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08 Nov 2009 10:01
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U.S. CENSUSCensus Dodges a Bullet but the Immigration Issue Remains

Andrew Reamer and Audrey Singer
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07 Nov 2009 00:35
Saturday November 7, 2009

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Reuters - Montage image of President George H.W. Bush with Boris Yeltsin, and Mikhail Gorbachev with President Ronald Reagan

The Four Who Ended the Cold War

Strobe Talbott, November 06, 2009

The twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday has become for many a celebration of Ronald Reagan’s starring role in the demise of the Evil Empire, writes Brookings President Strobe Talbott. But, he says, it was a group of four who ended the Cold War peacefully: Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin and the calm—and calming—"air traffic controller" George H.W. Bush. Read More and Comment

Diplomacy Europe

SPOTLIGHT: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ASIA TRIP

Reuters/Jason Reed - U.S. President Obama meets with Chinese President Hu.

Obama Goes to Asia: Understanding the President’s Trip

Friday, November 06, 20099:00 AM to 12:00 PM

President Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive in Tokyo on November 12, beginning his first trip to Asia as president. He will also travel to China, South Korea and Singapore, where he will take part in meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. On November 6, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies and the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings hosted a discussion of President Obama’s upcoming trip and the issues he is likely to face.

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New Unemployment and Productivity Numbers are Bad News for Job Seekers

Gary Burtless, November 06, 2009

The latest employment and unemployment statistics confirm that, at least in the job market, this is the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, says Gary Burtless. These jobs numbers followed on the heels on new stronger productivity numbers, showing truly bad news for job seekers. Read More and Comment

Q&A VIDEO

The Senate's Climate Change Bill and the Outlook for Copenhagen

, November 06, 2009

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a climate change bill this week despite a boycott from Republican committee members. Fellow Adele Morris examines the legislation and what policymakers will be able to offer at the climate change talks in Copenhagen next month. Watch More Videos

Census Dodges a Bullet but the Immigration Issue Remains

Andrew Reamer Audrey Singer, November 06, 2009

The Senate voted 60-39 to approve cloture on the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill, effectively blocking the controversial amendment that would bar the 2010 Census, unless it collected data on citizenship and immigration status. Audrey Singer responds to this news, and shows that though the Census will continue, the issue still remains. Read More and Comment

Political Polarization in Latin America

Mauricio Cárdenas, November 06, 2009

In the 2005 questionnaire, the World Values Survey asked 77,000 individuals in 54 countries the following question: “In political matters, people talk of ‘the left’ and ‘the right.’ How would you place your views on this scale, generally speaking?” Respondents placed their ideological preference in a scale from 1 (left) to 10 (right).

New Unemployment and Productivity Numbers are Bad News for Job Seekers

Gary Burtless, November 06, 2009

The Four Who Ended the Cold War

Strobe Talbott, November 06, 2009

@ Brookings Podcast: Previewing President Obama's Trip to China; Climate Change Legislation in Congress.

November 06, 2009

DIPLOMACYThe Four Who Ended the Cold War

Strobe Talbott, November 06, 2009

UNEMPLOYMENTNew Unemployment and Productivity Numbers are Bad News for Job Seekers

Gary Burtless, November 06, 2009

LATIN AMERICAPolitical Polarization in Latin America

Mauricio Cárdenas, November 06, 2009

@ Brookings Podcast

Previewing President Obama's Trip to China; Climate Change Legislation in Congress.

"We are ready to talk to North Korea in the context of the six-party talks, with the explicit goal of denuclearization." - Jeffery Bader, Special Assistant to the President

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06 Nov 2009 02:14

Friday November 6, 2009

Broadband Policy Improving Broadband Innovation and Investment

North Korea The Hidden People of North Korea: Everyday Life in the Hermit Kingdom

November 10, 2009

ExpertTed Gayer

Ted Gayer is the co-director of the Economic Studies program and the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He conducts research on a variety of economic issues, focusing particularly on public finance, environmental and energy economics, housing, and regulatory policy.

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05 Nov 2009 10:06

Thursday November 5, 2009

CHILDREN & FAMILIESSpending on Children and the Elderly

Julia B. Isaacs, November 05, 2009

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04 Nov 2009 17:55
Reuters/Thomas Peter - A woman unfolds the pre-Islamic revolution Iranian national flag during a demonstration.

The Iran Hostage Crisis: 30 Years Later

Suzanne Maloney, November 04, 2009

Three decades after Iran seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, igniting a 14-month hostage crisis, Suzanne Maloney examines the current state of power in the Islamic Republic. Maloney says that the recent demonstrations in Iran are an extension of the country's unanswered conversation of legitimate ruling authority, and that responses by hard-liners indicate a belief that any reform would beget revolution. Read More and Comment

Iran Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation Diplomacy

Online Chat

Kenneth G. Lieberthal, November 04, 2009

China’s continued ascension presents policy challenges for both Beijing and Washington. President Barack Obama will make his first trip to China from November 15-18. Kenneth Lieberthal and Fred Barbash, Politico's senior editor, took questions about the president’s trip to China in today's edition of the Scouting Report. Read the Transcript

Recent Event

A Discussion with His All Holiness Bartholomew: Global Environmental Challenges and the Role of Faith and Religious Freedom

Washington, DC

On November 4, the Brookings Institution hosted His All Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Christian Church. In his speech, His All Holiness addressed how global environmental challenges relate to the role of faith and religious freedom in public life. Watch Video and Download Audio

Obama's Kenya: A Potential Political Minefield

Mwangi S. Kimenyi

On October 26 Johnnie Carson, assistant secretary of state for African affairs, announced that the U.S. was revoking the visa of a top Kenyan official because of his role in blocking reforms in the country. Mwangi Kimenyi discusses this approach and urges that the focus should be on overhauling institutions, not targeting individuals.

