The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues.
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Displaying What We Do: Tools & Resources
Publication | August 1, 2008
"Fixing Failed States" addresses one of the central issues of our times: the proliferation of failed states across the world and our inability to stabilize them. There are between forty and sixty...
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Publication | February 26, 2009 | Richard P. Adler
Communications and Society Program
Talent Reframed: Moving to the Talent-Driven Firm offers new rules for organizations seeking to attain and develop a talented workforce amid a rapidly changing and increasingly globalized business...
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Publication | March 8, 2009
A Call to Action from the participants of the International Colloquium on Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security
Monrovia, Liberia
International Women’s Day,...
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Publication | March 12, 2009
Health, Biomedical Science and Society Initiative
“Health Stewardship: The Responsible Path to a Healthier Nation” expands on the Aspen Health Stewardship principles to help chart the wisest course to health reform and calls for “all Americans to...
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Publication | February 26, 2009 | Benjamin Ryan
Middle East Programs
Lebanon is an oft forgotten but essential element in building a lasting peace in the Levant. The Israeli-Syrian conflict, the growing influence and threat of Iran, and the regional Sunni-Shia rivalry...
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Publication | March 27, 2009 | Benjamin Ryan
Middle East Programs
A report on the policy discussions at a conference on U.S.-Lebanon relations on December 12, 2008, and possible ways forward.
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Publication | March 31, 2009 | Richard P. Adler
Communications and Society Program
Media & Democracy summarizes the insights, recommendations, and initiatives emanating from the 2008 Forum on Communications and Society (FOCAS), where participants explored the role of media in...
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Publication | June 18, 2007
Business and Society Program
Publication | October 1, 2007
Initiative on Financial Security
Employer-sponsored pensions are an important source of retirement income and often make the difference between having a comfortable retirement and just scraping by. This publication, written in...
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Publication | July 1, 2008
Initiative on Financial Security
Cities and counties in the state of California have a unique opportunity to advance a Child Account policy, according to a new report from IFS. Child Accounts: The California Advantage explains how...
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