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	Analysis + Opinion September 15, 2004 Forget the draft: fix the volunteer force and they will come Cindy WilliamsGovernment Executive Magazine For the first time since ending the draft in 1973, the United States is putting its all-volunteer military to the test. For the most part, the force is meeting the challenge for operations worldwide, but there are signs of strain.
	Analysis + Opinion September 7, 2004 Impunity from My Lai to Abu Ghraib Balakrishnan RajagopalThe Hindu On the morning of March 16, 1968, as many as 500 unarmed civilians were massacred by American forces in My Lai in Vietnam. It was the single worst act of atrocity committed by the U.S. military on foreign soil after World War II. The response by the political leaders was eerily similar to what we are seeing today in the aftermath of Abu Ghraib.
	Analysis + Opinion April 2, 2004 One island, divisible John TirmanWall Street Journal Europe Even Kofi Annan's tireless efforts couldn't avert yet another failure in talks on reunifying Cyprus. The time ran out for the Turkish and Greek Cypriots, chaperoned by their motherlands' prime ministers, Wednesday night at midnight.
	Analysis + Opinion November 25, 2003 The changing face of Chinese diplomacy Taylor Fravel and Evan S. MedeirosAsian Wall Street Journal One of the most curious and underexamined aspects of the evolving North Korean nuclear crisis is the active and leading role played by China in the last nine months. Breaking with years of traditional Chinese passivity on global-security challenges, Beijing has helped to walk both Pyongyang and Washington back from the brink, surprising even China's critics.
	Analysis + Opinion September 16, 2003 Gunning for reform Richard J. SamuelsTime Magazine Koizumi's muscular approach to national security may be his defining legacy. Everyone says Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is a "reformer." The press has variously labeled him a "maverick," a "lone wolf," "unusual" and "colorful." Certainly, Koizumi talks the talk of reform. Running for the premiership in 2001, he promised to pull up, root and branch, the causes of Japan's economic malaise.
	Analysis + Opinion September 5, 2003 UN credibility at stake Balakrishnan Rajagopal The Hindu To prevent a bad situation from getting worse, Kofi Annan must ask the U.S. to provide a clear time frame for a pullout as well as for the transfer of authority back to the Iraqis.
	Analysis + Opinion April 25, 2003 Europe cannot advance on two fronts Barry R. PosenFinancial Times Europe's political spat over the wisdom of the Iraq war has deepened scepticism about the future of the European Union's security and defense policy.
	Analysis + Opinion April 10, 2003 Flawed military model, made in the USA Cindy WilliamsWall Street Journal Europe, p. A11 American troops entering Baghdad are not out of danger yet, and the occupation to come may take a continuing toll on the armies of the United States and Britain.
	Analysis + Opinion April 2, 2003 Transatlantic crisis will hurt arms industry Cindy WilliamsEuropean Voice (Vo. 9, No. 13), p. 9. Defence contractors in the United States and Europe are asking themselves what will happen to plans for transatlantic arms cooperation if relationships between the US and the continent’s great powers do not improve.
	Analysis + Opinion April 1, 2003 Paying the costs in Iraq Cindy WilliamsKnight Ridder/Tribune News Service