How Activist Groups Shape Ballots, Fallout in the Middle East, and More

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As the political success of Donald Trump and Roy Moore has shown, the Republican Party has lost much of its power to test and vet candidates for office. [In new research, Jonathan Rauch and Raymond La Raja explain](MNzDh7HHRJSW7ZL8qt911nqf0/*VkRtd_2sDHXfW6sMWXB5F30_g0/5/f18dQhb0S8378Y9Wm6W8lqkn64T_wC2W5vwbZ-65jsJxVscX6N1VbPj2W53DQ4N7s5LskW5m7CkJ6yBqL8W5682vh2LWFt-W8V6rz31R_z5pN7sqJnWtggT1W5b4D088ZQtTwW4h03SX1TcVZJW2N2CB91Wv-XpW32HrHr558f4qW4chNdg5nrzZXW53bh9W8X4mkDW31r0KV30JRGNW4jqQx731J8ppN2MTPSyKng6qW1Wg4bj5MNfcmN8rzRN4XN02kW64R3dS1l5LvqN1lkxzbN01f-W1pNBPW52SLKTW64jzh47-JXR6W1lRb4_61mzVzVnZDQl3xYQzjW8csLSq112p1wW3q6Z6-2CKGRPW30yKH24rxRf7W6246_26q0XNnW6mkh8012qclBW8mxY906nfLBWW5-JV963prpx3N1GpCTFsP_Q4W6F-w915bbDYKN4Pv86f5Y0j4f7rj8R902) how both parties’ role in the candidate selection process has been outsourced to activist groups, with profound implications for polarization, candidate quality, and democracy itself. This week in the Middle East. After a summit of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council was cut short earlier this week, [Ali Fathollah-Nejad argues](MNzDh7HHRJSW7ZL8qt911nqf0/*W3JvqtB6VWj6tW2cRsdq5vn_Q_0/5/f18dQhb0S1W72dYTs8TvKyx2XY65WVNgkMT4MNywrN7-F6Ym8tGRnW7XHH2t3mVGv4N8vL5pkpKzHpVN49Nz4_QWM8W8R6Ygx6nsjVZW4WlL-86J7hvSW6KwjCJ48SCk2W2j0xb93lWvHMW21Ksgd9g3S6cVL6jT-7rXcT7W5sbjMt5BZNYPW8lMtcQ4MqtHZW1gvVX95TVLWKW99z5BK5Fm1VVW1Nlbl52zvrVTW7fVf0S2ZSHSqMtfxnSZvs_gW4R-JCW3V_65HW32mV4J11kBpwW7Kp-jF24zdsKW8v0mX02mFl4WW55xyNc4TMV6JW3973FD45YGnMW2KqMB43Z7FDPW7gsmpX4MyC8SW86WX7h1tLRV2W3sh8wh6JB2CxW4NtS3v5xHl2KVYG6mT1PQ5bgW5J8R0n4w1clNW1fNlNt1Mw5w1W1LKGWm7BB-XWW8StnrR92j-q4W47CWVG6TXzzrW805Mvd8y_bzwW5p7Rxn22w0H00) that the meeting was a missed opportunity to revitalize the group and push back on an expansive Iran. [Read what other experts from the Brookings Doha Center had to say](MNzDh7HHRJSW7ZL8qt911nqf0/*W74J8RY65c3gpW20KkPG6jFs880/5/f18dQhb0SfHy8YXMDlW8SMVYk2qwv2rW2MfCt_32GdlNMf5srbXD6prW7cmS1s8pCQ6vW2HB0s17ZlrztW7cFHYf63vCBwW5CRb-t4sgwrVVYnLXM5Y1lFMW325g5n54R-fLVKzmNZ54pXQZW1yNHpf8T3z2MW2MmXLh7LsJYJW54SlKh1VctNQW2MznrN5nbq6BVGXpVf3-jB2jN3FcHmZsVKcCW33pwzs31kbJLN2yJF1WYT2jkW6P4lCX6hF8n1W69NG1w6Pr3nqW1Tcntw1njMtBN6H5Fxq8zW5vW1NFfl48P4zkHN2JbNchRzWwGW8q5y8b60LmY6W3ghlKW4RmwjXW8tzmRx2GD9D7W49x9pw8fJGCmN8C6V--csGF7W4zmhGg8pqt1VW5-g0xq1-nRMjN3QzSg8QN_TjN1XQSwwcSJvM0). Also