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Reason February 2008 Jim Henley	Open-Source Warfare In Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization, author John Robb argues, persuasively, that the nation-state's instinctive acts of self-preservation will prove not just useless but counterproductive.
Reason January 2008 Jesse Walker	Swiss, Please Switzerland and the European Union have torn down the dairy curtain that blocked free trade in cheese.
Reason January 2008 Kerry Howley	Guests in the Machine If larger economies were to introduce guest worker programs like Singapore's, the impact on migrant welfare would be enormous. Guest worker programs may be the best hope many of the world's poorest people have for improving their lives.
Wired January 18, 2008 Geoffrey Gagnon	Foreigners Keep Out! High Tech Mapping Starts to Redefine International Borders Countries vie to claim control of different regions in the North Pole.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 William Sweet	Greenhouse Gas Trends Clearly there's no one-to-one relationship between Kyoto membership and success in meeting its targets. But it would be wrong to conclude that there's no relationship at all, or that the overall U.S. performance is better than Europe's.
National Defense January 2008 Lawrence P. Farrell	Stability, Reconstruction Skills Key to Long Lasting Security As U.S. forces carry out the difficult job of stabilizing and rebuilding Iraq, civilian and military leaders are beginning to realize that this nation-building expertise will be critical in the future.
National Defense January 2008 Alan L. Gropman	Government Needs to Reexamine Rules for Battlefield Contractors The contractor headcount in Iraq nearly matches U.S. troop strength, which raises questions of whether the private sector's role in combat operations has outpaced regulatory, doctrinal and management practices.
National Defense January 2008 Grace V. Jean	Navy Rethinking Mine Warfare Navy officials are now warning that potential adversaries such as China are viewing sea-mines as a viable weapon to deny access to U.S. vessels.
Reason December 2007 David Weigel	Good Neighbors Is capitalism contagious?
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Boughton & Bradford	Global Governance: New Players, New Rules The financial turbulence of 2007 illustrates -- not for the first time -- both the benefits and the risks of financial globalization. Here's why the 20th-century model needs a makeover.
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