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Chemistry World August 31, 2006 Mark Peplow	Contamination From Food Packaging `Ignored' A leading analytical chemist has claimed that widespread contamination of food by packaging materials is being ignored by government, scientists, and the food industry.
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Bloom & Canning	Booms, Busts, and Echoes Since 1870 death rates and birth rates have been declining in developed countries. Here's how the biggest demographic upheaval in history is affecting global economic development.
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Adair Turner	Pension Challenges in an Aging World Pensions are high on the policy agenda in many developed countries and, increasingly, in developing countries also. Except where fertility rates are very low, needed pension system adjustments look manageable.
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Jimenez & Murthi	Investing in the Youth Bulge With the right investments, developing countries can turn their large youth populations into a boon.
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Groome et al.	Aging and Financial Markets Governments, domestic businesses, and financial markets compete globally for investment capital, and the potential economic effects of aging may adversely influence their competitive positions, as well as macroeconomic and financial stability.
Finance & Development September 1, 2006	Global Demographic Trends During the past 50 years, the world's population has increased dramatically -- a trend that is projected to continue. Most future growth will occur in less developed countries, where the population is increasing more than five times as fast as that in developed countries.
Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Lee & Mason	What Is the Demographic Dividend? To the extent that countries meet the challenge of aging by expanding unfunded familial or public transfer programs, asset growth will be reduced, and a second dividend will be diminished.
Parameters Autumn 2006 Nathan Freier	Primacy Without a Plan? Textbook models for policy and strategy formulation argue that success relies on the effective development of a rational, consistent, meaningful, and grand strategic design that enforces discipline and unity over the discrete policy choices of American government.
Parameters Autumn 2006 Michael R. Melillo	Outfitting a Big-War Military with Small-War Capabilities Unfortunately, it took the tragedy of 9/11 and the challenges posed by an adaptive enemy for the U.S. to realize it was not prepared to fight war on terms other than its own choosing.
Parameters Autumn 2006 Jeffrey Record	External Assistance: Enabler of Insurgent Success For either the insurgent side or the counterinsurgent side, material strength unguided by sound strategy and unsupported by sufficient willingness to fight and die is a recipe for almost certain defeat. But most insurgencies seek foreign help for good reason.
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