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    Start-Up Nation cover With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine Israel's adversity-driven culture to offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.

    Forces of Fortune cover Vali Nasr reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.

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    Intervention to Stop Genocide and Mass Atrocities

    Intervention to Stop Genocide and Mass Atrocities cover imageThis report explores how international legal rules regarding military force might evolve to better meet the challenges of mass atrocities.

    Enhancing U.S. Preventive Action

    Enhancing U.S. Preventive Action cover imageThe authors of this CSR explain why the United States needs to place greater emphasis on preventive action and how current organizational arrangements can be changed to meet that need.

    The United States in the New Asia

    United States in the New Asia cover imageThis report addresses pan-Asian and trans-Pacific architectures and guidelines for how the United States can revise its approach in order to consolidate and improve the efficacy of these Asian institutions.

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    U.S. Immigration Policy

    U.S. Immigration Policy coverThe report of this bipartisan Task Force makes the case that maintaining America's political and economic leadership depends on attracting talented and hard-working immigrants, and on securing the country's borders in a smart, effective, and humane way.

    U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy

    U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy coverThis report makes recommendations on how to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. deterrent nuclear force, prevent nuclear terrorism, and strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation regime.

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