Foreign Policy

Q&A: Congressman Eliot Engel

New York Congressman Eliot Engel's international relations experience is both broad and deep. Arriving on the Hill before the fall of the Berlin Wall, he has seen our foreign policy evolve from “Cold War” to “peace dividend” and now into the “War on Terror.” PT talked at length with the Congressman about the shifting contours of our foreign policy and what we can do better.

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U.S. Policy: Beyond Slogans

Is democracy inherently bad at articulating large policy objectives?

Policy Today magazine cover
September 20, 2006

Presidents have had wars on poverty, drugs, and terrorism. They have tried to "save Social Security" and "end welfare as we know it."

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