Atlas IE Reports from Gaza
A good friend of Atlas, and the founder of PalThinkfor Strategic Studies in Gaza, Omar Ismail Shaban wrote to us about this week’s developments in the Palestinian Territories and Israel. As of today, Israel has decided against a 48 hour ceasefire, stating that conditions were not yet right. Through these posts Atlas is seeking to [...]
More on the Youth Riots in Greece
Last week, Cornelia Tsakiridou of the Foriegn Policy Research Institute published an excellent article offering some insight into the causes and the reasons for the extended length of the violent riots taking place throughout Greece. The government has had an exceptionally difficult time asserting authority, and restoring order in the country. Read the article here.
A New Index
Are you planning a trip to Spain, would you like to learn about think tanks in the country? Take a moment to look at the recently published index by Fundacion Cuidadania y Valores, a think tank in the Atlas network based in Spain. This Guide to Think Tanks is an in depth review of every [...]
Index Assesses Financial Health of Canadian Provinces
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy released its second annual Local Government Performance Index. The Index compares the financial health and financial reporting standards of Canada’s 79 most populous municipalities. The Index pointed to major deficiencies in reporting across Canada and found that the highest-performing cities are located in Western Canada.
Africa’s Economic Outlook for 2009
As 2008 comes to a close, it is fitting to reflect on the events of the past year and consider how they will shape Africa and its economy in 2009. In a recent article, Bright Simons of the IMANI Center for Policy and Education, a market-oriented think tank in Ghana, paints a realistic picture of [...]
Atlas Podcast: Management Tip with Nicole Williams
At this years Atlas Liberty Forum in Philadelphia Nicole Williams, who works with the State Policy Network, spoke on a panel about incorporating ” New Media” projects into your organizations work. Nicole offers some of the newest tools for reaching a wider audience, and gives advice about how to best to make these types of [...]
Unirules New English Website
Unirule Institute of Economics (China) recently launched their web site in English in order for international friends to stay informed about their activities. The Institute is a winner of the Templeton Freedom Award for Excellence in Promoting Liberty in 2008. The director of International Cooperation Department at Unirule attended the Atlas’s Freedom Dinner and the TFA [...]
Admiral Alexander Kolchak- White Russian Leader Against Bolsheviks: Russian Film
This fall a major new film was released in Russia. The “Admiral” glorifies the role of Admiral Alexander Kolchak who led the White Russian forces against the Bolsheviks. The story of the White Russians took place over eleven time zones. Once the Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Government in the October Revolution (November, 1917), they established [...]
Happy Holidays from Atlas
Atlas would like to wish all it’s friends around the world a very Happy Holiday.
Robert Enlow Appointed President/CEO of Friedman Foundation
The Board of Directors of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice have unanimously named Robert Enlow president and CEO of the Foundation. Enlow currently serves as the Foundation’s executive director and chief operating officer and will succeed Gordon St. Angelo as president effective January 1, 2009. St. Angelo, has served as president and CEO since [...]
Atlas Podcast: International Thursday
This week, Atlas hosted it’s monthly International Thursday event. Joining us was and Roman Ortiz, current president of the Senate on the board of Fundacion Nueva Democracia, and Pete Boettke of George Mason University. Dr. Boettke discussed the current economic environment and the U.S. Bailout to financial institutions. You can read more about Pete’s views [...]
Atlas earns 4 star rating for 3rd year in a row!
The Atlas Economic Research Foundation is proud to announce that it has earned Charity Navigator’s coveted 4-star rating for sound fiscal management for the third year in a row. From Charity Navigator: “Only 11% of the charities [Charity Navigator] rates have received at least 3 consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that the Atlas Economic Research Foundation [...]
Illinois Senate Scandal
The recent indictment of the governor of Illinois seeking to sell the senate seat vacated by the president-elect was only surprising in its brazenness. In the last fifty years, five governors of Illinois have been indicted. Chicago/Cook County was empty prairie in 1840 and fifty years later had one million people, mostly immigrants from southern [...]
Liberal Youth Summit- India
In contrast to the recent sad news in Mumbai, Atlas’s friends in India report successful efforts in building sound institutions for a path toward prosperity and justice in the India. D.Dhanuraj, who runs the Centre for Public Policy Research – CPPR (India), reported a successful South Asia Youth Summit, held in New Delhi on November [...]
Apply Today!
An interesting opportunity is now available for all Spanish and Latin American citizens. The Foundation for Social Studies and Analysis (FAES) a think tank based in Spain, is launching an exciting essay contest. Applicants are encouraged to write 10,000 words addressing one of the following three topics: Liberal ideas in Spain Liberal-Conservative Governments in Spain [...]
Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
The Mercatus Center‘s Gulf Coast Recovery Project looks at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the effectiveness of the region’s response, recovery and rebuilding efforts. Now in its third year, and with over 20 scholars and graduate students involved, this project explores the role that free enterprise and civil society play in crises of this [...]
When Ecuador Elected a Free Market President
Atlas’s Romulo Lopez offers memories of former Ecuadorian President Leon Febres-Cordero, who passed away December 15th.
Abuses to Zimbabwean Farmers Uncovered
Implemented in 2000, Zimbabwe’s “Fast Track Land Reform Programme” evicted some 4,000 white commercial farmers and their families from their lands. More than 1.3 million farm workers were subjected to 8 long years of political violence, intimidation and torture. The Coalition for Liberal and Market Studies, a Harare-based free market policy-dialogue think tank, just launched [...]
Gordon Brown Responds to TPA
Last month we told you about a video dialogue opportunity between the UK’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the public. The Taxpayers’ Alliance posted a question here, Gordon Brown offered his response here. TPA isn’t so satisfied with this answer however, are you?
Atlas Event: International Thursday, Dec 18th
Please join us for 2008′s last INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY held on December 18th at 10:00AM. We will bring together allies with interests abroad in an informal setting in order to (1) share perspectives on developments overseas, and (2) provide opportunities for networking and discovering synergies. The confirmed speakers for this month’s meeting are: Pete Boettke- Professor of [...]
Monica Macovei is the EU’s Woman of the Year
In October we introduced you to Monica Macovei, former minister of Justice in Romania. Ms. Macovei has made it her priority to fight corruption in the Balkans, first in Romania, and now in Macedonia. She is also in touch with the incoming minister of Justice in Lithuania, Remigijus Simasius, formerly with the Lithuanian Free Market [...]
Baby DNA Stored Without Parental Consent
According to the Citizens’ Council on Health Care (CCHC), the state of Minnesota has illegally collected and claimed ownership of the DNA of 780,000 children across the state. The DNA of 42, 210 of those children has been given to genetic researchers without parental consent. In the last legislative session, Minnesota Governor Pawlenty addressed this [...]
This Week on Atlas Network TV: Reason
To celebrate Reason’s winning of the Templeton Freedom Award (awarded by Atlas) we spent the week showcasing some of our favorites: Killer Chic: Hollywood´s Sick Love Affair with Che Guevara, Johan Norberg vs. Naomi Klein and The Shock Doctrine, Bitter and Frustrated: DC Taxpayers Sound Off, Eminent Domain Gone Wild, Where´s Sock Puppet´s Bailout? These [...]
Latest on the Riots in Greece:
Atlas’s friend and partner, and Hellenic Leadership Institute President, Mr. Anthony Livanios has been interviewed by a number of international media outlets regarding the student protest and violence in Athens this week. Here is a quote from Mr. Livanios in USA Today, “This was an emotional reaction after public opinion was outraged by the unfortunate [...]
