Authors David Anderson-Rodgers and Kerry Crawford released Human Security: Theory and Action on March 15 to explore security approaches where the individual, not the state, is the reference point for security policy. “What we’re trying to do with this book is really try to elevate the conversation about security in ways that make people think […]
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RAND Report Offers Alternative to Amnesty/Deportation Debate
The new RAND Corporation report, Neither Deportation nor Amnesty: An Alternative for the Immigration Debate Building a Bridge Across the Deportation-Amnesty Divide, released Feb. 26, charts a third path between the deportation and amnesty sides of the immigration debate. Author Douglas C. Ligor, senior behavioral and social scientist at RAND Corporation, suggests a statutory approach […]
Nearly 3/4 of Youth Ineligible for Military
Of the 34 million youth aged 17 to 24 in the United States, only 29 percent could actually serve, according to a report from The Heritage Foundation. As the military relies on volunteers to fill ranks each year, it’s a crisis authors Thomas Spoehr and Bridget Handy say is not in the future; it’s here […]
Mercatus: Growth-Based Immigration Key to 21st Century Economy
As lawmakers haggle over immigration specifics and a looming government shutdown, Daniel Griswold, senior research fellow and co-director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization at the Mercatus Center, suggests that increasing the number of skilled immigrants to the United States is the key to 21st century economic growth. In Reforming the U.S. […]
Carnegie Endowment Report Explores Iran’s Cyber Threat
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace released Iran’s Cyber Threat: Espionage, Sabotage, and Revenge on Jan. 4, exploring what it calls the “newest frontier in the four-decade-long U.S.-Iran cold war.” Written by Collin Anderson and Karim Sadjadpour, the report takes a comprehensive look at the state of the cyber threat in Iran, who are the […]