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  1. Executive Summary from Leading Through Civilian Power: The First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. full text
    Department of State, December 15, 2010, 19 pages.
    "To build an effective partnership with their host country and advance America's interests and values, these U.S. civilians on the ground will often have to work as a seamless team, bringing their unique strengths to bear and adapting together to fast-changing circumstances on the ground." (From Department of State)
     

  2. Blumenthal, Dan.
    Sino-U.S. Competition and U.S. Security: How Do We Assess the Military Balance? full text
    American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, December 14, 2010, 29 pages.
    "Assessments of the military competition between China and the U.S. are badly needed but mostly missing. Such assessments should consider the political objectives of the competitors, their military doctrines, and alliance politics, in addition to quantitative measures of military power in the context in which such capabilities would be deployed." (From American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research)  

  3. Lord, Kristin M. and Richard Fontaine.
    Managing 21st-Century Diplomacy: Lessons from Global Corporations. full text
    Center for a New American Security, December 15, 2010, 33 pages.
    "As the State Department prepares to implement recommendations from its first Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), its leadership team must inevitably focus on management. This report, based on extensive interviews with executives from four major global companies - GE, McDonald's Corp., FedEx and IBM - offers recommendations for how the State Department can incorporate corporate management lessons as it grapples with its own efforts at reform." (From Center for a New American Security)
     

  4. Paal, Douglas H.
    The Rise of China and Alliance in East Asia: Implications for Diplomatic Truce. full text
    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, December 9, 2010, 7 pages.
    "Predictions of America's decline and China's triumphalism are premature, as the United States has shown resilience in recovering from past crises and China's peaceful rise is not guaranteed." (From the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)  

  5. Steinberg, James B.
    The Critical Relationship between the United States and China. full text
    Center for American Progress, December 7, 16 pages.
    "It's clear from this that we have achieved a lot, but there's also important work ahead of us to make sure that our relationship produces the kinds of results that both of our countries need and expect for our people. We're actively building a relationship to find bicommon interests and join efforts to manage and resolve global challenges as we work together with each other bilaterally and regionally and within our institutions to shape the landscape of the 21st century." (From Center for American Progress)

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  1. 『美台重要經濟關係的展望』美國在台協會主席薄瑞光 台北美國商會演講詞。full text
    The United States and Taiwan: An Important Economic Relationship. full text
    OT-1029, November 30, 2010, 10 pages.
    "The U.S.-Taiwan economic relationship, alongside our cultural and historical ties, forms one of the great success stories for U.S. engagement in the region. Taiwan's own economic transformation has benefited the U.S. greatly, and we have achieved much through common understanding and effort." (From AIT)  

  2. 美國在台協會處長司徒文 「2010台美國際綠能產業/節能減碳論壇」致詞。full text
    Remarks by AIT Director William A. Stanton at 2010 U.S.-Taiwan Clean Energy Forum Kaohsiung, Taiwan December 14, 2010. full text
    OT-1030, December 14, 2010, 2 pages.
    "The United States continues to seek new ways to deepen our economic relationship with Taiwan. Green technology is one of the most important areas for us to explore together." (From AIT) 

  3. AIT處長司徒文「美國人在台灣的足跡:1950-1980」特展開幕致詞。full text
    Remarks by AIT Director William A. Stanton at Opening Ceremony of "American Footsteps in Taiwan, 1950-1980." full text
    OT-1031, December 17, 2010, 5 pages.
    "With this exhibit, 'American Footsteps in Taiwan,' we try to tell the story of our relationship with Taiwan through the "footsteps" of photographs, filmed recollections, memorabilia, and other traces of the past." (From AIT)

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  1. Elwell, Craig K.
    Economic Recovery: Sustaining U.S. Economic Growth in a Post-Crisis Economy. full text
    Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, December 2, 2010, 18 pages.
    "Evidence suggests that the process of economic recovery began in mid-2009. Real gross domestic product (GDP) has been on a positive track since then. The stock market has recovered from its lows, and employment has increased moderately. On the other hand, significant economic weakness remains evident, particularly in the labor and housing markets." (From CRS Report

