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Legal Architecture for the War on Terror


Reuters/Janet Hamlin - A courtroom drawing shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (C) and co-defendant Walid bin Attash (L) attending a pretrial session in Guantanamo Bay.

Save to My Portfolio Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's Dispensable Trial

Benjamin Wittes and Jack L. Goldsmith, March 19, 2010

The Obama administration and its critics are locked in a standoff over whether to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other alleged 9/11 conspirators in a military commission or in federal court. However, write Benjamin Wittes and Jack Goldsmith, instead of expending energy on a battle over the proper forum for an unnecessary trial, both sides would do well to define the contours of the detention system that will, for the foreseeable future, continue to do the heavy lifting in incapacitating terrorists. Read More

Legal Architecture for the War on Terror, Courts, Justice and Law, U.S. Judiciary

SPOTLIGHT: Health Care


Reuters/Joshua Roberts - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaking about the House Democrat's Healthcare plan on Capitol Hill.

Save to My Portfolio What Failure Would Cost the Democrats

Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein , March 15, 2010

Many experts have been offering advice to President Obama and congressional Democrats to abandon their health care reform before it causes catastrophic damage to the party. However, Thomas Mann and AEI's Norman Ornstein fundamentally disagree, saying that the surest path to political debacle for Democrats is to fail to enact health reform. They say the best way to avoid a rout in November is to show that the party in charge can actually govern. Read More

Health Care, U.S. Politics, U.S. Congress, The Presidency, Politics

FEATURED PROGRAM: MetroMonitor Home Page


Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi - Job seekers at a career fair in Dallas

Save to My Portfolio Tracking Economic Recession in the 100 Largest Metro Areas

The fourth installment of the Metro Monitor series reveals nascent signs of economic recovery, with job growth remaining relatively stagnant. Though some indicators show an upcoming return to robust economic activity, others point to a “double-dip” recession that may further hurt metropolitan areas continuing to suffer effects from the downturn. Read More

SPOTLIGHT: Education


Daniel Hurst - Apple on school book.

Save to My Portfolio The 2009 Brown Center Report on American Education

Tom Loveless, March 17, 2010

The 2009 Brown Center annual report analyzes the state of American education using the latest measures of student learning, uncovers and explains important trends in achievement test scores, and identifies promising and disappointing educational reforms. The 2009 research shows the persistence of test scores and school performance, as well as examines the narrowing gap between high and low-achievers. Read More

Education, Charter Schools, California, Teachers, School Choice

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Policy CenterCenter for Northeast Asian Policy Studies

CNAPS conducts research, analysis, and outreach designed to enhance policy development and understanding on the pressing political, economic, and security issues facing Northeast Asia.

ExpertMwangi S. Kimenyi

Mwangi S. Kimenyi is a senior fellow with the Africa Growth Initiative. He focuses on Africa's development, including institutions for economic growth, the political economy, and private sector development.

TopicEducation

The economic and political well-being of any society requires a well-educated citizenry. Brookings’s work extends beyond the K-12 bookends to include pre-school interventions, higher education and the challenges of education in developing countries.

ExpertTed Gayer

Ted Gayer is the co-director of the Economic Studies program and the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He conducts research on a variety of economic issues, focusing particularly on public finance, environmental and energy economics, housing, and regulatory policy.

TopicHealth Care

Brookings is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. Through an institution-wide effort, Brookings delivers new ideas and offers policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.

ExpertDomenico Lombardi

As president of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy, Domenico Lombardi’s work at Brookings focuses on the international financial crisis and the reform of the IMF and the World Bank. He is an expert on G-20 and G8 Summits.

Policy CenterCenter on Children and Families

The Center on Children and Families studies policies on the well-being of America's children and their parents and seeks a more effective means of addressing poverty, inequality and lack of opportunity in the United States.

Research ProjectArms Control Initiative

Few problems pose greater challenges to U.S. national security than controlling, reducing and countering the proliferation of nuclear arms. The Brookings Arms Control Initiative brings the Institution’s multidisciplinary strengths to bear on the critical challenges of arms control and non-proliferation.

ExpertVanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown focuses on the national security implications of illicit economies and strategies for managing them. She is an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

ExpertRichard C. Bush III

Richard Bush is the director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies. His public service career spans Congress, the intelligence community and the U.S. State Department. He currently focuses on China-Taiwan and U.S.-China relations, the Korean peninsula and Japan’s security.

ExpertSuzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

Policy CenterUrban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

The Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution, is comprised of nationally recognized experts in tax, budget and social policy who have served at the highest levels of government.

Research ProjectAfrica Growth Initiative

The Africa Growth Initiative conducts high-quality policy research and analysis focused on attaining sustainable economic development and prosperity in Africa, while amplifying the voice of African researchers in policy-making and planning.

ExpertMark McClellan

Mark McClellan works on promoting high-quality, innovative and affordable health care. Once commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. McClellan now directs the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.

Research ProjectLatin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers.

ExpertTed Piccone

Ted Piccone is a senior fellow and deputy director for Foreign Policy at Brookings. Piccone specializes in U.S.-Latin American relations; global democracy and human rights; and multilateral affairs. Piccone serves as an advisor to the Club of Madrid and has served on the National Security Council, at the State Department and Pentagon.

ExpertAlice M. Rivlin

In February 1975, the Congressional Budget Office was established with Alice Rivlin as first director. Rivlin is an expert on urban issues as well as fiscal, monetary and social policy and directs the Greater Washington Research project at Brookings.

Research ProjectBrookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement

The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement monitors displacement problems worldwide, works with governments, regional bodies, international organizations and civil society to create more effective policies and institutional arrangements for Internally Displaed Persons.

ExpertIsabel V. Sawhill

A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.

ExpertAmy Liu

Amy Liu is deputy director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Her policy studies include economic competitiveness, metropolitan growth and development, governance reforms, urban reinvestment, and social equity.