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  • Greenprint: A New Approach to Cooperation on Climate Change

    Aaditya Mattoo and Arvind Subramanian, January 2013

    International cooperation on climate change has floundered. In Greenprint, the authors argue that any chance of progress must address three key problems in a radically different way.

  • A Versatile American Institution

    A Versatile American Institution

    Helmut K. Anheier and David C. Hammack , January 2013

    Today’s grantmaking foundations and their constituents, potential grantees, analysts, and observers all can learn a great deal from the past, but they must consider past experience in the context of present realities. This book will inform and facilitate that critically important process.

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    The Politics and Civics of National Service: Lessons from the Civilian Conversation Corps, VISTA, and AmeriCorps

    Melissa Bass , January 2013

    In Politics and Civics of National Service, Melissa Bass focuses on the history, current relevance, and impact of domestic national service. She argues that only by examining programs over time can we understand national service’s successes and limitations, both in terms of its political support and its civic lessons.

  • Uncharted Strait

    Uncharted Strait: The Future of China-Taiwan Relations

    Richard C. Bush III, January 2013

    In Uncharted Strait, Richard Bush, who specialized in Taiwan issues during almost twenty years in the U.S. government, explains the current state of relations between China and Taiwan.

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    Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin

    Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy, January 2013

    In Mr. Putin, Russia experts Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy reveal Vladimir Putin as a man of many and complex identities...a man more intricate and multifaceted than he wants the world to believe he is.

  • Soft Power?

    James Sherr, December 2012

    Soft Power? reveals the ways Russia is attempting to develop informal networks, business links, state-corporate relations, cultural affinities, and linguistic ties with its neighbors and other politically important countries.

  • Conflict or Convergence?

    Irina Angelescu and Federiga Bindi, eds., December 2012

    In the wake of the Lisbon Treaty and the Arab Spring, Bindi and coeditor Irina Angelescu have teamed with an international roster of foreign policy experts to address the challenges and advantages that the treaty and contemporary international challenges pose for successful formulation and execution of an EU foreign policy.

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    Protecting the Poor

    Craig Churchill and Michal Matul, eds., December 2012

    This volume provides a synthesis of new trends and practices in the growing market of microinsurance.

  • Beijing Ponders NATO Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan

    Richard Weitz, December 2012

    This report provides an overview and analysis of the vigorous debate over Afghanistan in Chinese foreign policy circles.

  • Northern Nigeria's Boko Haram

    Jacob Zenn , December 2012

    This report addresses the regional ramifications of the rise of Boko Haram and evaluates the jihadist terrorist organization as something more than a domestic Nigerian movement. The report discusses Boko Haram’s regional connections and the possibility of it expanding throughout West Africa.

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