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

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

December 18, 2008, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Transition Tracker: Expand the Agenda in Pakistan and Afghanistan

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

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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

Serving People in Need, Safeguarding Religious Freedom

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

What Now? Your Speechwriters

December 5, 2008, Stephen Hess

Memo to the President: Fix the Tax System

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