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Author:: Chappell Lawson
Publication Date:: 04-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: MIT Center for International Studies
Abstract:: Canada and Mexico rarely figure high on the list of American priorities. Policymakers focus on conflicts in the Middle East; specialists in international relations discuss China's growing influence; and newspapers cover the international crisis du jour. It is easy to forget about two countries that appear to pose no direct or immediate threat to U.S. interests.
Topic:: Foreign Policy, Politics, and Regional Cooperation
Political Geography:: China, America, Middle East, Canada, North America, and Mexico

Author:: Stephen W. Van Evera
Publication Date:: 04-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: MIT Center for International Studies
Abstract:: Two myths have important, distorting effects on the Bush administration's policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. First is the optimistic belief that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is only a minor obstacle to American foreign policy—a modest hindrance that will not prevent the United States from achieving its main foreign policy goals. Second is the pessimistic belief that a final settlement between Israel and the Palestinians is infeasible, so a forceful U.S. push for peace will only waste effort on a fool's errand. These two assumptions have led the administration to adopt a passive policy toward the conflict, declining to offer firm U.S. leadership toward peace.
Topic:: Security and Foreign Policy
Political Geography:: United States, America, Middle East, Israel, and Palestine

Author:: Per Botolf Maurseth
Publication Date:: 09-2005
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Abstract:: This paper presents some characteristics of Norway's trade with developing countries. Norwegian trade with low and low middle-income countries has increased in recent years. Imports have increased more than exports. This is partly because a large part of Norwegian exports is petroleum sold to other OECD countries. Norwegian trade with the least developed countries, on the other hand, is stagnant and constitutes only a minor share of Norwegian foreign trade. This pattern is similar to other OECD countries: Developing countries increase their share in world trade while least developed countries are marginalized. By adjusting for size and geographical position of Norwegian trade partners it is found that Norwegian trade with developing countries is as expected as compared to other OECD countries.
Topic:: Foreign Policy, Development, International Trade and Finance, and Third World
Political Geography:: Norway

Author:: Michael S. Greve
Publication Date:: 05-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Liberals who have long sought progressive constitutional interpretation now call for judicial restraint, hoping to protect liberal precedents by warning that conservative judges seek to restore a traditional understanding of the Constitution.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Economics

Author:: Frederick M. Hess
Publication Date:: 05-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Assessing many educational practices through scientific principles can be useful, but reformers must ensure that the push for scientific inquiry does not stifle reforms, such as promoting flexibility, competition, and accountability, that do not lend themselves as readily to rigorous scientific evaluation.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Economics

Author:: Michael Rubin
Publication Date:: 05-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Although the mistakes of the past two years in relations between the United States and Turkey cannot be undone, Washington and Ankara stand to lose a great deal if relations continue to deteriorate. If differences can be overcome, however, this partnership could help to resolve important regional issues such as the status of Kirkuk and Iraqi constitutional debates, and to ensure Iraqi stability and Turkish security.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Economics
Political Geography:: United States, Iraq, and Turkey

Author:: Danielle Pletka
Publication Date:: 05-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Only economic liberalization and political freedom can quell the frustration that breeds Islamic extremism in the Middle East.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Economics
Political Geography:: Middle East

Author:: James R. Lilley
Publication Date:: 04-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Nationalistic competition between Japan and China could undermine progress on economic and security concerns in east Asia. U.S. diplomacy has an important role in preventing that.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Economics
Political Geography:: Japan, China, and Asia

Author:: Peter J. Wallison
Publication Date:: 04-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Curtailing the ability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to hold mortgages and mortgage-backed securities will lower the risks these two government-sponsored enterprises pose to taxpayers and the economy yet will not undermine whatever support they give to the residential housing market.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Economics

Author:: Christina Hoff Sommers and Sally Satel
Publication Date:: 04-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract:: Indignation over the perceived insult rendered by Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers in suggesting the possibility of innate differences between men and women has exposed the lack of intellectual debate that prevails in modern academia.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Economics

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