Getting US Nuclear Weapons out of Turkey, Remedies for Democratic Backsliding, and More

November 6, 2019

“The rationale for maintaining nuclear weapons at Incirlik becomes more dubious by the day.” Steven Pifer argues that the deteriorating relationship between Turkey and the United States, Turkey and NATO, and Turkish President Erdoğan’s authoritarian tendencies are significant reasons to pull U.S. nuclear weapons out of the country.

It is an era of authoritarian resurgence, and democracies are feeling the strain. In their new report, Norman Eisen, Andrew Kenealy, Susan Corke, Torrey Taussig, and Alina Polyakova provide strategies to fight democratic backsliding and make institutions work more effectively for citizens.

Hear more from the authors and Senator Ben Cardin in a video from our launch event.

Reflecting on America’s red-blue divide and the hyper-partisan climate in Washington, the late Alice Rivlin and her children Allan and Sheri discuss how a national strategy to address economic inequality could go a long way toward uniting the country.

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