Third Way Products
The National Security Program
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Talking Points
Talking points articulating a tough and smart approach to North Korea’s missile program and this belligerent missile test.
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Memo
Based on 12 recent focus groups with swing voters conducted, we found that swing voters want change in the way their energy is generated and produced and are looking to progressives to offer that change. The report also offers a number of significant strategic shifts in the way that reform proponents are framing the issue of energy reform.
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Memo
Following public opinion research by Third Way and Gotham Research Group, this memo provides communications guidance on the decision to close Guantanamo and move detainees into the United States.
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Memo
A response to a _Washington Post_ op-ed discussing the limits of renewable energy.
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Talking Points
This memo provides talking points regarding President Obama's newly announced strategy for Afghanistan.
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Memo
This memo proposes that the federal government issue Clean Energy Bonds, as the 21st century equivalent to War Bonds, to help address one of the greatest challenges of our era by financing for the deployment of clean energy projects throughout the United States.
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Memo
This memo supports the Senate proposal to create a technology-neutral clean energy loan guarantee program and increases funding for existing renewable energy loan guarantees to leverage private sector investment and help jump-start a critical sector of our economy that has been severely impacted by the economic crisis.
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Memo
This memo takes on the rising chorus of voices calling for a military withdrawal from Afghanistan and offers ideas about how we can more effectively fight our enemies there and help the Afghan people rebuild.
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Report
A manual for the President-elect and his team in dealing with the threat of a terrorist attack on the United States early in his administration.
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Message Memo
President Bush’s announcement that he will keep troops in Iraq rather than deploy reinforcements to Afghanistan highlights his reckless and out of touch approach to America’s security interests in the Middle East. Progressives have a tough and smart approach to Afghanistan and Iraq focused on taking the fight to our enemies and preventing an attack against the United States.
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Memo
In June and July, Third Way did extensive public opinion research with Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner to examine public perceptions of Democrats and Republicans on national security. In this strategy memo, we present a frame progressives should use to discuss national security issues in 2008 based on our findings.
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External
A new poll conducted for Third Way and the CAP Action Fund, testing attitudes about energy costs, energy dependence, and the economic and environmental aspects of the energy debate.
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Memo
The surge in Iraq has become a political football, with John McCain and his allies accusing those who opposed the surge of a failure of vision. We conclude that the real question is not if the surge “worked,” but rather if devoting extraordinary resources to Iraq while ignoring the rising dangers in Afghanistan and the deepening strain on the Army was a smart strategy. We argue that the answer clearly is no.
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Memo
If advocates for a change of course in Iraq make it clear that their approach reflects a hard-headed, clear-eyed view of what it takes at this moment to keep America safe, they will effectively rebut conservative attacks on their patriotism, resolve in the war on terrorism, and support for our fighting men and women.
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Message Memo
Now that General Petraeus has been nominated to oversee operations in the
entire Centcom region, it is vital that Senators press General Petraeus to answer the broader policy questions that he refused to answer last time around.
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Memo
A list of the names, titles and pronunciations for the leaders of countries commonly interacting with the US.
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Module
This module proposes creating a program modeled on ROTC to train a new generation of intelligence officers with the skills needed to defeat the threats of the 21st century.
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Message Memo
The Petraeus/Crocker Hearings and the New Rift between Bush and His
Military Commanders
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Memo
Covers General Richard Cody's recent testimony about the extremely degraded war-fighting capability of the Army due to the strain of the Iraq War and offers messaging ideas for Congress on the eve of the Petraeus/Crocker testimony.
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Memo
A memo laying out Third Way's reasons for supporting the Senate Intelligence Committee's bid to provide immunity to the telecom industry over their post-9/11 cooperation with the government.
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Memo
The United States Army, the most powerful fighting machine in human history, is at the precipice. After nearly seven years of abysmal stewardship by the civilians in the Bush administration, the Army is, as retired General Barry McCaffrey said last week, “on the verge of unraveling.”
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Memo
A memo in response to Army Chief of Staff George Casey's testimony before the House Armed Services Committee.
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Report
An update of the analysis of al Qaeda's strength first done in Beyond Bush.
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Message Memo
A memo for those supporting the Tauscher bill to provide for sustainable troop deployments.
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Issue Brief
A Powerpoint presentation detailing the perilous state of our ground forces.
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Report
A report summarizing the Bush failures on national security and offering a new path forward for America's next leaders.
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Memo
A new idea for holding the President accountable on Iraq.
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External
Third Way joined the Wilson Center in co-hosting a speech on Iraq by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
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Memo
An analysis of nuclear power in the context of the climate change debate.
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Memo
A message memo based on a new Third Way poll on national security/foreign policy.
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Report
A report analyzing the current threat of terrorism posed by al Qaeda and the flaws in the Bush approach and providing a new conceptual framework and strategy for approaching the battled against terrorism.
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Memo
A short memo outlining an idea for Congress: demanding that the President provide a plan for ending America's combat operarations in Iraq.
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Talking Points
Talking points on the bill authorizing military tribunals that recently passed Congress.
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External
A September 2006 poll on national security, focusing on Iraq, terrorism, the terror amendments currently before Congress.
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Memo
A memo on national security providing insights from a new national poll and providing a four-step plan for progressives to win on national security.
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Report
This report examines the data behind the Bush claim that he has made America safer and concludes that "the numbers don't lie - the Bush strategy is not working."
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Memo
This memo lays out how progressives should approach this debate and offers some concrete policy ideas for handling the catastrophe in Iraq.
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Message Memo
An eight-point strategy for progressive candidates on handling national security issues.
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Message Memo
A strategic framework, policy ideas and message points for meeting the challenges of Iran's nuclear weapons program.
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Message Memo
A strategic framework, policy ideas and message points for meeting the challenges of US relations with the nations of Latin America.
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Message Memo
A strategic framework, policy ideas and message points for meeting the challenges of a rising China.
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Message Memo
A strategic framework, policy ideas and message points for ensuring that we have the military we need to meet 21st Century threats.
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Message Memo
A strategic framework, policy ideas and message points on protecting America from the single greatest threat to our security.
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Message Memo
A strategic framework, policy ideas and message points on protecting America at home.
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Legislation
The United States Army is stretched dangerously thin. This nation is fighting on multiple fronts with an Army sized for peacetime. This legislation calls for troop levels commensurate with the threats we face from abroad.
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Report
Reveals the enormous strains on today's Army and the danger that, unless it is made substantially larger, the Army will be unable meet its current and future missions.
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Module
This module addresses the equipment shortages the military will face after Iraq and recommends funding to restore our Army, Marines and National Guard.
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Module
This module addresses the United States' most serious national security concern: a nuclear terrorist attack.
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Module
This module offers a strategy to reduce the threat from al Qaeda and the Taliban in the world’s most dangerous region.
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Module
This module proposes a generous federal match to 401(k) savings to help middle-class families save for the retirement they deserve.
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Module
This module proposes creating a program modeled on ROTC to train a new generation of intelligence officers with the skills needed to defeat the threats of the 21st century.
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Module
This module outlines a strategy to fight back against a resurgent enemy in Afghanistan—by returning America’s focus to the true central front in the war on terrorism.
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Module
This module offers ideas for helping to solve the crisis facing our ground forces by improving Army recruitment and retention.
