War Powers in the Obama Administration

War Powers: The Operational Code of Competence

Health reform and the obama administration: reflections in mid-2010.

The reforms that finally emerged from the Obama administration's initiative were the result of a year of nasty, demagogic and misleading claims in the US public forum, coupled with the complexities of crafting legislation that stood a chance of passing both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The resulting "hybrid" approach to healthcare reform produced a conservative strategy that ign...

Policy Options: The Obama Administration and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

What are the assets available to the incoming Obama administration for resolving or at least reducing the intensity of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict? What liabilities and constraints will the next administration face and what opportunities might it attempt to exploit for this purpose? This document constitutes a first attempt by two experts— one Israeli, the other a Palestinian—to examine th...

Should the Obama Administration Implement a CO2 Tax?

Obama Administration Broadens Gender Quotas in Higher Ed

When college women study science, they tend to gravitate toward biology—about 58 percent of all bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in biology go to women . In contrast, women earn some 17 percent of bachelor’s degrees in engineering and computer science and just over 40 percent of bachelor’s degrees in physical sciences and mathematics. The likely reason for this, found [4]in the study ...