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NOV 6, 2009 • Podcast
Paying Others to Fight Our Battles
Private contractors bring important skills to tasks outside the capability or mission of military personnel, but they are not accountable to the government or American ...
NOV 6, 2009 • Podcast
Afghanistan Briefing
"Afghanistan makes Iraq look easy," says U.S. Army Colonel (Ret.) Senior Fellow Dr. McCausland. His comprehensive and evenhanded briefing analyzes the situation on the ...
NOV 5, 2009 • Article
The Opening of the Berlin Wall: A 20-Year Retrospective
The sudden downfall of the Communist regimes in 1989 and the opening of the Berlin Wall are sometimes depicted as the inevitable result of a lengthy ...
NOV 5, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Persistence of Eurasia
Nearly two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States must confront the reality that Eurasia remains a very Russia-centric region.
NOV 4, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Sparking a Glimmer of Hope
Social entrepreneur Philip Berber experiments with a new model for development aid by covering overhead costs through his A Glimmer of Hope Foundation so that ...