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QUALITY. INDEPENDENCE. IMPACT.

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Annual Reprt 2010

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Ecmc stude

Balac the ptetal eedf tmulu ped wth cce abut defct ad debt putmay Ecmc stude chla  the atal ptlht. Evet,tetmy, ad pape pvded teady vatve thuht  l-tem ecmc wth.

glbal Ecmy ad Develpmet

A cute h wth the mpact f the wld facal c,teatal talet  glbal Ecmy ad Develpmet eeatedld dea  pvety, tade eme, develpmet atace, adplcy cdat.

Fe Plcy

Fm deplymet f fce addplmacy  Afhata t etat f peace  the Mddle Eat,the eeach f Fe Plcy’ expet facted t debate admptat cveat wth maj wld leade.

Pedet’ Meae

Chama’ Meae

Tutee

Facal summay

gveace stude

A they have thuhevey maj pltcal tet f the lat cetuy, chla  gveacestude ffeed a cmbat f publc plcy ad ttutalecmmedat.

Metplta Plcy

The Metplta Plcy Pam’ ucceful peetat f a demaphcally chaat advaced atue pject ad fmed fedeal tatvead vetmet.

impact ad statey

B became the mttuted ad fluetal th ta  the wld by ffe d advcef 94 yea. nw we a: Hw ca B help ceate a bette,me ppeu wld  the ext x?

oe B, Fu Pte

Ude the bad call f veace ad eewal, fu ubtatveittut-wde pte emeed: wth thuh vat,pptuty ad well-be, ud eey ad clmate plcy, admaa lbal chae.

suppt f B

Eve  the mdt f ecmc etbac, uettled atal ecuty, ad publc dappvalf all thee bache f U.s. vemet, B’ uppteclealy aw the way fwad, t jut f ecmc ecvey, but alf lbal tafmat.

Ctet

Printing: Jarboe PrintingCover Photograph: Mathew Borkoski

suan Kellam and Melia skleld

ProDUCTIoN CoorDINATor:

Adianna Pita

DEsIgN AND PrINT ProDUCTIoN:

TMgJeffey Kible, Adiana guevaa, Benda Wauh

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he i taveled t Waht du the pat yea t patc-pate  B evet, i wa tuc by hw vtal t thelfe f the at’ captal u w —t jut  t ub-tace, but  the te f pe-mdede ad atalty that peval  u clute f buld  MaachuettAveue.Du the l u-up t the mdtem elect, theFal Audtum ad u the meet m eved acmm ud f the a f pp vew  a vaety f tpc. Admtatffcal, fm Pedet obama  dw, came t B t expla ad dcuthe plce. s dd lead republca. i mdeat thee e wth vtpeae, B expet pbed f ptetal ceu ad feh, pataappache.smlaly,  ffe a lbal platfm f plcy dcu, B ued td ffce ad tellectual captal t fte pe  aea whee vemethave bee at dd— the Aab-iael cflct,  the thy ue f hw t dealwth ia’ uclea pam,  the efft t cdate Chee ad Ameca cleaeey plcy, ad, cucally,  the pedcamet fac the teatal cmmuty  bth de f the khybe Pa.The pedet f tw fme svet epublc that wee befly but daeuly at wa  2008—Dmty Medvedev f rua ad Mhel saaahvl f gea—patcpated  B evet du the uclea afety ummt  Apl. Ad thepme mte f geece ad Tuey, a well a the pedet f Cypu, addeedB audece  the dpute that ctue t l the Eate Medteaeaa well a the bade ue that ae tet the Eupea U.Th pat yea, B upheld t l tadt f uppt Ameca’ le aa achtect f the teatal ytem. At the Uted nat geeal Aembly,at the Wld Ba/iMF meet ad at the g-20 ummt, B chla weeat w behd the cee, help dplmat mpve the effcacy f teatalttut.B tepped up t w  the lbal theat fac humaty, patculaly pvety, uclea plfeat, ad clmate chae. oe f the lead peme evmetal ue—H All Hle Bathlmew, Achbhp f Ctatple,new rme, ad Ecumecal Patach f the othdx Chta Chuch—addeeda capacty cwd  Fal  the epblty f all elu cmmute t edu-cate the fllwe  what t mea t be d “tewad f ceat.” stbe adBll Athl ctbuted t publc udetad f th ue wth the b

