Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies

Reclaiming Patriotism

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"This is a major contribution by a leading public intellectual to a central issue of our time. ..."
Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, author of How Will Capitalism End?

"Drawing on a lifetime of sociological research and decades as a global communitarian leader, Amitai Etzioni boldly takes on the most fundamental political challenge of our time. ..."
William A. Galston, The Brookings Institution

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New Organization Invites Public to Pledge Commitment to American Ideals

In a press release on September 18, 2019, acclaimed advocate and academic Amitai Etzioni announced the launch of The Patriotic Movement to encourage people to publicly pledge their commitment to core American ideals.

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Welcome

The Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies at the George Washington University is the nation's leading center for communitarian policy research and is a research institute dedicated to finding constructive solutions to social problems through morally informed policy analysis and moral dialogue. We seek to bring the best scholarship and analysis to bear on policy issues affecting family, schools, the community, and the moral climate of society as a whole.

Our Latest Research and Writing

President Donald Trump speaks into microphones; First Lady Melania Trump stands next to him

Donald Trump: Can America Endure Another Four Years?

October 27, 2020

There is a clear and compelling choice: It is not the great upside of Biden, but the great downside of Trump.

Forget Court Packing: Only Term Limits Can Save The Supreme Court

October 06, 2020

With term limits, the two political parties would no longer be tempted to resort to all-out war every time a justice leaves the court, as their departures would be mandated and fairly distributed.

A tear comes through the closed eyes and down the cheek of Roshid Jan, a Rohingya refugee, and her son's hand touches her chin

America Has a Shameful Double Standard on Human Rights

September 29, 2020

Recent Indian gross violations of the rights of some two hundred million Muslim citizens and Myanmar’s atrocities have receive much less condemnation than Chinese human-rights abuses, and neither country is subject to sanctions.

Masked children line up to have their temperatures checked

Childcare Crisis: How Parents Can Persevere During the Coronavirus Pandemic

September 27, 2020

The Family and Medical Leave Act, enacted in 1993, created workplace protections and granted twelve weeks of leave to working families—but without pay. It should guarantee twelve weeks of paid family and sick leave.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping stand next to one another

Needed: A New Global Trade System

September 22, 2020

It was easy to disrupt the world trade system that existed before Donald Trump entered the White House and Covid-19 hit. Now, before the global “village” has a chance to fashion a new system, hopefully after the US elections, academics and policy analysts should deliberate about what such a system might look like.

Honor Guard of Republic of China at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei City, Taiwain, 2004

Preventing the Taiwan Flash Point

September 18, 2020

A confrontation about Taiwan is viewed by many as the most likely place where the rising tensions between the U.S. and China may lead to an actual confrontation.