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Since the announcement by the Iranian government of a landslide victory for incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his closest rival, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iran has seen the largest and most violent popular protests since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Iranians, protesting what is largely seen as a rigged election, have poured into the streets of Tehran by the hundreds of thousands and have met an increasingly violent response from the police and basij militias. This issue of the Iran Election Bulletin explores the aftermath of the election and the internal rivalries that are threatening the current regime. It also provides first-person accounts of the election and the protests that have followed. Read the articles by TCF's Geneive Abdo and view all her media hits here. |
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TCF's Russia Working Group released their recommendations for rebuilding a mutually beneficial relationship between the United States and Russia, mindful that there is no simple path to repairing relations. Former U.S. Senator Gary Hart and Jack F. Matlock, Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. are co-chairs. Download the recommendations.
View the Russia Working Group Web page, including the newest report by Sarah Mendelson, U.S.-Russian Relations and the Democracy and Rule of Law Deficit . Download the PDF here.
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The United States took an important step this week toward leaving Iraq by moving combat troops out of Iraqi population centers in accordance with the deadline set in the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).
This redeployment has focused attention on Iraq's current security situation and triggered stepped-up efforts by insurgents to undermine the symbolic importance of the transition, by launching attacks generally aimed at Shiite civilians. More...
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This is a story about what happens when a state education department partners with city school districts in an attempt to close the achievement gap between poor, minority city students and their counterparts in the predominantly white and more affluent suburban districts. It is a story set in New Jersey, but the lessons apply in any American city that has concentrations of poor children in failing school districts. What sets New Jersey apart is the generous level of court-mandated funding available, and the fact that preschool in the state begins at age three. More...
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In Improving On No Child Left Behind: Getting Education Reform Back on Track, a new book from The Century Foundation edited by Senior Fellow Richard D. Kahlenberg, some of the nation’s most respected authorities on education reform examine three central defects of the act: the under-funding of NCLB; the flawed implementation of the standards, testing, and accountability provisions; and major difficulties with the provisions that are designed to allow students to transfer out of failing public schools. The authors detail what needs to be addressed in each of these areas, and propose ways to fix the problems. More...
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This pamphlet, the eleventh in our series The Basics, seeks to clarify the health care debate by illustrating the
different ways that Canada, Germany, France, The United Kingdom, Japan, and Australia have structured their health care plans. National Health
Insurance: Lessons from Abroad demonstrates the wide variety of options
available to America for creating a dynamic and flexible national health
care system. More...
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Everyone agrees on the need to reform Medicare but not on how to do it. Some argue the program is too comprehensive, others that it is not comprehensive enough. Some suggest it pays too much for health care, others, too little. Meanwhile, the financial stakes continue to mount. Medicare spending exceeded $400 billion in 2007, making it more expensive than the entire health systems of most other nations, as well as the largest national public program other than Social Security and national defense. More...
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In Absolute Power, John P. MacKenzie looks at the origins and history of the unitary executive theory, examining its broad claims of presidential power in the light of the founders’ original writings as well as the actions of Presidents Jackson, Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and Truman, all of whom tested the power of their office against that of Congress and the Supreme Court. More...
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Morton Abramamowitz looks at current US - China relations at The National Interest Online
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View the highlight video from this event.
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Michael Wahid Hanna published in World Politics Review
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The Snapshot by Ruy Teixeira.
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The Platform. By Peter Osnos
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Geneive Abdo's latest article in the Iran Election Bulletin.
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On July 9, TCF will hold the secound Public Policy Lunch for NYC Interns.
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View the highlight video from the first Public Policy Lunch Series for NYC interns.
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Greg Anrig wirtes about implementation of the stimulus plan at The American Prospect.
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Video of the Discussion and Q&A from the June 22 event.
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Should the U.S. continue to support individuals and groups working to establish democracy in non-democratic countries?
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Building security and enhancing stability without the use of military intervention.
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Identifying a new framework for U.S.-Russian relations and policy alternatives.
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Taking Note
