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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 4/26/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Henry Sokolski argues that current U.S. political will to reduce nuclear dangers should be channeled into a practical set of control measures that are more likely to secure bipartisan support and can begin to be implemented without the legal consent of other states. [more]
How can the United States defend its national and commercial interests against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 4/19/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/04/19/weekly-digest-41910/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israel has delivered a secret warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad that it will respond to missile attacks from Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese-based Islamist group, by launching immediate retaliation against Syria itself. [more]
Last week, U.S. and Brazilian officials signed a defense pact that will significantly enhance bilateral military ties. While the agreement does notexplicitly discuss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 4/12/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/04/12/weekly-digest-41210/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the midst of the recent U.S.-Israeli tumult, a curious conventional wisdom is starting to evolve. A Washington that cajoles Israel on its settlements and resumes the peace process in earnest may finally garner Arab support for dealing with Iran&#8217;s nuclear menace. Although pressuring Israel to restrain its settlements may be a sensible means of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 4/6/2010</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/04/06/weekly-digest-462010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month marked the 30th anniversary of Congress passing the Refugee Act. It’s a good time to examine gaps in our refugee policy, especially as we prepare for an influx of refugees from Darfur. [more]
The dew had barely dissipated from Barack Obama&#8217;s inaugural as the four senior men slipped into the Oval Office. The executive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 3/30/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/03/30/2258/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been scanning through the news coverage of the Hutaree militia, nine of whose members were arrested by federal officials this week, and we&#8217;ve noticed an almost complete absence of the use of the words &#8220;terrorism&#8221; or &#8220;terrorist.&#8221; [more]
President Obama showed courage in going to Afghanistan to talk to the troops, but he’s just getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 3/24/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/03/24/weekly-digest-32410/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In New York City, Mexican immigrants’ articulations of rights are neither uniform nor straightforward, suggested Alyshia Gálvez at a recent talk co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Working Group on Anthropology and Population. Assistant Professor of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies at Lehman College, Gálvez described two projects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 3/15/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/03/15/weekly-digest-31510/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some Pakistan Taliban members in the tribal areas say the onslaught of US drone attacks and Pakistani offensives in recent months is forcing the group underground and creating fractures. [more]
Israeli media reported Monday that the U.S. is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project whose approval has touched off the most serious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 3/10/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/03/10/weekly-digest-31010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four years after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities, the Soviet Union explodes its first nuclear weapon at a test range in Kazakhstan. That the Soviet Union obtained &#8220;the bomb&#8221; is not surprising, but the timing of the test is. Most U.S. intelligence assessments at the time concluded Moscow was at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 2/22/2010</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/02/22/weekly-digest-2222010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to Guantánamo, President Obama is still stuck. It’s clear the detention facility won’t close any time soon. That leaves many people, in and out of the administration, in the United States and overseas, wondering: What’s next for Guantánamo? [more]
Just how unpopular are President Barack Obama&#8217;s anti-terrorism policies with his Republican critics? Even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 2/8/10</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/02/08/weekly-digest-2810/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama&#8217;s decision not to attend a planned summit between the United States and the EU in May&#8211;and the testy European reaction to that decision&#8211;underscores &#8220;the unrealistic expectations&#8221; that have been in play between Europe and the United States since Obama took office. [more]
Predictions of America’s decline are vastly overstated. Asia is indeed increasing [...]]]></description>
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