May 22, 2009
DEFENSE & NATIONAL SECURITY- Alternatives for Modernizing U.S. Fighter Forces, Congressional Budget Office, May 2009 – web link: http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=10113 - Occupying Iraq: A History of the Coalition Provisional Authority by James Dobbins, Seth G. Jones, Benjamin Runkle and Siddharth Mohandas, RAND Corporation, May 2009 – web link: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG847 - Social Networking and National Security: How to Harness Web 2.0 to Protect the Country by James J. Carafano, The Heritage Foundation, May 18, 2009 – web link: http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/bg2273.cfm - U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, Council on Foreign Relations Report, April 2009 – web link: http://www.cfr.org/publication/19226 ECONOMICS & FINANCE- Economic Challenges for Climate Change Policy by Toni Johnson, Council on Foreign Relations, May 19, 2009 – web link: http://www.cfr.org/publication/16009/debate_revs_up_on_emissions_controls.html?breadcrumb=%2F - Missed by the Boom, Hurt By the Bust: Making Markets Work for Young People in the Middle East by Navtej Dhillon, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Paul Dyer, Tarik Yousef, Amini Fahmy, and Mary Kraetsch, Brookings Institution, May 20, 2009 – web link: http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/05_middle_east_youth_dhillon.aspx- The Results Are In: Stimulus Bill Neither Timely Nor Targeted by Patrick Tyrrell, Heritage Foundation – web link: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm2454.cfm - Waxman-Markey Global Warming Tax Kills More Jobs and Kills the Economy, Heritage Foundation Fact Sheet, May 20, 2009 – web link: http://www.heritage.org/Press/FactSheet/fs0028.cfm- A Weakening Global Economy Interrupts Agricultural Trade by Mark Gehlhar and Erik Dohlman, Amber Waves, U.S. Department of Agriculture, May 2009 – web link: http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/June09/Features/WeakEconomy.htm ENERGY- Action on Clean Energy by Daniel J. Weiss, Center for American Progress, May 19, 2009 – web link: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/weiss_video.html - Imported Oil and U.S. National Security by Keith Crane, Andreas Goldthau, Michael Toman, Thomas Light, Stuart E. Johnson, Alireza Nader, Angel Rabasa and Harun Dogo, RAND Corporation, May 2009 – web link: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG838 - President Obama’s Plan to Increase Fuel Efficiency Standards by Clifford Winston, Brookings Institution, May 19, 2009 – web link: http://www.brookings.edu/multimedia/video/2009/0519_auto_industry_winston.aspx- Seven Reasons to Support Comprehensive Clean-Energy Legislation, Center for American Progress, May 20, 2009 – web link: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/clean_energy_reasons.html ENVIRONMENT- The Green Bank by John Podesta and Karen Kornbluh, Center for American Progress, May 21, 2009 – web link: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/green_bank.html - Sorting Global Warming Fact from Fiction by Vanessa Cardenas, Center for American Progress, May 20, 2009 – web link: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/warming_fiction.html FOREIGN POLICY- Beyond the “Reset Button”: A Strategy for U.S. –Russia Policy by Samuel Charap, Center for American Progress, May 20, 2009 – web link: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/reset_russia.html - Comparing the U.S. and Soviet Experiences in Afghanistan by Bruce Reidel, Brookings Institution, May 2009 – web link: http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2009/05_afghanistan_riedel.aspx- Core Differences Remain After Netanyahu-Obama Meeting – Interview with Steven A. Cook, Council on Foreign Relations, May 19, 2009 – web link: http://www.cfr.org/publication/19450/divisions_on_mideast_peace.html?breadcrumb=%2F - Dangerous But Not Omnipotent: Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East, RAND Corporation, May 2009 – web link: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG781 - How Obama Divides – And Conquers by Michael Fullilove, Brookings Institution, May 16, 2009 – web link: http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0516_obama_fullilove.aspx - Iranian Missile Test Politically Motivated – Interview with Thomas A. Lippman, Council on Foreign Relations, May 20, 2009 – web link: http://www.cfr.org/publication/19464/iranian_missile_test_politically_motivated.html?breadcrumb=%2F - Misreading the Map: The Road to Jerusalem Does Not Lead Through Tehran by Leon Hadar, Foreign Affairs, May 2009 – web link: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/65095/leon-hadar/misreading-the-map - A National Strategy for Global Development by Reuben Brigety and Sabrina Dewan, Center for American Progress, May 19, 2009 – web link: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/security_development.html- Vice President Joseph Biden’s Trip to Southeast Europe by Janusz Bugajski, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), May 19, 2009 – web link: http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,5487/type,3 HEALTH- America Without Health Care Reform by Ben Furnas, Center for American Progress, May 21, 2009 – web link: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/america_without_health_reform.html - Busting Healthcare Myths by Robert Goldberg, The American, American Enterprise Institute, May 11, 2009 – web link: http://www.american.com/archive/2009/may-2009/busting-healthcare-myths - What is Driving Rising Healthcare Costs? By Dustin Chambers, The American, American Enterprise Institute, May 18, 2009 – web link: http://www.american.com/archive/2009/may-2009/what-is-driving-rising-healthcare-costs IMMIGRATION- Amnesty as an Economic Stimulus: Not the Answer to the Illegal Immigration Problem by Jena Baker McNeill, The Heritage Foundation, May 18, 2009 – web link: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm2451.cfm - Harnessing the Advantages of Immigration for a 21st Century Economy by Demetrios Papademetriou, Doris Meissner, Marc Rosenblum and Madeleine Sumption, Migration Policy Institute, May 2009 – web link: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/StandingCommission_May09.pdf JOURNALISM- Saving the News: Toward a National Journalism Strategy by Victor Pickard, Josh Stearns & Craig Aaron, Free Press, May 2009 – web link: http://www.freepress.net/files/saving_the_news.pdf U.S. POLITICS- Hot House 2010: The Upcoming Contests for the U.S. House of Representatives by Larry Sabato, Isaac Wood and Paul Wiley, University of Virginia Center for Politics, May 14, 2009 – web link: http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=LJS2009051401
Additional Resources:Foreign Press Center Web Site – http://www.fpc.state.gov/ Congressional Research Service Reports - http://www.fpc.state.gov/c18185.htm U.S. Government Reports - http://fpc.state.gov/c18184.htm ===============================================================