FastForward: Ethics and Politics in the Age of Global Warming

, the auual vlume  theew Fcu ee f the B ittut Pe.i’m pleaed t ept that th yea aw futhe eaemet f u Tutee  thelfe f the ittut—ad  the pltcal lfe f the at. My clleaue  theBad had put t Pedet obama’ Jb ad Ecmc gwth Fum at the Whte Hue. Ad u w w helped pu the ceat f a Cete f Techly ivat.Tutee A Fude, al wth se Fellw Alce rvl,  a membe f thenatal Cmmttee  Fcal repblty ad refm. Thee the Tutee—Dmc Bat, steve De ad gle Hutch—have wed wth ueeach pam t uet hw Ameca fm ca bette cmpete  wldmaet. Da Ye ad shley Jac patcpated  the publc evet

Back to theFuture: The Prospects for Climate and Energy in 2010.

Beyd the Bad f Tutee, may f u the uppte fud way t tae aactve le  the ittut’ w. Tha t all f yu f be pat f th efft.

 a yea f pltcal tumult ad ecmc axety at hme ad abad, the400 pfeal wh mae up the B cmmuty fud ume-u, dvee, ad fte vatve way t fulfll u m f cducthh-qualty eeach that fluece plcymae ad educate the pub-lc. ou chla lead that efft thuh the eeach ad uteach. oth-e uppt that w ad ehace t mpact thuh publcat, publcevet, ad cea ue f ew meda. o, by help u ae fud,they he up u ablty t ecut ad eta the bet talet ad matau depedece.Th yea the ittut e t athe challee a well, e that  at the vey heat f wh we ae, what we d, ad hw we d t. Pc up  what Jh ay  h lette  the ppte pae, i t am tuc, evey day i cmet w, by hw u chla develp, advcate, ad debate dea  a way thatuphld the pcple f patahp, fact-baed aaly, ad cvl publcdcue—thee vtue that have bee  jepady  the pltcal aea ad the meda.Ameca pltc have fte bee aucu ad factu. What we’ve cmet call patahp  lde tha the tw maj pate themelve. But thepheme veed  the pathlcal th pat yea, ad t’ at t wt twmle fm B,  Captl Hll. it’ t jut e f the mt acute pb-lem fac the at—t’ ma the pblem hade t lve. Thee  acmmtmet  the pat f all f u chla t cmbat pu ac addemauey. The bet atdte  pamatm. Whe B chla aalyzea plcy  a pece f lelat, the quet they a 

will it work?

—t

who’s for it and who’s against it?

The ext quet they a 

how can it work better?

it wa  that pt that B’ Eelbe Cete f Health Caerefm pepaed t ept  “Bed the Cuve,” whch wa wdely cedteda be the mt ctuctve ctbut t the cveat abut hw teue that efm fcued  the l-tem fac challee. gveacestude’ “gvWatch” ee ffeed data  hw the publc vew u pltcalttut, accmpaed by teady cmmetay abut hw t ebuld tut vemet.The Metplta Plcy pam’ “MetMt” helped tac the ueveecvey ac the Uted state. The glbal Ecmy ad Develpmet adFe Plcy pam mted ted aud the wld. Ad much f thedata aembled by u chla have bee buht tethe  the

Brookings Index

,whch appea eulaly  the

Washington Post.

it meaue “Hw We’e D” meet the al et by the U.s. Cttut f pvd f the cmmdefee, pmt the eeal welfae, ad ecu the ble f lbety.A we l ahead, the efft t ete effectve veace ad eew uatal ad teatal ttut wll be at the heat f u updated ta-tec pla. iteded t ude u thuh u ceteal  2016, that efftclute u w ude fu veach catee: clmate ad eey, wththuh vat, pptuty ad well-be, ad maa lbal chae. idevelp that aeda, we wll ctue t ceae the mpact f u w adt each ut t bade audece—theeby b the ht meae t theht peple wth the ht tl. We ae cfdet  u ablty t eep that cmmtmet   mall meauebecaue f the advce, ecuaemet, ad facal uppt that have cme fmTutee ad the may fed f the ittut. We ed the yea a we bea t,accd t a uvey f u pee—a the n. 1 th ta  the wld. That’ acedt t yu a well a t my clleaue at B.

Pedet’ MeaeChama’ Meae

Jh L. Tht, B Chamastbe Talbtt, B Pedet

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