Education in the Obama Administration

, November 04, 2009

Given a choice between the status quo in American education and change, who would not choose change? The Obama administration has been bold in pursuit of change. The president and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have used the bully pulpit and the powerful lever of $5 billion in discretionary stimulus funds to push a catalog of initiatives.

Feds Pony Up Toward Great Lakes Water ‘Magic’

John C. Austin, November 04, 2009

The Scouting Report Web Chat: Previewing President Obama's First Trip to China

Kenneth G. Lieberthal, November 04, 2009

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Health Care What Health Care Innovation Means for Consumers

November 05, 2009

China’s Changing Views of America: Insights and Obstacles

November 09, 2009

World Trade Organization Could the WTO Better Serve the Poor?

November 09, 2009

HEALTH CARETechnological Advances in Health Care

Darrell M. West, November 04, 2009

AFRICATackling HIV/AIDS in Africa: From Knowledge to Behavior Change

Richard Joseph, November 04, 2009

IRANThe Iran Hostage Crisis: 30 Years Later

Suzanne Maloney, November 04, 2009

U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTHFeds Pony Up Toward Great Lakes Water ‘Magic’

John C. Austin, November 04, 2009

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04 Nov 2009 01:37
Wednesday November 4, 2009

Upcoming Event

What Health Care Innovation Means for Consumers

Thursday, November 05, 2009
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC

Health care innovation, done right, creates opportunities for consumers to control their own health records, rate physicians and hospitals, learn from other patients and focus on positive health outcomes. On November 5, Brookings will host a policy forum to discuss the ways in which digital technology can empower patients and enhance the quality of the American health care system.

The U.S. Should Encourage Structural Transformation Strategies in Africa

Ernest Aryeetey, November 03, 2009

The U.S. Deputy Secretary of Treasury, Neal Wolin, is currently on a visit to three African nations—Rwanda, Tanzania and South Africa. In these countries he will meet with senior government officials “to discuss strategies to reduce poverty and drive economic growth in the region.” Following on the heels of President Obama’s and Secretary Clinton’s recent trips to the continent, this trip further demonstrates the commitment by the current administration to African development issues. Treasury has indicated that the deputy secretary will focus on areas of interest including food security and sustainable agriculture-led growth through country-led strategies, as well as interest in helping develop infrastructure, strengthening the financial sector and improving the investment climate.

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03 Nov 2009 06:01

Tuesday November 3, 2009

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02 Nov 2009 12:46
Monday November 2, 2009

Research and Commentary

Five Myths About Our Land of Opportunity

Isabel V. Sawhill, Ron Haskins, November 01, 2009

Americans have always believed that their country is unique in providing the opportunity to get ahead. Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill deconstruct five myths about economic mobility in the United States, saying that we need better policies to help create a true opportunity society.

Michael O'Hanlon discusses Abdullah Abdullah's withdrawal from Afghanistan's presidential election runoff that was scheduled for November 7. O'Hanlon argues that while Afghan President Karzai can now be viewed as legitimate, although tainted, he is hardly out of the woods.

India and a Carbon Deal

Urjit R. Patel, November 02, 2009

There is an emerging consensus among governments that aggressive climate change mitigation would be desirable, though they remain bitterly divided about how the associated burden should be shared. The Government of India has made a commitment not to allow the country's per capita emissions to rise above per capita emissions in the advanced countries (ACs). Developing Countries (DCs), more generally, have concomitantly demanded that every person on earth should have the same emissions rights over the atmospheric global commons.

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Michael E. O'Hanlon, October 31, 2009

Human Rights The Role of Humanitarians in Government: Perspectives on Advocacy and Impact

November 04, 2009

Climate and Energy Economics Designing a Cap-and-Trade System for the United States

November 04, 2009

INDIA India and a Carbon Deal

Urjit R. Patel, November 02, 2009

EUROPETowards a Post-American Europe: A Power Audit of EU-U.S. Relations

Jeremy Shapiro and Nick Witney, November 02, 2009

Climate Change
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01 Nov 2009 20:43

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01 Nov 2009 06:45
Sunday November 1, 2009

Abdullah's Withdrawal from the Runoff Election in Afghanistan

Michael E. O'Hanlon, October 31, 2009

If as reported Mr. Abdullah, who polled second behind President Karzai in Afghanistan’s August 20 presidential election and as such was slated to run against him in a two-man runoff November 7, pulls out of the race, it will be a major mistake. Karzai’s reelection will then be generally legitimate despite Abdullah’s protestations, though the legitimacy he gains from the process will be somewhat tainted by Abdullah’s decision. But the latter amounts more to a concession than a principled stand. While Karzai has many other things to do to gain legitimacy, mostly in the area of governance, he will have done enough to be seen as the rightfully reelected president of the country.

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