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US President-elect Donald J. Trump and his Foreign Policy Cabinet Choices: Focus on Middle East Issues
Dec 29, 2016Roxanne PeruginoIn the last few weeks, President-elect Donald Trump has been building his team of senior officials. The team selected as his foreign policy appointees presents…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
President-elect Donald Trump Nominates David Friedman as US Ambassador to Israel
Dec 22, 2016Roxanne PeruginoOn December 15, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump nominated David Friedman to the post of US ambassador to Israel. Friedman, a bankruptcy lawyer, has no diplo…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Secretary of Energy-designate Rick Perry
Dec 22, 2016Roxanne PeruginoIn an ironic twist, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Texas Governor Rick Perry as his secretary of energy. The Energy Department is the same agency Perr…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Profile of Secretary of State-designate Rex W. Tillerson
Dec 15, 2016Roxanne PeruginoPresident-elect Donald Trump named Rex Tillerson, Exxon-Mobil CEO, as his choice for secretary of state on December 13. The appointment is controversial and ha…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Trump Nominates Treasury and Commerce Secretaries
Dec 5, 2016Roxanne PeruginoSteven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury-designatePresident-elect Donald Trump has nominated his campaign finance chairman, Steven Mnuchin, to be secretary of…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Trump Announces Retired USMC General James “Mad Dog” Mattis as Secretary of Defense
Dec 5, 2016Roxanne PeruginoOn December 1, during a victory rally in Ohio, President-elect Donald Trump announced the nomination of retired Marine Corps General James “Mad Dog” Mattis to …
- Policy AnalysisViolent Extremism
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) in the United States: An Assessment of Domestic and International Efforts
Countering Violent Extremism, or CVE, is a relatively new but expanding framework of practices for US “soft power” engagement with radicalization and extremism…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Trump Announces Additions to National Security Team
Dec 1, 2016Roxanne PeruginoNikki R. Haley, Ambassador-designate to the United NationsOn November 22, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump nominated South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as h…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Trump’s Cabinet Begins to Take Shape
Nov 23, 2016Roxanne PeruginoOn November 18, President-elect Donald Trump named three Cabinet positions, all of which are considered controversial to varying degrees
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Understanding the Conditions Leading to Trump’s Victory
Nov 17, 2016Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election on November 8 came as a complete shock to many in the United States and abroad, as if the statistical li…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
What can President-elect Trump achieve with a Republican Congress?
Nov 17, 2016Roxanne PeruginoElection ResultsIn a departure from the voter tradition of preferring a divided government, i.e. one party controlling the presidency and another the Congress,…