Iran is sure to be a major focus of tonight's Presidential debate on foreign policy.
On October 19, the Institute’s Manufacturing and Society program will host a debate on what policy initiatives are needed to help US manufacturing and what
As the Presidential campaign goes down to the wire, the debate on jobs and the economy continues to intensify. One thing both campaigns agree on is the role of small business as a key engine of new job creation.
In the foreign policy realm, election 2012 has focused on Iran with its threats to Israel and growing nuclear ambition. But other nations like Pakistan and Russia command attention as well.
More than 46 million Americans are living in poverty, according to the 2010 US Census Bureau. How is domestic policy addressing this and what should be done to reduce that number?
In this clip from the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival, Russell Muirhead, the Robert Clements Associate Professor of Democracy and Politics at Dartmouth College, encourages a shift toward better partisanship. Our partisanship arises from society's disagreements over the common good and the values that inform it, he says.
Watch this clip from tonight's episode of The Aspen Institute Presents. Here speakers from the Aspen Ideas Festival discuss what the US economy needs to kickstart growth.




