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Brookings Institution Fellow Responds To Rahm Emanuel Shot

Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel recently took a shot at The Brookings Institution, suggesting it didn't live in the political real world. He p...

Vested Interests in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


Derrick Crowe

Bruce Riedel at Brookings says we have a vested interest in shoring up Karzai's legitimacy. That's not surprising, given that Riedel certainly has such a vested interest.

Failing the Stimulus

Harry Moroz | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


Harry Moroz

The stimulus package worked to make life better for "victims of the recession." What is disappointing is that the programs politicians had the most say in are the most flawed.

Not Your Mother's Federalism

Harry Moroz | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics


Harry Moroz

Matt Yglesias at Think Progress has a good synopsis of a new Democracy article that both points out the importance of metropolitan regions to the nati...

My Conversation with Ken Pollack

Charlie Rose | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics


Charlie Rose

2008-07-24-charliepull.jpgHere is part of my conversation with Ken Pollack, author of A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East.