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In today's Daily Brief: North Korea fired two short-range missiles today after firing four others over the weekend in response to what the government calls "mounting war pressures" from the United States and South Korea.
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South Africa in the post-apartheid period has registered steady growth, but mounting problems over inequality threaten the continent's economic engine, explains this Backgrounder.
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The United States has a strong interest in helping Amman manage several emerging challenges that could threaten Jordan’s stability, says this new CFR report.
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The odds of a peaceful power transition emerging from another summit on the Syria crisis are poor, but the U.S.-Russian push for renewed diplomacy is still worthwhile, says expert Frederic C. Hof.
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A state of emergency in Nigeria's northeast signals that Islamist violence and the government's brutal response have rendered the region ungovernable, says CFR's John Campbell.
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Examining U.S. Efforts to Prevent Illegal Immigration
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The U.S. Debt Ceiling Suspension Set to Expire
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A Primer on U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Systems
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Optimism Remains Despite Economic Difficulty
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An Interactive Assessment of Political Violence
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Ranking the World’s Hot Spots in 2013
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A New Plan to Exit from Monetary Stimulus
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A Primer on Cultural Challenges for Women
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How to Harness the New Sources of U.S. Power
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Transferring CIA Drone Strikes to the Pentagon
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The Irony of the American Strategy
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The Global Response to the Ongoing Crisis
Big Data: How it's changing how we think about the world
Executive Pay: The myth of crony capitalism
The Austerity Delusion: Why a bad idea won
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International Analysis for Domestic Agendas
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Falkenrath: U.S.-Russia Relations Complicate Intelligence Cooperation in Boston Bombings
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Cohen: We Must Ensure that the World Embraces Free Flow of Information Online
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Markey: The Civil-Military Equation in Pakistan Has Begun to Tilt in Favor of Civilians
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Haass: The Alternative to an American-Led World Is a World That Is Chaotic
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Levi: The United States Needs to Pursue an Ambitious, Yet Flexible, Energy Policy
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O'Neil: Obama and Peña Nieto Will Work to Deepen Economic and Security Efforts
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Husain: Tsarnaev Brothers Are Anomalies to the 30 Million Peaceful Western Muslims
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