this week, President Trump made the controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. [Martin Indyk interprets](MNzDh7HHRJSW7ZL8qt911nqf0/*W8dtrGB623M1fW2FCDhj6XNqpy0/5/f18dQhb0S8338Z99F8W8lqkn64T_wC2W5vwbZ-65jsJxVscQwl1VbPj2W53DQ4N7s5LskW5m7CkJ6yBqL8W5682vh2LWFt-N8V6rxhKzx9fN6hhcg-tggT1W5b4CZb8Y4fzcVHpRVF2N2xPLVqNFmX30TNQ5VKnnnQ4hM9VSW30JHXp1BMcblW2mCPM-4zn5nWW7NHfS085k6H5W57MkcT4CB5ysW83_Pyq834DLzW8XWrk55zJmp-VdrT896bgcdxW8ytNN05ZpycSW57-ZBT83C5JPW6rY-3s2KQ2YYW1Gk5bt360lT3W6pzHWB79pgFsN4YmRL-fTlLHV1KsX11KzlDnW7vfMSd7bqKjsW9bQhPZ1D8pGdW2nZmX88WlFmzW61lPZv24Nh-YW8PqvxG4h49hgV5Ly0w6ZLn3WW8TgWfq7GHLt5W5FMTRs1WPqF4MpW001YcG_L111) the announcement’s careful wording to reveal where it was lacking; [Khaled Elgindy argues](MNzDh7HHRJSW7ZL8qt911nqf0/*W5TqJ9R3dlTDDW6HqN7R3Tmf2k0/5/f18dQhb0SfHD8Z99F8W8lqkn64T_wC2W5vwbZ-65jsJxVscSg91VbPj2W53DQ4N7s5LskW5m7CkJ6yBqL8W5682vh2LWFt-N8V6rxhKzx9fN6hhcg-tggT1W5b4D088Z_j4bW4b_Cmt2L4pSYW54q4_42M6QT3W32GKl65591X9N8Wm3nKKDJGLVqNSkX32Sr2pW8HbRxP8k1dMQVpSBF38Wh-q4W64SX1722Gw4vW64Sf8M567bYVW5lKvt_5420y5VJVPYn3CPQ_BN5D8zFFjPrmgN6W3RDgHc-mXW3gxmg86s16_2W8Ph58-594TfdW1J4xmP1J4k9YW2RwbRk1xvVTmW6s8y_53TQjGHW7zB_Gl5mRgWyW5zncTG7h30-7W4jdXFv5LDj1wW6HV6Sd5H4sj7W67p_gv7RTPHCW3wPByY3wqslFf7-9YP211) the move may be the final blow to the U.S.-led peace process; and[Shadi Hamid explains](MNzDh7HHRJSW7ZL8qt911nqf0/*VGgqj86d3CslW1zSfL-4xL1Zz0/5/f18dQhb0SmhR8Y9ZwPW8lqkn64T_wC2W5vwbZ-65jsJxVsd3yT1VbPj2W53DQ4N7s5LskW5m7CkJ6yBqL8W5682vh2LWFt-N8V6rxhKzx9fN6hhcg-tggT1W5b4D088Z_8m8W4jdz5J2L4jYrW30HT7D8XkVt1W8WBGZy33FCGlW7sqfVq2-FxKPW2V9tg63SQjm-W3CcvVr3M7l6yW41Q11W5lr2nnW1TNcy-3fmbVPW1ksGJh1R4_lXW1V5BV86bwdKCW2DLNs-69N3zfW2R1y6J5KxXB6W5KDCtZ12tL7fW5B52gK1gc9CgW5lN3j71B8DH7Vt3tTs5DcZVrMyCMBlwKJnCV3qXWP3p7LfZW5DpFQ351L-dtW24PBjS4qXwxFW8w-Y6z7nwMD4VsjV005XTpPrW44Y8Rg8RZk4YW2B66Ft1Wl-wPW3qrfMs8hKnzvN3m77c4rVprCW56gBW-5MDFGQf1qZL5T04) why it may not be detrimental to U.S.