Note -- The papers of the Center's Presidential Fellows program represent an individual Fellow's research. The papers do not represent the Center's positions, thoughts, or work.
Frontice
Foreword - Dr. David M. Abshire, President
Mentors of the 2010-2011 Fellows
Named Presidential Fellowships
Preface- Parry K. VanLandingham, Director of the Fellows Program, and Wuleta Endale, Coordinator of the Fellows Program
Part 1 - Beyond Our Borders: The Challenges of Foreign Policy
I. Lessons of History for American Foreign Policy
The Kennedy Model: A Twenty-first Century Approach to Development in Ethiopia – Gregory M. Bernstein, United States Coast Guard Academy
American Missiles in Turkey: Ideological Dissonance and the Paradox of Proximity – George E. Bogden, Yale University
Establishing a Partnership with Latin America in a Post 9/11 World: Lessons from History – Allison L. La Gatta, James Madison University
Chinese Rapprochement under Nixon: A Case Study in Foreign Policy Bureaucracy and Decision-making – Joshua D. Roselman, Dartmouth College
II. Current Dilemmas in Foreign Policy
Somali Piracy and America's Enlightened Self-Interest: Reframing the Debate in Terms of Security and Soft Power – James T. Christy, United States Coast Guard Academy
Free Trade with China: For Better or Worse? – Oliver P. Thoma, Texas A&M University
III. Special Focus: Presidential Leadership in U.S. Relations with the Arab World
Presidential Leadership and Connecting Policy to Public Diplomacy: The Implications of the 2009 Cairo Speech – Melanie K. Ciolek, University of Southern California
Peace Process Aborted – Lucas M. Shaw, Columbia University
Obama, the Democracy Agenda and Political Islam: A New Way Forward? – Andrew Walchuk, University of Arkansas
Part 2 - On the Home Front: The Challenges of Domestic Policy
I. Structural Transformations in the Federal Government
Military Commissions as a Forum for Trying Terrorism Suspects – Alec G. Arellano, Colorado College
Harnessing the Blessings and Benefits of Technology: The President's Science Advisory Committee, Technological Skepticism and the Impediments to Sound Science and Technology Policy – Alexander J. Barton, Michigan State University
Secure Our Future: Add a Contingency Planning Group in the NSC – Tyson F. Belanger, Harvard University
A History of Red Planet Capital, Inc. – Tayler M. Lofquist, The George Washington University
II. Politics in a Diverse, Often Divided Nation
The Sectarian Religious Rhetoric of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama – Martha E. Ferson, The University of the South
Divided Public, Divided Roles: Presidential Role Performance in a Polarized Political Climate – Caitlin V. Garrigan-Nass, Wake Forest University
Woodrow Wilson and Immigration: Hyphenates and the Failure to Unite America – Chelsea C. Gibson, North Georgia College and State University
III. Providing for the General Welfare: Understanding Reform at the Federal Level
The Influence of Issue-specific Knowledge on Public Evaluations of the Government's Handling of Health Care Reform – Christopher L. Carter, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
Using the Bully Pulpit: Presidential Influence on Passing Health Care Reform – Emma J. Chapman, Tulane University
Undoing a "Third Rail" of American Politics: Toward a Bipartisan Consensus on Criminal Justice Reform – Jonathan D. Erwin-Frank, Swarthmore College
Why Instructional Expenditures Matter in K-12 Public Education and How to Achieve Federal Title I Reform – John J. Lee, Northwestern University
Additional Papers of the 2010-2011 Presidential Fellows
“A New Way Forward” in the Middle East: Bridging the Gap between U.S. Rhetoric and Action – Antinea Ascione, Trinity College
The Fine Line of Health-Care Politicking: A Comparative Analysis of Reform Efforts from Clinton to Obama – Maggie E. Astor, Barnard College
The Affairs of John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton: A Media Revolution that Saved One Presidency and Tarnished Another – Katherine A. Buonpastore, The Catholic University of America
The Life and Death of Presidential Policy Initiatives: An Analysis of the History of Health Care Reform in the United States – Timothy H. Callaghan, University of Connecticut
Homeland Insecurity: The Deterioration of Federal Emergency Management in theTwenty-first Century – Kylie R. Cannon, Vassar College
Going International: Nuclear Policy in the Postmodern Presidency – Thomas C. Chandler, The United States Air Force Academy
A Faustian Dilemma? The USA PATRIOT Act and the Compromise Between National Security and Civil Liberties – August Dombrow, Pennsylvania State University
Disaster Aid in Pakistan: A Foundation for International Development and Diplomacy – Caitlin C. Edgar, Washington and Lee University
