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The Century Foundation has commissioned "Nation-Building and Counterinsurgency after Iraq” by James Dobbins—one of America’s foremost diplomats and negotiators in areas of crisis and now director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation. Dobbins argues that “nation-building” is now firmly back on the national and international agendas, and that the experience of activities led by the United States in Afghanistan and Iraq has revealed some serious weaknesses in Washington’s nation-building approaches and the agencies that seek to implement them.
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The Century Foundation announced the formation of a new Working Group on Medicare Reform. TCF, a nonpartisan public policy research foundation, has assembled a group of prominent physicians and health care experts from around the country to assess the current state of Medicare and make recommendations to reform and strengthen one of the nation’s most effective and enduring public programs. Get the full Press Release here |
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This year Forbes magazine listed 1,125 billionaires in the world, compared to 946 in 2007�and a measly 140 billionaires in 1986, the first year of the publication's ranking. Clearly, the ranks of the billionaire class have swelled. In June, TCF hosted a three-day conference on "Billionaires and Their Impact" for business journalists as a session of the 2008 New York Times Journalism Institute. TCF is releasing a series of video highlights from the conference. View the featured video of
Peter Frumkin, Professor of Public Affairs, University of Texas-Austin;Director, RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service. |
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Jonathan Kolieb
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In a surprising turn of events the Beijing Olympics is focusing attention not on the domestic human rights situation within China–as was expected for years building up to it, but rather China’s inadequate environmental regulations and the pollutions that plague its cities. 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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One important aim of social science research is to provide unbiased information that can help guide public policies. However, social science is often construed as politics by other means. Nowhere is the polarized nature of social science research more visible than in the heated debate over charter schools. In Spin Cycle, noted political scientist and education expert Jeffrey Henig explores how controversies over the charter school movement illustrate the use and misuse of research in policy debates. 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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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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A world-renowned physician traces the rise of the medical-industrial complex that has made a disaster of our healthcare system—and tells us incisively what we need to do to change it. More...
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View the highlight video from the Intern 2008 Public Policy Lunch Series event.
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View the highlight video from this event featuring Lawrence Korb, author of a newly released Century Foundation report, Moving Beyond the Carter Doctrine: The U.S. Military Presence in the Persian Gulf.
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Richard D. Kahlenberg published in Voices in Urban Education.
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The Platform. By Peter Osnos.
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Morton Abramowitz published in The National Interest.
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Read the White Paper by Lawrence Korb.
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TCF author, Charles R. Morris published in the Washington Independent.
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TCF author, Charles R. Morris published in the Washington Independent.
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The Reality Check series consists of short, easy-to-read publications that correct widespread misperceptions about crucial issues confronting the country.
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Bernard Wasow published in The Globalist
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Greg Anrig published in the Washington Post.
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Read the Washington Post's Q&A with Greg Anrig.
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The Century Foundation has assembled a group of prominent physicians and health care experts from around the country to assess the current state of Medicare.
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The candidates for the 2008 election and their supporting organizations are taking advantage of a new tool: the Internet.
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Taking Note
