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Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

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Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

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Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

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What’s the Iowa Caucus Got to Do with Us?

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What’s the Iowa Caucus Got to Do with Us?

Hollie Russon Gilman highlights Iowa’s broader lessons for U.S. democracy.

Jan 30, 2020

Hollie Russon Gilman

The Case for Multiparty Democracy

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The Case for Multiparty Democracy

Multiparty democracy leads to more complex political thinking, Lee Drutman writes in Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop.

Jan 23, 2020

Lee Drutman

Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop

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Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop

Jan 2, 2020

Lee Drutman

Political Parties: What Are They Good For?

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Political Parties: What Are They Good For?

In this series, leading scholars of parties and politics update the long debate on how democratic do political parties have to be.

Dec 11, 2019

Lilliana Mason, Daniel Schlozman, Julie Wronski, Mark Schmitt, Lee Drutman, Didi Kuo, Sheri Berman, Lily Geismer, Sam Rosenfeld, John Kane

Building U.S. Resilience to Political Violence: A Globally Informed Framework for Analysis and Action

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Building U.S. Resilience to Political Violence: A Globally Informed Framework for Analysis and Action

This paper reviews insights and lessons to identify/discuss areas most likely to bolster U.S. resilience in the face of political violence.

Dec 10, 2019

Dr. Nichole Argo Ben Itzhak, Rachel Brown, Heather Hurlburt, Laura Livingston, Samantha Owens

Rebuilding Democratic Infrastructure

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Rebuilding Democratic Infrastructure

This report tackles a critical set of questions for the long-term future of American democracy through an infrastructural approach.

Dec 5, 2019

K. Sabeel Rahman, Hollie Russon Gilman

What Do Puppy Mills, 5G, and Paid Sick Leave Have in Common?

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What Do Puppy Mills, 5G, and Paid Sick Leave Have in Common?

State interference in local governance, observes Political Reform’s Maresa Strano, is suddenly popular with a party that used to decry it.

Dec 5, 2019

Maresa Strano

Trade 2020: What’s It All ��Ƶ?

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Trade 2020: What’s It All ��Ƶ?

The Trade 2020 rubric tracks the issues centered around trade and their interconnections among the presidential candidates.

Dec 3, 2019

Alexandra Stark, Heather Hurlburt

What Can We Learn from the Grand Débat’s Grand Ambition?

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What Can We Learn from the Grand Débat’s Grand Ambition?

One year after the first Yellow Vest protest, Elena Souris explores Macron’s unique response to the mass unrest—and its lessons for America.

Nov 14, 2019

Elena Souris

The (Eastern) German

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The (Eastern) German

Elena Souris unravels Angela Merkel’s eastern German roots—and how they’ve influenced her thirty-year political career.

Nov 7, 2019

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Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

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Political Parties: What Are They Good For?

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Rebuilding Democratic Infrastructure

What Do Puppy Mills, 5G, and Paid Sick Leave Have in Common?

Trade 2020: What’s It All ������Ƶ?

What Can We Learn from the Grand Débat’s Grand Ambition?

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