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May 1, 2012 | Policy Makers Respond to "Your Ideas, Your NATO"

Editorial Team: The Canadian Defense Minister, members of the Canadian and Norwegian assemblies and a Policy Advisor for the Dutch House of Representatives have responded to the memos from our policy workshop! Read on to find out which proposals they support and see policy influence in action.

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April 27, 2012 | Canadian Senator Responds to Atlantic Memo 38

Percy Downe: Vice Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Senate of Canada, Percy Downe, offers his response to our Atlantic Memo about NATO values and community. He agrees with the recommendations that NATO must reemphasize the benefits of alliance, bring soldiers together in a multinational environment, and broaden the scope of cyber-security.

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February 16, 2009 | The End of Bipartisanship?

Fabian Wendenburg: The stimulus package has been the first real test of Obama’s promised bipartisanship. But after it attracted only three senators and no congressman of the GOP, last week was a vivid reminder that it will be hard to overcome differences of principle and culture.

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July 7, 2009 | US House Votes for Energy Law: Time for an Energy Revolution?

Barack Obama’s
entrance into the White House awoke all manner of hope for a fundamental
turnaround in US energy policy. Yet this is not the first time that the world
has looked to Washington in hope that the US would finally show the world how
to be free of the fetters of fossil fuels. This was in 1977, as Jimmy Carter,
shortly after assuming office, installed solar panels on the roof of

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September 26, 2008 | Staying in Space Means Cooperating with Russia

The US Senate must pass a waiver buying seats aboard Russian space vehicles for US astronauts.++ The NASA shuttle fleet retires in two years, and its new space vehicle, the Orion, will not be ready until 2015, essentially leaving the space station to the Russians until that time. ++ The only way for American astronauts to continue at the space station is via Russian space vehicles. ++ Despite

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