changing and the United States should take notice. A vibrant youth scene, chic cafe´s, art exhibitions, modish shopping districts, and the WiFi hotspots in a country late to adopt the Internet, are not the only surprises in Syria, as discussed in this commentary by Cheryl Benard and Edward O’Connell for the Providence Journal .

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Invisible Wounds of War - Apr. 17, 2008

Invisible Wounds of War

The RAND Corporation conducted a comprehensive study of the mental health and cognitive needs of U.S. servicemembers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, the costs associated with mental health and cognitive conditions such as post traumatic stress disorder, depression, and traumatic brain injury, and the care systems available to deliver treatment. The study is the first of its kind to consider mental health and cognitive problems associated with deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq from a broad societal perspective.

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Iraq Needs an Ownership Surge - Apr. 13, 2008

Bagdad Marketplace

The military surge in Iraq has created conditions favorable for long-term stability. Now a new approach to economic reconstruction is needed to sustain the hard-fought military gains as discussed in this commentary by Joseph Konzelmann and Clare Lockhart for the Washington Times.

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The New Deterrence: Overwhelming and Searching Retaliation - Apr. 10, 2008

WMD

On February 8, National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley announced that the United States had recently adopted "a new declaratory policy to help deter terrorists from using weapons of mass destruction against the United States, our friends, and allies", as discussed in this commentary by Elbridge Colby for Weekly Standard.

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Real Roles, Missions Debate - Apr. 7, 2008

Real Roles, Mission Debate

More than six years after Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration has yet to strike a durable balance in allocating resources among efforts to defeat terrorist groups and more familiar military missions against threats by state adversaries. This is the subject of a commentary by Andrew R. Hoehn and David Ochmanek for the Washington Times.

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Finding Common Ground in an Uncommon Nation - Mar. 19, 2008

Boys in Damascus

After a recent trip to Syria, Edward O'Connell and Cheryl Benard, in this commentary for Malibu Magazine, found themselves happening one night upon an unsettling and perception-busting TV program, they found that in a country known for defending terrorism, programs that portrayed quite the opposite.

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