Immigrant Detention
Immigration reform needs to address the treatment of detained immigrants
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Healthcare
This policy memo addresses the current and projected shortage of primary care health professionals in light of population dynamics and health care reform.
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King Abdullah II of Jordan: Modern Monarch and Would-Be Peacemaker?
In his memoir, Our Last Best Chance, King Abdullah II of Jordan tells a story that is at once personal and political. His powerful message on the centrality of the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to future peace and stability provides an intimate look at the contested and conflict-ridden history of the modern Middle East. After generations of gridlock, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may seem to have become an unstable and wholly inadequate status quo. There may be few, if any, more chances for peace.
Review of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Memoirs
The fact that Gorbachev is associated with the dissolution of the Soviet Union has made him a much admired man in the West, a near hero. His role is the reunification of Germany and the ‘liberation’ from Soviet overlordship of the remainder of Eastern Europe earned him a Nobel Peace prize in 1990. However in the much diminished successor state of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation, Gorbachev is seen in a very different light. Thus a chasm exists in the perception of Gorbachev as a person and as a politician between Russia and the West.
The Making of the President, 1789-2012
Cracks in the electoral college's application have emerged, prompting calls for reforms to change the system.
“Constitutional Conservative”
Is the often used phrase a political slogan or a principled doctrine?
Countermajoritarian Confounder
The least democratic part of American government is unlikely to change anytime soon.
A Conversation with Buddy Roemer
Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer on his bid for the presidency
