Research and Commentary

Memo to President Obama: Ensure that Health Reform Finally Succeeds

February 4, 2009, Henry J. Aaron

Transition Tracker: A New Presidency Begins

January 22, 2009, Stephen Hess and Darrell M. West

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What Now? Your Inaugural Speech

January 16, 2009, Stephen Hess

Memo to the President: Reform Health Care

January 16, 2009, Henry J. Aaron

Transition Tracker: Restore American Leadership to Address Transnational Threats

January 15, 2009, Stephen Hess and Carlos Pascual

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What Now? The Inauguration

January 15, 2009, Stephen Hess

Memo to the President: Restore American Leadership to Address Transnational Threats

January 15, 2009, Carlos Pascual

Memo to the President: Invest in Long-Term Prosperity

January 12, 2009, Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes

Memo to the President: Restore Global Financial Stability

January 9, 2009, Eswar Prasad

What Now? The Oval Office

January 8, 2009, Stephen Hess

Memo to the President: Renew Diplomacy in the Middle East

January 5, 2009, Martin S. Indyk and Kenneth M. Pollack

Memo to President-elect Obama: Heeding the Mumbai Wake-up Call

January 2, 2009, Vanda Felbab-Brown

What Now? Confirmation Battles

December 19, 2008, Stephen Hess

Transition Tracker: Expand the Agenda in Pakistan and Afghanistan

December 18, 2008, Vanda Felbab-Brown and Stephen Hess

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Memo to the President: Expand the Agenda in Pakistan and Afghanistan

December 18, 2008, Vanda Felbab-Brown

The Obama Administration Will Be Very Cautious on Foreign Policy

December 16, 2008, Strobe Talbott

What Now? Choosing Your Cabinet

December 12, 2008, Stephen Hess

Beyond Iraq: A New U.S. Strategy for the Middle East

January/February 2009, Richard N. Haass and Martin S. Indyk

Reagan to Bush: Brookings and the 1988-89 Presidential Transition

December 11, 2008

Transition Tracker: Rebuild Financial Institutions and Confidence

December 11, 2008, Martin Neil Baily and Stephen Hess

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Memo to the President: Rebuild Financial Institutions and Confidence

December 11, 2008, Martin Neil Baily

Memo to the President: Redefine America's Global Development Cooperation

December 10, 2008, Colin I. Bradford and Noam Unger

What Now? Your Speechwriters

December 5, 2008, Stephen Hess

Serving People in Need, Safeguarding Religious Freedom

December 5, 2008, E.J. Dionne, Jr. and Melissa Rogers

Memo to the President: Fix the Tax System

December 5, 2008, William G. Gale and Benjamin Harris