New America Events This Month

The next President will conduct yet another Nuclear Posture Review -- the third since the end of the Cold War. What's the point? Will it be any different or just more of the same? At this May 20 New America event, Dr. Janne Nolan tackled these tough questions and others. Dr. Nolan, currently a professor of international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, is author of An Elusive Consensus: Nuclear Weapons and American Security after the Cold War, considered… more

On May 20th, the Committee for a Responsible Budget (CRFB) had an event launching its new project, US Budget Watch, (www.USBudgetWatch.org) and released their first paper, “Twelve Principles for Fiscal Responsibility.” Maya MacGuineas, President of CRFB, welcomed the audience and described the fiscal problem of one of structural deficits, an unsound Social Security system, growing health care costs, numerous looming tax issues, and unsustainable debt projections. To help get the country back on track, the project… more