Author Archives: Lexington Institute
The State of Homeland Security: Assessing Progress in Securing the United States Against the Threat of Terrorism Research StudyWhen the terrorists struck on September 11, 2001 it fell to the Bush Administration to take the nation to war. This is a war fought on many fronts and in distant lands from Iraq and Afghanistan to Yemen [Read More...]
Issue BriefOne of the boldest education reforms advanced by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) can be summarized in three words: Teach them English. NCLB replaced a $300 million federal grant program supporting bilingual education programs that trap limited-English-proficient (LEP) [Read More...]
Issue #6 Cuba Imposes New Foreign Exchange Controls On July 16, Cuba’s central bank announced new foreign exchange controls that apply to Cuban banks and state enterprises.
The new regulations, intended to ensure “efficient use of financial resources,” will “establish the use of the convertible peso as the [Read More...]
Homeland Security Research StudySince September 11, 2001, the nation has been struggling with the problem of responding to an ill-defined but potentially very large and complex terrorist threat. Initial homeland security efforts have sought to address obvious deficiencies in airline security, [Read More...]
Issue #5 The Imperfect Migration Accords At Work The Bush Administration set domestic politics aside and sent a strong signal against hijacking and illegal migration when it turned over to Cuban authorities a dozen Cubans who last week commandeered a vessel and attempted to reach the United States. [Read More...]
Marine Corps Transformation : Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare Research StudyThe flexibility and persistence of the U.S. Navy in forward areas provides an ideal staging “ground” for a Marine Corps which is much more than simply an amphibious force. The Marine Corps’ new operational vision, Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare [Read More...]
How a Strong Charter Law Can Help Virginia’s Struggling Students and Schools Issue BriefVirginians can take pride that an ever-increasing proportion of their public schools have pulled their Standards of Learning performance over the passing mark. However, ominous questions lurk unanswered as to what will happen to schools that continue to [Read More...]
Issue #4 The Bush Cuba Policy After Two Years As the President prepares to address Cuban Americans at a White House ceremony today, he faces a situation where his Cuba policy and his Cuban American political strategy may both fall short of their objectives.
The Administration has stated the [Read More...]
Special Education Reform Plan Makes Valuable Improvements Issue BriefPolicymakers seeking to improve special education in the United States face a system that is:Vast – nearly one in eight U.S. schoolchildren is currently considered disabled;
Complex – federal laws and regulations governing special education are among [Read More...]
Issue #3 The Bush Administration unveils its travel policy The Bush Administration had a problem in its Cuba policy: As ever-increasing majorities of the House of Representatives have voted to end the Cuba travel ban, it has insisted on maintaining the travel ban to deny hard currency to the [Read More...]