WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The Bipartisan Policy Center issued the following report on December 11, 2024 by J.D. Rackey and Michael Thorning entitled "How Primary Elections Impact Behavior in the U.S. House of Representatives." Here is the key takeaways: * * * Primary elections impact the behavior of members of Congress in certain ways. * Members of Congress heavily weigh their chances in future primary elections when deciding how to vote on a measure. * Members are less concerned with more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute issued the following study on December 12, 2024 by Alex Reinauer and Jessica Melugin entitled "FTC Flunks Interim Report." Here is the introduction: * * * The Federal Trade Commission published its interim staff report on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) on July 9, 2024, after launching an initial inquiry in 2022. Entitled Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The Powerful Middlemen Inflating Drug Costs and Squeezing Main Street Pharma more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on December 11, 2024 by Kateryna Bondar entitled "Does Ukraine Already Have Functional CJADC2 Technology?." Here is the introduction: * * * For decades, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has struggled to make meaningful progress toward realizing the vision of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2). Meanwhile, in Ukraine, the Delta situational awareness system has r more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on December 11, 2024 by Daniel Byman, Seth G. Jones and Jude Blanchette entitled "Strengthening Resilience in Taiwan." Here are excerpts: * * * There is a lack of U.S. and international attention to systematically assessing Taiwan's resilience and developing a comprehensive assistance plan to improve it. Taiwan's geopolitical, technological, and economic importance in the Indo-Pacifi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on December 13, 2024 by Daniel F. Runde, Rafael Romeu and Austin Hardman entitled "Thinking Outside the Toolbox." Here are excerpts: * * * The Issue The global development landscape has undergone profound changes over the past 30 years, with new players providing funding, the deployment of a variety of financing tools, and growing human needs and challenges in the Global South. Howe more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on December 11, 2024 by Gregory C. Allen entitled "Understanding the Biden Administration's Updated Export Controls." Here are excerpts: * * * On December 2, 2024, the Biden administration published two new (with more evidently still to come) updates to the China AI and semiconductor export controls that it released in October 2022. As with the first Trump administration--which made  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on December 13, 2024 by Mark F. Cancian, Matthew F. Cancian and Eric Heginbotham entitled "Wargaming Nuclear Deterrence and Its Failures in a U.S.-China Conflict over Taiwan." Here are excerpts: * * * This study examines nuclear dynamics in a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, a war that the authors hope will never occur. What creates the greatest pressure for nuclear weapons use in such a  more PR

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following report on December 11, 2024 by Prabhakar Sharma, Aman Gupta, Pulkit Moudgil and Vibhuti Garg entitled "Impact of Green Energy Open Access Rules, 2022." Here are excerpts: * * * Key Findings * The Green Energy Open Access (GEOA) Rules, 2022 brought in clarity on critical aspects like consumer eligibility, electricity banking and the various charges associated with open access, su more PR

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following report on December 12, 2024 by Amandine Denis-Ryan, Josh Runciman, Anne-Louise Knight, Kevin Morrison and Andrew Gorringe entitled "Prioritising methane abatement makes economic sense." Here are excerpts: * * * Key Findings * Methane is jeopardising Australia's emissions reduction targets; it is expected to account for 68%-95% of Australia's targeted emissions by 2035, 78% of Ne more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 16 (TNSres) -- The American Friends Service Committee issued the following news release: * * * Aid groups report hunger and devastation across Gaza as Israel continues attacks and obstruction of aid * * * A new report from humanitarian organizations working in Gaza details the impossibility of operating in North Gaza due to Israel's complete blockade. The report documents Israeli-imposed movement restrictions and denials of aid, forced displacement orders, ex more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- Resources for the Future issued the following working paper on December 10, 2024 by Ramiro Parrado and Francesco Bosello entitled "Climate Clubs, Competitiveness Concerns, and Alternative Correction Measures". Here is the abstract: * * * The aim of this paper is to analyze the domestic costs and international competitiveness effects of ambitious mitigation targets implemented by a club of abating countries facing groups of potential free riders. The club can a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- Resources for the Future issued the following working paper on December 12, 2024 by Yanjun (Penny) Liao, Simon Solvsten and Zachary Whitlock entitled "From Catastrophe to Caution: The Effect of Wildfires on Community Hazard Mitigation Investments". Here is the abstract: * * * This paper examines the impact of wildfires on community-level hazard mitigation efforts, specifically focusing on participation in the Firewise USA program. Using a panel dataset of ZIP  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- Resources for the Future issued the following working paper on December 11, 2024 by Arthur G. Fraas, Randall Lutter, Joshua Murphy, Qinrui Xiahou, Jeff Porter and Samuel D. Gosling entitled "What Are the Effects of Early-Childhood Exposure to Environmental Lead on Personality?". Here is the abstract: * * * In the first statistical analysis examining links between pollution and personality, Schwaba et al. (2021) leveraged a natural experiment driven by the US C more PR