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- 1From:AEI Paper & StudiesAs the debate intensifes on US policy related to the defense of Taiwan, it is useful to examine when and why the US would carry out such a mission, the military resources and capabilities required to do so, and the...
- 2From:AEI Paper & StudiesMr. Chairman, Mr. Co-Chairman, Ranking Members, Commissioners, Thank you for the opportunity to address you today on this important subject. I, like many others in Washington, have followed the developments across...
- 3From:AEI Paper & StudiesI come from a family of educators and education reformers, and I know from watching them how devotion to education can test one's moral resolve. After all, the rewards in educational endeavors are by their nature not...
- 4From:AEI Paper & StudiesNATO member states and partners today face national security threats that extend far beyond military aggression. Indeed, they are regularly targeted by nonmilitary means, so-called gray-zone aggression. Because gray-zone...
- 5From:AEI Paper & StudiesChairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, and members of the committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the state of democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean. As the world approached the last decade of...
- 6From:AEI Paper & StudiesExecutive Summary European leaders often claim to care about the fate of freedom, democracy, and human rights in the world. Yet, their foreign policy choices occasionally ignore it--and rarely is that misalignment...
- 7From:Military Periscope Special ReportsKevin Ivey | 02/11/2021 After a decade of democracy, the Burmese military retakes control On Feb. 1, the Burmese military (officially known as the Tatmadaw) launched a coup hours before a newly elected Parliament was...
- 8From:U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact SheetsBILATERAL RELATIONS FACT SHEET BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS FEBRUARY 12, 2021 More information about Malawi is available on the Malawi Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at...
- 9From:U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact SheetsBILATERAL RELATIONS FACT SHEET BUREAU OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS JULY 19, 2021 More information about Colombia is available on the Colombia Country Page and from other Department of State publications and other...
- 10From:Budget RequestsFISCAL YEAR 2021 United States Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520 February 10,2020 To achieve our many goals - the foremost being the security of the American people at home and abroad - the Budget requests...
- 11From:AEI Paper & StudiesExecutive Summary The Marxist guerrilla Daniel Ortega seized power in Nicaragua in 1979 and sought to consolidate a dictatorship in place of the one he overthrew. His Sandinista Front was forced by a US-backed...
- 12From:Yearbook of European LawI. Introduction Over the course of decades, Switzerland and the European Union (EU) have together developed a tight network of bilateral agreements. (1) There are some 20 principal agreements, supplemented by over 100...
- 13From:Yearbook of European LawThe EU, in its present configuration, has often been accused of a persistent and deep structural bias in favour of economic integration to the detriment of the democratic and social values of its Member States. In...
- 14From:AEI Paper & StudiesJuly 2018 Key Points * While representative government is an improvement over direct democracy, it does create potential problems of its own--in particular the opportunity for misrule by the wealthy and well...
- 15From:AEI Paper & StudiesThere has been a growing chorus of concern in recent books and articles about declining support for democracy here and abroad. In the public polls in the United States, there are few questions about democracy itself....
- 16From:AEI Paper & StudiesEconomic volatility varies substantially across democracies. We study how the difference between federal and unitary systems of government can contribute to such variation. We show empirically that a higher degree of...
- 17From:Budget RequestsPart 1 of 3 The FY 2018 request of $92.0 million for the Transition Initiatives (TI) account will be used to address opportunities and challenges in countries in crisis, and assist in their transition toward...
- 18From:AEI Paper & StudiesExecutive Summary Although American-styled democracy demands a vigorous military-civilian divide when it comes to political power, American voters are comfortable electing officials with military service on their...
- 19From:AEI Paper & StudiesOctober 24, 2016 Abstract Businesses are "burdened" by government through corporate taxes and bureaucratic procedures. We interpret these two channels as tools for raising revenue and study, theoretically and...
- 20From:Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue BriefsFebruary 1, 2011 Summary Support for the democratization of Hong Kong has been an element of U.S. foreign policy for over 17 years. The Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-383) states, "Support for...