The Prerogative to Pursue War: A Cross-Presidential Examination on the Use of “Wartime Powers” and Its Influence on the Evolution of the Office of the Presidency – Albert Edwards IV, Morehouse College
Conscience sans Science: Staging Science Diplomacy for the 21st Century – Austen O. Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology
The Administrative Power of the President: Environmental Policy from Clinton to Obama – Sean Flanagan, University of Pennsylvania
A View of Current and Recent U.S.-Mexico Immigration Policy – Anthony A. Garcia, The Citadel
Obama’s New Federal Education Policy Regime – Christopher S. Gear, United States Naval Academy
The Camp Davids: An Examination of President Carter and President Clinton’s Approach to the Arab-Israeli Conflict – Sheena R. Hall, Howard University
Organization and Crisis: The Creation of the Department of Homeland Security – Matt Hein, United States Naval Academy
Defogging the Regulative Window: Assessing Interest Group Influence on the Regulatory Process of the United States – Emily M. Hendricks, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Leveraging with Friends: The Arab-Israeli Conflict under Clinton and Its Significance for the Obama Administration – Timothy J. Hurley, Washington College
Evaluating the USG Response to the Tuberculosis Epidemic – Ye Jin Kang, Rice University
Supreme Promises – Gabriel J. Krimm, Vanderbilt University
Politics in the Face of National Security: The Development of Missile Defense – Anna M. Lustoff, Gettysburg College
The Clean Air Act and the Presidency – Kyle M. Magee, Rollins College
Where Have You Gone Federalism? The States Turn Their Lonely Eyes to You: An Empirical Investigation into the Rulings of the Rehnquist Court on Federalism Cases – Joshua R. Meddaugh, University at Buffalo
Ineffective and Immoral Leadership in the Lead-up to War – Miheer V. Mhatre, Princeton University
From Inaction to Engagement: The Evolution of Presidential Responses to Mass Atrocities – Andrew C. Miller, Georgetown University
Presidential Rhetoric and its Effects on Electoral Successes – Adam Mortillaro, Georgetown University
Forecasting Elections: Applying National Models to State Level Data – Ana Nikolic, Emory University
The Freedom of the Lame Duck: Presidential Effectiveness in the Post-Twenty-Second Amendment Era – Vincent A. Pacileo IV, University of Connecticut
Harry Truman and the Racial Politics of 1948 – Sekhar R. Paladugu, Stanford University
A Defining Conflict: The Obama Administrations v. The Roberts Court – Andrew Robb, Carnegie Mallon University
War Powers and the Age of Terrorism – John Paul Royal, Institute of World Politics
The Effects of American Agricultural Subsidies on Trade with Brazil: The Necessityof a Move Towards Free Trade – Maxwel A. Schneider, University of Cincinnati
Upholding Civil Liberties in Times of Crises: A Plan for Closing Guantanamo Bay – Amber R. Sells, United States Air Force Academy
Bridging the Health Policy Gap Between Congress, the President and Doctors: Where Does the American Medical Association Lie? – Tatiana E. Semerjian, University of California-Los Angeles
Agents for Change: What Lessons Can Obama Learn from Truman’s Mistakes in Domestic Policy Reform? – Alessandra Shaaya, Hofstra University
Foreign Combatants: The Extent of Presidential Powers – Kenneth R. Simon, Jr., Hampden-Sydney College
The Science of Federal Education Reform: Enduring Features of Successful Expansion of Federal Involvement in Education – Erik R. Singh, Denison University
The Cycles of Presidential History: Where Are We Now? – Hannah M. Solomon-Strauss
Constructive Engagement: The Need for a Progressive Cuban Lobby in Obama’s Washington – Matthew B. Stieglitz, Cornell University
A Government of, by, or, just for the People: Public Opinion Polling and Government Responsiveness – Andrew J. Swick, The United States Military Academy
Reinvention to Reinvestment: The Act of Reshaping America through Public Service – Adrienne L. Teague, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
A New Southern Strategy: The Republican Party and the Black Vote – Henrik Temp, Colgate University
From the Conservative Coalition to Speaker Jim Wright: A Theoretical Perspective on Institutional Change and Leadership – Conrad E. Trimbath, Middlebury College
From the Front-Porch to the Home Computer Screen: Applied Lessons from the McKinley Campaign of 1896 – Brian C. Wanglin, University of Michigan: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
U.S. and Them: An Incremental Approach to Immigration Reform – Pamela M. Weir, Smith College
The International Criminal Court – Tian Tian Xin, United States Military Academy
American Perceptions, Chinese Realities: Roadmap for Congress in 21st Century U.S–China Relations – Jiakun Jack Zhang, Duke University
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