by John Fonte, Erik Leaver | Apr 18, 2006 | Uncategorized
The heart of American Democracy is the principle that sovereignty resides in “We the People.” For more than 200 years immigrants seeking American citizenship have taken an oath renouncing prior allegiances and transferring sole political allegiance to the...
by Emily Schwartz Greco, Michele Wucker | Feb 17, 2006 | Uncategorized
A tempest in a teapot has been brewing over the more than 150 nations—a number that is rising—that allow their citizens to hold passports of more than one country. Opponents of dual citizenship argue that it is dangerous for America because it can lead to...
by Daryl G. Kimball, Miriam Pemberton | Jan 12, 2006 | Democracy & Governance, War & Peace
Headline news about the threat of nuclear terrorism and the concerns about the nuclear capabilities and ambitions of Iran and North Korea regimes has led some Washington policy makers and pundits to conclude that the nuclear nonproliferation system has failed. A new...
by Charles Peña, Miriam Pemberton | Jan 12, 2006 | Democracy & Governance, War & Peace
Daryl Kimball contends that I and my former boss, Ted Galen Carpenter (vice president of defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute), are “like the Bush policy team” because we advanced “the proposition that aggressive and erratic...
by Erik Leaver, Foreign Policy In Focus | Dec 2, 2005 | War & Peace
Adapted from a session of KQED’s Forum hosted by Michael Krasny. Four guests from across the political spectrum debate the meaning of the results of the elections and the future of Iraq and U.S. military involvement there. Host: Michael Krasny Guests: Marshall...