Publications

This paper analyzes the impact of foreign content on cinema and television in Kuwait. By examining the program of selected movie theaters and television stations in Kuwait for a period of eight weeks,...chevron_right

This article examines the major problems and prospects of the Egyptian Journalist Syndicate, Egypt’s only official journalist union, since the outbreak of the revolution in 2011. Through interviews wi...chevron_right

The author of this paper recounts his experience as a communications professor in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) immediately before and during the Arab Spring uprisings - a position he lost without ex...chevron_right

This article discusses the role of media and mass communications in Lebanon. More specifically, the author challenges the perception that Lebanon enjoys one of the freest media systems in the Arab wor...chevron_right

In ‘Ten Conflicts to Worry About in 2019’, ACLED assessed the state of political violence and protest across critical flashpoints in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing both an overview of 20...chevron_right

This publication assesses the state of political violence and protest across critical flashpoints in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing both an overview of 2018’s developments and a preview ...chevron_right

This report focuses on businesses that make their living on federal government contracts, and the potential for much the same result when they take on critical government functions. Gone are the days ...chevron_right

This backgrounder makes the case for a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (“New START”) between the United States and Russia and rebuts the key arguments from critics of the agreement. Specifically, ...chevron_right

This issue brief discusses Chinese weapons trading with Sudan. The author posits oil dependency as the main reason for China's continued trade with this government of ill repute ahead of and during th...chevron_right

This issue brief argues that the major increase in US defense spending has likely reached its peak.chevron_right

This paper is a nonpartisan guide that calls attention to the fact that budget resolutions affect educational funding. It explains how budget functions, reserve funds, points of order and reconciliati...chevron_right

This report discusses the state of federal policy in the US through an asset-building perspective and focuses mostly on how it affects the asset base of low income families. It gives a review of asset...chevron_right

This paper discusses the publicly funded pre-kindergarten (pre-K) programs and charter schools in the US. It reveals that high quality pre-K programs are an important part of public policies that can ...chevron_right

This paper discusses the bipartisan effort to reform California’s health care system. The health reform legislation was not signed into a law, but the authors draw a number of lessons from this effort...chevron_right

This paper discusses a multibillion dollar nuclear investment that the US Department of Energy has proposed, known as “Complex Transformation,” which calls for upgrading existing nuclear weapons facil...chevron_right