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Danger Room - Nathan Hodge
Earlier this week, the Pentagon announced the first Minerva Research Initiative awards, which will fund social science research on key strategic issues.
Seven projects were selected out of a total of 211 proposals. The Pentagon will commit a total of up to $50 million to those research efforts.
That’s chump change, of [...]

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By Maria Glod
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 3, 2008; A05
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is calling on “eggheads” to help the military unravel questions about the recruitment of terrorists, the resurgence of the Taliban and messages delivered in militant Muslim religious schools.
Many eggheads are wary.
The Pentagon’s $50 million Minerva Research Initiative, named after the Roman [...]