  2. Greenstone, Michael.
    The Problem with Men: A Look at Long-term Employment Trends. full text
    The Brookings Institution, December 3, 2010, 4 pages.
    "Although the financial crisis and recession triggered a high rate of unemployment-particularly among men-its persistence reflects labor market trends that existed long before 2007. To help combat these trends, new policies are needed to create jobs and broad-based income growth for American workers over the long-term." (From the Brookings Institution) 

  3. Mayer, Gerald.
    Long-Term Unemployment and Recessions. Email for copy
    (CRS Report for Congress)
    Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, 26 pages.
    "The purpose of this report is to assist policymakers who may consider legislation to stimulate job growth, provide additional benefits to unemployed workers, or assist families whose incomes have fallen because of a job loss or reduction in hours worked. The report first compares the prevalence of long-term unemployment across business cycles during the postwar period and offers explanations for its unusually high incidence during the most recent recession. It next analyzes the likelihood of unemployed workers with different demographic, job, and household characteristics experiencing a very long period without paychecks. The report closes with a discussion of long-term unemployment's implications for public policy." (From CRS Report

  4. Rosen, Daniel H. and Zhi Wang
    The Implications of China-Taiwan Economic Liberalization. full text
    (In Brief)
    Peterson Institute for International Economics, January 2011, 2 pages.
    "Myriad political, political-economy, security, and commercial and economic questions arise from the policy development of closer cross-strait economic relations. Rosen and Wang attempt to make it easier to analyze and answer many of these questions by clarifying the long-term economic implications of cross-strait liberalization." (From the Peterson Institute for International Economics)

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  1. Kosar, Kevin R.
    Classified Information Policy and Executive Order 13526. full text
    (CRS Report for Congress)
    Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, December 10, 2010, 19 pages.
    "This report provides information on classified information policy, which also is called security classification policy and national security classification information policy. It discusses the history, costs, and agencies assigned roles in classified information policy. The report focuses on Executive Order 13526, which establishes much of the current policy, and the report identifies possible oversight issues for Congress." (From CRS Report

  2. Nye, Joseph S.
    "The Future of American Power: Dominance and Decline in Perspective." Email for copy
    Foreign Affairs, November/December 2010, 7 pages.
    "It is currently fashionable to compare the United States' power to that of the United Kingdom a century ago and to predict a similar hegemonic decline.  But the United States is not in absolute decline, and in relative terms, there is a reasonable probability that it will remain more powerful than any other state in the coming decades." (From Foreign Affairs)  

  3. Petersen, R. Eric.
    Congressional Staff: Duties and Functions of Selected Positions. Email for copy
    (CRS Report for Congress)
    Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, November 4, 2010, 13 pages.
    "This report focuses on positions in House and Senate personal offices (Member staff), and provides sample position descriptions for 14 positions with similar job titles in each chamber. As with all congressional entities with employing authority, individual Members of Congress have wide discretion in setting many workplace policies, including procedures for establishing the duties and functions of staff positions. Staffing decisions may be determined by the priorities and goals of a congressional office, and the preferences and needs of a Member's constituents." (From CRS Report

  4. The Role of Government: What Do Americans Want? full text
    American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, December 2010, 9 pages.
    "Five pollsters conducted significant surveys on the role of government this year. The surveys produced similar results, and many of the findings are familiar." (From American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research)

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  1. "100 Top Global Thinkers." Email for copy
    Foreign Policy, December 2010, 65 pages.
    "The biggest big think this year is not from any conventional practitioners of foreign policy, but from two men who stepped in as the world's states have faltered: billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, who teamed up this summer to prove that even, perhaps especially, in tough times great new ideas can emerge." (From Foreign Policy

  2. Fallows, James.
    "Dirty Coal, Clean Future." Email for copy
    The Atlantic, December 2010, pp. 64-74.
    "To environmentalists, clean coal is an insulting oxymoron.  But because coal so dominates the world economy, any meaningful effort to arrest climate change will require using dirty coal in more-sustainable ways.  Quiet collaboration between American and Chinese businesses and scientists is pointing the way." (From the Atlantic)  

  3. Jenkins, Brian Michael.
    The al Qaeda-Inspired Terrorist Threat: An Appreciation of the Current Situation. full text
    RAND, December 2010, 8 pages.
    "Since 2001, undeniable progress has been made in degrading al Qaeda's operational capabilities.  Unprecedented cooperation among the world's intelligence services and law enforcement organizations has made al Qaeda's operating environment a lot more dangerous." (From RAND)

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