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	Analysis + Opinion December 31, 2006 In Iraq, the losses Americans don't see John TirmanNewsday We focus so much on the deaths of our troops that we don't understand the suffering of Iraqis.
	Audit December 1, 2006 Regionalizing the Iraq conflict? John Tirman, MIT In one way or another, we are headed for a new engagement with the regional players to in an effort end the Iraq war. The idea of bringing in the neighbors to help stabilize and reduce the violence in Iraq is very attractive, and could contribute to a plausible exit strategy for the United States.
	News Release November 14, 2006 Iraqi journalist joins CIS as a Neuffer Fellow CIS announced today that Huda Ahmed, an Iraqi journalist who has been covering the war in Iraq for Knight Ridder, has joined the Center as its 2006-2007 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow. The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship offers a female journalist the opportunity to focus exclusively on human rights journalism and social justice issues.
	Audit November 1, 2006 Violence and insecurity: the challenge in the global south Diane Davis, MIT It does not seem that long ago that optimism flowered about prospects for democracy and sustained economic development on a worldwide scale. But hopes for the future have dimmed over the last several years, as problems of violence, crime, and insecurity have emerged with a vengeance in many parts of the global south.
	Analysis + Opinion October 15, 2006 Generations have been decimated; who will be left to rebuild the nation? Barbara BodinePittsburgh Post-Gazette We will never know the full civilian toll of the Iraq War. Two years ago a Johns Hopkins University public health study concluded that something like 100,000 civilians had been killed in the first 18 months of the Iraq War, more than half of them women and children and most as a result of coalition action.
	Audit October 1, 2006 The war on terror: forgotten lessons from World War II Stephen Van Evera, MIT President Bush recently likened the war on terror to the struggles Americans faced in World War II, explaining that our enemies are “successors to Fascists, to Nazis ... and other totalitarians of the 20th century.” The analogy to World War II is useful and illuminating. Important lessons from World War II apply to the war on terror.
	Audit October 1, 2006 Waiting for Goldilocks: getting Japan’s foreign policy just right Richard J Samuels, MIT This metaphor captures the challenges awaiting Abe Shinzo, Japan’s new prime minister very nicely—particularly in the areas of foreign and security policy. His predecessor, Koizumi Junichiro, had already been like Goldilocks in his extended effort to find just the right policy toward North Korea.
	Audit October 1, 2006 The Bush Administration is Weak on Terror Stephen Van Evera, MIT The U.S. public widely credits President Bush with toughness on terror. An August 2006 poll found 55 percent of Americans approving his handling of the campaign on terror and only 38 percent disapproving. Republican candidates are running successfully on the terror issue in this fall’s election campaign. In fact, the Bush administration is weak on terror.
	Analysis + Opinion September 17, 2006 Mexico's dangerous political chasm Chappell LawsonBoston Globe This month, Mexico's Federal Electoral Tribunal formally certified Felipe Calderon's victory in the July 2 presidential election. Although this decision is the legal end of the electoral process, it will not resolve the post-electoral conflict.
	Audit September 1, 2006 The US-India Nuclear Deal: Triumph of the Business Lobby Subrata Ghoshroy, MIT Much has been written and spoken about the US-India nuclear agreement since Prime Minster Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush unveiled it on July 18, 2005, in Washington, DC. Since then, the U.S. Congress has virtually set aside its much touted concerns about proliferation of nuclear weapons and is nearly ready to approve the amendments to the 1954 Atomic Energy Act that will be necessary for the deal to be consummated.