-Arab alliances. Will sports stadiums win big from tax reform? In recent years, dozens of privately-financed professional sports stadiums have received billions in subsidies from the federal government. [Ted Gayer and Austin Drukker argue](MNzDh7HHRJSW7ZL8qt911nqf0/*W8rwLLf3RBb8RW6LXrbS67pR4p0/5/f18dQhb0S4JW2jVZsxW12hm5C2XX_x7VRtvwB2nn-_xW1QmQnQ4NNMBKW4kJgBB5yJFzCW1NDPMh1KhJjpW2p6bvb8gcLKxW9cmsNj27vNgCVjJfWJ3M6yxZW92m0Wf3X4YPPW6YvYdT5y0J1-W40t-jJ8_RS2hVnSWb_8JLNcrW3h5XSM15zpsKVfMzmL3DxLybN73QngKDgf9lW5jJx9P3lzR7mN3Sp9Wm9VcwvN15YnKsd4VK9TyF8J4JTGP9Vdlm2s2tjjxvW330FMB7L_wd0W68ZNMh1s5Z5TVYqlRN46d-gfW9jR3vR5nCM5xW6zkzQW5L-JWWW1txQ7_4W2WwSW3nWcB83Bvv5WW3fbK3B8bvVMRW5L9wC66nWTkNW14wW-b86jkDbW47hxH32nrvcTW1H-hvn8MKcylW3D2lnP3pK2b_VLk7Xp7vg_8ZW4qYSPV5wh1zDW7w_zwQ9cbSkVW5XD1Vw9g5kVQW9bJxgB6WnkRSW7YShSt7jYQTsVzVz4C1NnT12103) that a provision included in the House—but not the Senate—tax plan to eliminate these subsidies is an opportunity to correct a misuse of taxpayer dollars. The looming end of the INF Treaty. On the 30th anniversary of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, [Steven Pifer explains](MNzDh7HHRJSW7ZL8qt911nqf0/*MP3BpcLRqTkW1b_tHQ48Zv990/5/f18dQhb0SfHr8YHsplW8SMVYk2qwv2rW2MfCt_32GdlNMf5j04XD6prW7cmS1s8pCQ6vW2HB0s17ZlrztW7cFHYf63vk85W975q-D2xt233W6QQrDh6PsR3LW52dQxK2z8ZYgN98jtJ8d0SqSVYFj7V97c-Q6W14GxMX1xlcR5W6Qfc1F2bFfCWW5FxWyQ43MkXMW10w9Qv3lGWyZW5PyB4M78YBw5W3VXWx45rbPJWVd-63-1L4xyjW6FKg-T2XsCWxW7tfTF57kcs3hN1FpGp3MCFPPW7zN65h1CcbB2W9fsgYq73QsnmW1d5pgb5szX_FW1vjGjs1tjldNW1P_gH-1Wdl1nW1clmQt1L9wgVW4J35S42N6LNWW8DMpNS2c6fNrW7d_0z24xthmCW65SkgK2FhfpjW4n6kWZ4L1MmrN4JXQH_1D6X1f5q75KC03) why the arms control agreement is in danger and how the United States can bring Russia back into compliance. The perfect holiday gift for book-lovers. 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What our experts are reading [An excellent read](MNzDh7HHRJSW7ZL8qt911nqf0/*W1YgZvb4ChFHcW1DzQWB6DQ9z20/5/f18dQhb0S8348Y9YL6W8lqkn64T_wC2W5vwbZ-65jsJxVscJVY1VbPj2W53DQ4N7s5LskW2Kpnbh2MTsxwW2Kpt-D5mZ50NW1Ww6xP566JrSW1TxSSC4dPqqBW5lt48Z31H_Z6VtggT1586n6VVH5dTr558Gz2Vqg_NM54SlPhW52TnJy8Y1nC5W2Q2kYJ8HbRxPW8j-gCZ55nSC9W2NyhCW2m-WKWW834DLz8XWrmtW5ZBQmK7t-5nKW35_0L55ZcN0sW1YThtL7dzcsSW51vDG67dMFL7W1x4lQB6Hq46zW4MW8X32mYRkVN7WgdccCk0_vW72zrXT712wFYW1mL2-d6CCdWDW20Sbt1621c4ZW76psf75_QcphV215-p1Jp47rW6yCW7l8WnTtNW10xWVh8KNWckW5Q52Fy1fZP-lN89l0lk9XfwsD7s2GR2T3Df3fSxCM03) to understand the past year and a half. What is a populist? 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