FPRI Featured E-Note November 2008

Foreign Policy Challenges for the New Administration

By John R. Bolton

The new president faces a time of great testing for the U.S. It may not be a time where we want that testing; we may want to withdraw more from the world while we deal with challenging domestic issues. But that option is just not open to us. Read “Foreign Policy Challenges for the New Administration” »

Memory, Apologies, and International Reconciliation

By Jennifer Lind

Apologies are not only the domain of scandal-ridden politicians and CEOs; they have become a staple of international politics. States routinely offer or seek apologies for past atrocities. But it turns out that apologies are a risky tool of peacemaking: they may do more harm than good. Read “Memory, Apologies, and International Reconciliation” »

Recent E-Notes

• History and Political Games, Michael Radu, 11/2008
• Negotiating Under Fire: Preserving Peace Talks in the Face of Terror Attacks, Matthew Levitt, 10/2008
• Learning from Contemporary Conflicts to Prepare for Future War, H. R. McMaster, 10/2008
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FPRI Featured FootNote November 2008

Teaching the History of Innovation: A History Institute for Teachers

By Trudy Kuehner

On October 18-19, 2008, FPRI’s Wachman Center hosted 40 teachers from 21 states across the country for a weekend of discussion on teaching the history of innovation. he Institute was hosted by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri and webcast worldwide. Read “Teaching the History of Innovation” »

Recent FootNotes

• Social and Technological Change in Western History, Alex Wright, 11/2008
• The American Civil War and Civic Virtue, Mark Grimsley, 11/2008
• From Stone to Silicon: A Brief Survey of Innovation, Lawrence A. Husick, 10/2008
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From the archives

• Spotlight on Georgia: The Political Economy of Georgia’s Rose Revolution, Vladimer Papava, in Orbis, Fall 2006 (11 pages, 93K )
• Spotlight on Zimbabwe: Comrade Mugabe's 'state of Disaster', Michael Radu, 5/2002
• Spotlight on Iran: Iran: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Tradition of Persian Statecraft, Adda B. Bozeman, in Orbis, Summer 1979 (1.3MB )
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Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program

The Global "Go-To Think Tanks”: The Leading Public Policy Research Organizations in the World

By James G. McGann

Gone are the days when a think tank could operate with the motto “research it, write it and they will find it”. Today, think tanks must be lean, mean, policy machines. The report that follows summarizes the findings of a pilot project to identify some of the leading think tanks in the world, and provides lists of what might be called the “go to think tanks” in every region.

• View The Global “Go-To Think Tanks”: The Leading Public Policy Research Organizations in the World, 2007 (24 pages, 265K )
• More about the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at FPRI