Publication Year: within 25 Years / Topic: Economics

Author:: Joshua Muravchik
Publication Date:: 02-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: President George W. Bush's inaugural call to spread liberty across the globe has been criticized as overly ambitious and optimistic, yet history shows that democracy can take root even under the most difficult conditions and that democratic societies are largely peaceful.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Economics

Author:: Michael Rubin
Publication Date:: 02-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Millions of Iraqis went to the polls on January 30 and demonstrated, under extreme duress, that they are prepared for freedom and for the responsibility of transforming their nation from tyranny to democracy.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, Economics, and National Security
Political Geography:: Iraq

Author:: David Frum
Publication Date:: 02-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Radical Islamic terrorists across the Middle East have thus far claimed to represent a global Islamic nation, yet millions of Iraqis risked their lives on January 30 to reject that claim with their ballots.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Economics
Political Geography:: Iraq and Middle East

Author:: Charles Murray
Publication Date:: 02-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Examining cognitive differences between the sexes can help us understand the sources of human abilities and limitations. We should not be deterred from that task by the fear that the findings will be misconstrued in harmful ways.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Economics

Author:: John H. Makin
Publication Date:: 02-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Alarmists who call for American households to save more point to a steady drop in the conventionally measured U.S. saving rate to about 1 per- cent at the end of last year and to a rise in household debt to a level well over 100 percent of personal disposable income. The current account deficit, our external deficit, measures national dis-saving at close to 6 percent of GDP. The federal government's budget deficit contributes about 4 percentage points to national dis-saving and it, too, is the subject of considerable hand-wringing by those who point to a need for higher U.S. saving at both the household and national levels.
Topic:: Security, Economics, and Government
Political Geography:: United States and America

Author:: Peter J. Wallison
Publication Date:: 01-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: The current proposal from the Securities and Exchange Commission for market structure reform would extend the "trade-through" rule to the Nasdaq market, but instead the rule should be eliminated altogether to promote competition and innovation.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Economics

Author:: Leon Aron
Publication Date:: 10-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Since its disastrous showing in the 2003 Duma elections, Russia's badly splintered and quarrelling democratic opposition has been trying to find ways to forge a common platform that would unite and energize its sizeable but apathetic and disillusioned constituency. The stakes are very high. The liberal (that is, in Russian political parlance, right-of-center, pro-market, pro-reform, and pro-Western) forces view the Putin Kremlin's turn to recentralization of national politics and the economy as a dead-end street, leading to creeping authoritarianism, rampant corruption, political crises, economic slowdown, and even disintegration. In this perspective, forging a united opposition strong enough to contest the Kremlin's control over the Duma in 2007 and the presidency in 2008 acquires particular urgency.
Topic:: Democratization, Economics, and Politics
Political Geography:: Russia, Europe, and Asia

Author:: Leon Aron
Publication Date:: 03-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: In its pursuit of an authoritarian recentralization of Russian politics and a greater state presence in the economy, the Putin government is increasingly steering Russia away from the liberalizing course that has characterized the previous decade and a half.
Topic:: Economics, International Organization, and International Trade and Finance
Political Geography:: Russia, Europe, and Asia

Author:: Leon Aron
Publication Date:: 01-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Western and Russian observers alike have watched with mounting concern for slightly more than a year as President Vladimir Putin has tried to consolidate the Kremlin's control over Russia's politics and economy. From the campaign against the YUKOS oil company to the elimination of regional elections, Putin—a growing chorus of critics argues—is leading the country toward authoritarianism.
Topic:: Economics, International Organization, and International Trade and Finance
Political Geography:: Russia, Europe, and Asia

Author:: Robert Kapp
Publication Date:: 12-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Atlantic Council
Abstract:: Peter Bottelier, the principal presenter of this topic, opened by noting that much discussion now surrounds the evolving “new line” embodied in China's economic plans for the next five years. The three agricultural questions, self-innovation, regional adjustment, opening up of a win-win “harmonious society,” and economizing on energy use: what do these and other much-discussed new terms really mean?
Topic:: Economics, Globalization, and International Trade and Finance
Political Geography:: China and Asia

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