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• New Yorker: What Good is Wall Street?
• The Good News About Gas
• Small Arms, Big Problems
• Why Moscow Says No
• A Leaner and Meaner Defense
• Why the Rich Are Getting Richer
• West Is Best?
• Why New START Was Ratified
• The Softer Side of War
• Roads, Power, and Schools: A Brighter Future for Bishkek and the Region
• Global Health Governance in a G-20 World
• The Political Power of Social Media
• New START Heads for Ratification Vote
• Burma Bombshell

New Yorker: What Good is Wall Street? Posted: 22 Dec 2010 10:29 AM PST In The New Yorker, John Cassidy discusses investment banking's use in the economy.

The Good News About Gas Posted: 22 Dec 2010 10:01 AM PST Thanks to technological advances, in the past few years, vast amounts of natural gas -- particularly shale gas -- have become economically viable.

Small Arms, Big Problems Posted: 22 Dec 2010 09:54 AM PST As U.S. marines fought in Marja last year, they captured the weapons used by Taliban fighters.

Why Moscow Says No Posted: 22 Dec 2010 09:38 AM PST Too often over the last decades, policymakers in Washington have viewed Moscow's resistance to U.S. policies through the lens of psychology.

A Leaner and Meaner Defense Posted: 22 Dec 2010 09:28 AM PST Pentagon budgets have soared over the last decade, partly because of a failure to prioritize.

Why the Rich Are Getting Richer Posted: 22 Dec 2010 09:18 AM PST Increasing inequality in the United States has long been attributed to unstoppable market forces.

West Is Best? Posted: 22 Dec 2010 09:06 AM PST A new book by Ian Morris tracks the development of the East and the West over the millennia.

Why New START Was Ratified Posted: 22 Dec 2010 08:58 AM PST Support of the U.S. national security establishment was crucial in gaining Senate ratification of New START, but follow-on arms control agreements with Russia face a tough road, says CFR's Stephen Sestanovich.

The Softer Side of War Posted: 22 Dec 2010 08:56 AM PST The surge in Iraq demonstrated the importance of understanding the influence of culture on warfare.

Roads, Power, and Schools: A Brighter Future for Bishkek and the Region Posted: 22 Dec 2010 07:41 AM PST Blaine D. Holt argues that rebuilding Kyrgyzstan's crumbling unfrastructure with U.S. aid and manpower will lead to the development of programs and institutions from which a democracy can evolve.

Global Health Governance in a G-20 World Posted: 22 Dec 2010 07:31 AM PST Laurie A. Garrett and El'Haum Alavian discuss the challenge, for the world's richest nations, of assisting emerging economies in their transition to self-reliance in obtaining public goods, and finding solutions that guarantee equitable access to health for the entire family of nations.

The Political Power of Social Media Posted: 21 Dec 2010 11:45 AM PST Social media's real potential lies in supporting civil society and the public sphere -- which will produce change over years and decades, not weeks or months.

New START Heads for Ratification Vote Posted: 21 Dec 2010 07:38 AM PST The New START treaty is due for a ratification vote today, clearing the way for future arms reductions talks with Russia along with continuing political battles over arms control.

Burma Bombshell Posted: 20 Dec 2010 07:27 AM PST Joshua Kurlantzick says, "The junta might be building nukes--but is the United States doing anything about it?"

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