12.18.09: THIS WEEK FROM THE CENTER The Summit in Copenhagen CAP experts provide analysis and policy recommendations from the climate change summit in Copenhagen. A Path to Balance A strategy for realigning the federal budget from Michael Ettlinger, Michael Linden, and Lauren D. Bazel. Immigration and the Economy Marshall Fitz and Angela Kelley on why we can't build a strong economy on top of a broken immigration system. Equal Health Care for All Lesley Russell explores racial and ethnic health care disparities and how health care reform could help bridge the gap.

THE WEEK AHEAD

AFGHANISTAN: Report from Lawrence J. Korb, Sean Duggan, and Laura Conley on the cost of the escalation in Afghanistan.

IMMIGRATION: Marshall Fitz and Angela Kelley outline progressive principles for comprehensive immigration reform.

TAX REFORM: Michael Ettlinger on letting the Bush tax cuts expire.

FAITH: Rev. Susan Thisthethwaite interviews an evangelical activist on whether progressives and religious conservatives can work together on nuclear disarmament.

SCIENCE PROGRESS: Eric M. Meslin on why we can't separate science and ethics.

AND MUCH MORE...

POLICY CORNER

Economic Snapshot for December 2009
Economy

Counting the World's Capacity for Emissions Reductions
Energy

Moldova at the Crossroads
Security

UPCOMING EVENTS

Progress in Bioethics
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CAP IN THE NEWS

Korb, Duggan, and Conley on an Overall National Security Strategy
The Washington Times

Thistlethwaite on Obama's New "Just Peace" Policy
The Washington Post

Korb on the Obama Doctrine
National Journal