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The 'First Sale Doctrine' and Its Impact on the Music Business

May 3, 2013, John Villasenor

Can Egypt’s Transition and Economy Be Saved?

May 1, 2013, Hafez Ghanem

President Obama’s Visit to Mexico: Key Anti-Crime Issues

April 26, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tech Transfer Policy: Bayh-Dole has Distributional Consequences

April 26, 2013, Walter D. Valdivia

An Examination of the Judicial Conduct and Disability System

April 25, 2013, Russell Wheeler

Era of Big Oil Secrecy is Over

April 24, 2013, Daniel Kaufmann

Ukraine at a Crossroads with Europe?

April 22, 2013, Steven Pifer

What's Behind all Those Judicial Vacancies Without Nominees?

April 18, 2013, Russell Wheeler

Counterinsurgency, Counternarcotics, and Illicit Economies in Afghanistan: Lessons for State-Building

April 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Bassem Youssef: A Valuable Egyptian Voice That Will Not Be Silenced

March 30, 2013, H.A. Hellyer

A Discussion About Drones

March 29, 2013, Peter W. Singer

Supreme Court Finds the Use of a Drug-Sniffing Dog to Investigate a Home Unconstitutional

March 27, 2013, John Villasenor

Still Knee-Deep In Poppy: The Evolution of Counter-Narcotics Policies in Afghanistan

March 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Indonesia Field Report IV: Wildlife Trafficking, Illegal Fishing, and Lessons from Anti-Piracy Efforts

March 26, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Can Explosions Be a Blessing in Disguise in Resolving Turkey’s Kurdish Question?

March 20, 2013, Kemal Kirişci

The Global Swarm: An International Drone Market

March 11, 2013, Peter W. Singer

The United States Transitions to a 'First-Inventor-To-File' Patent System

March 11, 2013, John Villasenor

The Predator Comes Home: A Primer on Domestic Drones, their Huge Business Opportunities, and their Deep Political, Moral, and Legal Challenges

March 8, 2013, Peter W. Singer

Focused Deterrence, Selective Targeting, Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime: Concepts and Practicalities

February 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Invention and the Mobile Economy

March 5, 2013

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Countering Corruption: 2012 Conference Report from the World Forum on Governance

March 4, 2013, Stephen M. Davis, Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein

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How Do Government Restrictions Harm International Online Trade and Commerce?

February 26, 2013

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Kenyans Head to the Polls - and a New Displacement Crisis?

February 26, 2013, Megan Bradley

The airspace [for the FAA's six drone test sites], under the current schedule, opens up [in] 2015...and so we will see one of the most fundamental shifts in who and how you can use the airspace above us.

February 26, 2013, Peter W. Singer, National Public Radio

Has the U.S. "Militarized the Battle" Against Illegal Drugs?

February 26, 2013, Andrés Rozental