Think Tank

Can Google Help Stop Violent Extremism?

The Washington Post | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Google, Dublin, Violent Extremism, Google Ideas, Neo-Nazi, Muslim Extremists, Gang, Think Tank, Extremism, Technology News

Technology giant Google, having conquered the Internet and the world around it, is taking on a new challenge: violent extremism....

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Senate Should Reject Bryza as Ambassador to Azerbaijan

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kabul, Elin Suleymanov, Turkey, Congress, European Court of Human Rights, Haydar Babayev, Irs, Aliyev, Ahmet Davutoglu, Istanbul, Hudson Institute, Matthew Bryza, Baku, Robert Menendez, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Perjury, Adil Khalil, Wedding, Senate, Barbara Boxer, Middle East, Zeyno Baran, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Azerbaijan, Think Tank, Gifts, Elmar Mammadyarov, Sen, Ganimat Zahit, Azadlig, World News
Harut Sassounian

At the request of Sen. Barbara Boxer, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had postponed from early August to mid-September its vote on Matt Bryza, ...

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Fresh Talking Point: Poor Afghanistan, They're Rich!

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minerals, Resources, Anti-War, Coin, Lithium, Resource Curse, Propaganda, Andrew Exum, Spencer Ackerman, Rethink Afghanistan, Think-Tank, Copper, Counter-Insurgency, New York Times, Afghanistan, Imperialism, Politics News
Josh Mull

The Afghan minerals report isn't some everyday propaganda trying pitifully to sell a trillion dollar debt-war to a nation of unemployed. This is a very specific talking point explicitly targeting the foreign policy community

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David Frum, AEI: Frum Explains His Dismissal, Responds To Charles Murray

FrumForum | March 26th, 2010 at 6:35 Pm by David Frum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Aei, Arthur Brooks, Harriet Miers, Liz Cheney, Washington DC, Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute, Think Tank, Danielle Frum, David Frum, Politics News

After my dismissal from AEI Thursday, I posted in this space my letter of resignation. I declined television interviews, but I did speak to print jour...

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AEI, David Frum: Ex-Bush Speechwriter Will Lose Health Benefits

PostPartisan | Matt Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benefits, Health Care Reform Bill, Left Right Center, American Enterprise Institute, Obama, Democrats, Waterloo, White House, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, David Frum, Gop, Think Tank, Health Care, Republicans, Politics News

...in ousting him after a mad overnight revolt among its donors, the American Enterprise Institute has put Frum's family into precisely the health car...

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Think Tank's Advice To Europe: Stop 'Fetishizing' American Relationship

Spiegel Online | Gregor Peter Schmitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, UK, India, Bulgaria, France, Middle East, Obama, Spain, Diplomacy, Dc, Merkel, Nato, White House, Poland, Germany, European Council on Foreign Relations, Czech Republic, Cold War, Think Tank, US, Israel, Fetishization, Afghanistan, Post American, European Union, Eu, Warburg Prize, Foreign Policy, Trans-Atlantic Economic Council, Wwii, State Department, Eu USA Summit, Special Relationship, Angela Merkel, Europe, China, Soros, George Soros, World News

The council released a study on Monday called "Toward a Post-American Europe," based on wide-ranging interviews and research conducted in the 27 EU me...

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Tank Warfare: Alaska PR Initiative Targets Polar Bears

Martin Luz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Apco, Esapience, Esa, Roll Call, Ken Silverstein, Pr, Afganistan, Aig, The Economist, Climate Change, Hank Greenberg, Spin, Polar Bears, Think Tank, Alaska, Iraq, Apco Worldwide, Turkmenistan, Kuwait, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Martin Luz

The latest entrant in the "sponsored-ideas" derby is the state of Alaska, which announced a $1.5 million, 2-year program to kill polar bears... er... sorry, the stated goal of RFP No. 505 is to:

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Danny Shea

George W. Bush Institute To Co-Produce Public Television Show "Ideas In Action"

HuffingtonPost.com | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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The George W. Bush Institute -- the "action- oriented think tank" that is part of Bush's Presidential Center -- will co-produce a public television sh...

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Jewish Girls and Self-Destructive Behaviors: By The Numbers

Leslie Goldman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Destructive, Girls, Cutting, Sex, Alcohol, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Drugs, Think Tank, Technology, Jewish, Teen Loneliness, Jewish Girls, Low Self-Esteem, Jewish Girls Eating Disorders, Social Networking, Self-Esteem, Youth Body Image, Healthy Living News
Leslie Goldman

We must help undo the damage done by impossibly high academic standards, media portrayals of unrealistic bodies, and other factors that make young women feel like they don't measure up.

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