Lessons for American Immigration Policy from the Past (Cody Nager)

Many observers argue that current US immigration policy is broken. Can it be fixed? By examining past American immigration debates, we can identify three fundamental principles that make policy more effective: simplicity, selectivity, and locality. Applying these principles to current debates would lead to a better and more responsive immigration policy, benefiting both current and …

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America’s Schools Facing a ‘Public Emergency’: Education Futures Council Report Urges System-Level Reforms to Better Serve Students (Hoover Institution)

A year after it was convened by the Hoover Institution, the Education Futures Council released its first report Tuesday, issuing an urgent call for a new national framework to renew America’s schools and expressing the unanimous concern that taking dramatic action to revitalize today’s K-12 educational system “is no longer a matter of public urgency; it …

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Ours to Solve, Once—and for All: Securing the Outcomes Our Students Need (A New Report from the Education Futures Council)

Introduction: In 2023 the Hoover Institution at Stanford University convened a group of innovation leaders to take stock of K–12 public education in the United States. The Education Futures Council quickly focused on designing a new approach for America’s traditional public school system. Schools operated and overseen by local school boards―often called “traditional” or “district” …

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Economic Anxiety or Cultural Backlash: Which Is Key to Trump’s Support? (Morris P. Fiorina)

Given that 85–90 percent of Trump’s (and Clinton’s) vote came from partisans—people who nearly always vote Republican or Democrat—claims like these applied to the behavior of a relatively small proportion of the electorate, although one residing disproportionately in states critical for the outcome.7 In particular, among other factors, the 2016 outcome hinged on support for …

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THE INDIVIDUAL SOVEREIGNTY: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MANIFESTATION (Nikola Lj. Ilievski, MA)

This paper is qualitative and theoretical research of the concept of sovereignty and the libertarian theory, particularly the concept of individual liberty. It represents a concept developing study, with a specific accent laid on the individual liberty, and the theoretically established concept of sovereignty. The research focus could be identified with the conceptualization and manifestation …

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Individual Sovereignty in Pandemic Times–A Contradiction in Terms? (Luiza Bialasiewicz, Christina Eckes)

Over the past months, appeals to ‘individual sovereignty’ have brought together a wide range of political actors across Europe, united in their rejection of face masks, ‘social distancing’, and other forms of stateimposed regulation of behavior and mobility. Opposition to state efforts to govern the spread of the pandemic has created, indeed, the most unlikely …

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When is a Crisis a “Crisis” and Why Does It Matter? (The Chicago Council on Global Affairs)

One of the defining features of 2020 has been the declaration of seemly one crisis after another. As COVID-19 cases surge, most Americans are focused on the pandemic as the predominant crisis facing our country. However, the coronavirus is not the only crisis we face. The pandemic has catalyzed an economic crisis, with the head of the International Monetary …

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Ethiopia’s Ominous New War in Amhara (Crisis Watch)

What’s new? Ethiopia’s federal government is battling yet another revolt. This time, militants are engaged in hostilities with federal forces in Amhara, the country’s second-most populous region. After tensions escalated all year, insurgents briefly seized control of major towns in August. They remain active in much of the countryside. Why did it happen? Amhara militias fought alongside federal …

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CrisisWatch: Tracking Conflict Worldwide (Crisis Watch)

CrisisWatch is our global conflict tracker, an early warning tool designed to help prevent deadly violence. It keeps decision-makers up-to-date with developments in over 70 conflicts and crises every month, identifying trends and alerting them to risks of escalation and opportunities to advance peace. In addition, CrisisWatch monitors over 50 situations (“standby monitoring”) to offer timely …

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