Center for the Study of the Presidency And Congress

Applying The Lessons of History to the Challenges of Today.

CSPC honors senator todd young & representative ro khanna with the publius award

At our recent annual Awards Dinner, CSPC proudly presented the Publius Award to Senator Todd Young and Representative Ro Khanna, recognizing their exemplary public service and strategic leadership.

Since joining the U.S. Senate in 2017, Senator Young has established himself as a bipartisan problem solver on a host of critical issues such as supporting veterans, enhancing national security, expanding affordable housing, and growing the economy. Throughout his time in Congress, Representative Khanna has earned a reputation for working across the aisle to deliver legislation investing in science and technology and creating millions of jobs to help revitalize American technology and manufacturing.

Named after The Federalist Papers pseudonym, the award honors leaders who bridge political and geographical divides to address national challenges. We commend Senator Young and Representative Khanna for their dedication to fostering bipartisan solutions that prepare our nation for global competition and for exemplifying the collaborative leadership that the Publius Award celebrates.​ Read more about our Annual Awards here.

CSPC Releases latest report on national defense readiness

We are pleased to share the Center's latest report, "The Gathering Storm: A Proposed Moonshot for National Defense Readiness." Amidst wars and growing instability, the United States’ once vaunted “arsenal of democracy” finds itself dangerously shrunken. This report offers detailed insights into the health of our weapons acquisition system and defense industrial base. The report aims to help the U.S. defense enterprise change course and re-establish the technological supremacy that underwrote the “American Century” and a bloodless victory in the Cold War.

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