Event Archives: 2013

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It's Science and Tech Policy, Stupid.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 12:15pm

Campaign speeches are full of lofty promises about investments in new technology, cutting-edge science, and STEM education. Candidates from both parties publicly champion the advancement of science and technology, and recognize scientific progress as a cornerstone of the American economy and way of life.

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Is the Two-State Solution Still Relevant?

Monday, October 8, 2012 - 9:00am

The apparent political dead-end in the Middle East Peace Process combined with a deepening apartheid-like reality on the ground, has reached a degree where many Palestinians and Israelis are asking not can the two-state solution be salvaged but should it? And, perhaps more urgently, what may be the alternatives? Khaled Elgindy, Fellow at the Brookings Saban Center for Middle East Policy and Leila Hilal, Director of New America’s Middle East Task Force, moderated a discussion on this critical question with Omar Dajani at the New America Foundation.

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Kill or Capture

Friday, October 5, 2012 - 12:15pm

The New America Foundation’s National Security Studies Program hosted this conversation with senior Newsweek correspondent Daniel Klaidman, the author of a recent book on U.S. national security policies under the Obama Administration.
 

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Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage

Friday, October 5, 2012 - 8:30am

A sluggish recovery and stagnant wages have forced policymakers to reassess how an advanced American economy can maintain its competitiveness in the 21st century. Meanwhile, a fierce global race for innovation advantage is under way and the United States is falling behind.

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New America NYC: Gaffes and Loathing on the Campaign Trail: Political Reporters Dissect the Election

Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 6:30pm


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Men at Work: Rebuilding Afghanistan’s Highway One

Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 12:15pm

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Making College Cheaper and Better

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 11:00am

The status quo in higher education isn’t working. That realization inspired a group of experts to come together for a recent discussion hosted by the New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program and the Washington Monthly. During the lively conversation, panelists explored why our higher education system is failing students – and what we can do to recalibrate it. As Jamie P. Merisotis, the president of the Lumina Foundation, said at the start of the event, “changes in just about everything that touches the student’s experience” are needed.

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Beyond Sticker Shock: How Is Big Money Changing Politics in 2012?

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 12:15pm

Earlier this year, Trevor Potter, the former Federal Elections Commission chairman and lawyer who represents Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC on the Colbert Report, received a phone call from a German reporter.

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Fair Play? The State of Competition in the Business Broadband Marketplace

Friday, September 28, 2012 - 12:15pm

The Wireless Future Project and the Open Technology Institute hosted a lively discussion at the New America Foundation about the regulatory future of America’s broadband marketplace.  

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Savings, Ownership, and Economic Mobility: What Do We Know and What Can Be Done?

Friday, September 28, 2012 - 9:30am

Personal savings is a powerful driver of economic mobility-both within a lifetime and across generations. When families are able to create their own safety nets, they are less likely to be derailed by financial emergencies and are more equipped to make mobility-enhancing investments, such as college, for themselves or their children. While the government invests a great amount of resources to promote savings across the life course, these policy investments are not felt equally by all Americans.

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