Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following (all pdf). (These reports have also been made available on OpenCRS.)
“Iran’s Nuclear Program: Status,” June 23, 2008.
“Boumediene v. Bush: Guantanamo Detainees’ Right to Habeas Corpus,” June 16, 2008.
“Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA): What Is It, and How Might One Be Utilized In Iraq?,” June 16, 2008.
“The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility: Issues for Congress,” updated May 19, 2008.
We’ve identified the key ingredients of successful moonshots that meet the moment, and developed recommendations about what future efforts can and should look like.
We sat down with biomedical research pioneer Lee Hood to talk moonshots, metascience in medicine, and the Human Phenome Initiative.
Complex systems – from ecological to political to socio-technical – rarely change the way we expect.
The NCARS Act would amend the National Security Act of 1947 to establish a durable, coordinated federal approach to national resilience.