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How the Courts Transformed Executive Authority in Foreign Affairs
President Donald Trump, with the backing of the United States Supreme Court, has sole authority to determine the direction of the country’s foreign affairs. Presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Donald Trump have all asserted their authority to take one-sided action, and contemporary presidents since Ronald Reagan have all ordered American...
The Militarization of US Government Response to COVID-19 and What We Can Do About It
This document outlines six broad areas of current political need and opportunity as the US government ramps up the militarization of its response to the coronavirus epidemic. About Face is an organization of post-9/11 service-members and veterans who organize to end a foreign policy of permanent war and the use...
Apply National Security Best Practices to Public Health
As the COVID-19 outbreak has shown, the United States needs to include public health in its national defense readiness planning. COVID-19 caught the country shorthanded on key medical devices and pharmaceutical supplies, and with a limited ability to track the spread of the virus in real time. A national security...
The Integrated Housing Development Program: Identifying Strengths and Gaps
The Problem Addis Ababa, the lead urbanizing city capital of Ethiopia, inhabits nearly 20 percent of the country’s total urban population (CSA, 2014). Rapid urbanization coupled with high population migration into the city have accelerated the housing stock demand beyond capacity. The housing sector that engages in supplying housing stock...