The Progressive Policy Institute ( PPI ) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that serves as a public policy think tank in the United States . The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) founded it in 1989. The Washington Post has described it as "a centrist Democratic institution."
6-455: Its current president is Will Marshall , who writes on foreign policy, defense, national service, globalization , trade policy, and cultural issues. The organization's executive director is Lindsay Lewis. Its chief economic strategist is Michael Mandel , who writes on innovation, growth, and the reduction of what he described as "regulatory accumulation." Several former leading government officials have held senior positions or affiliations with
12-640: A stable, representative regime is in place and functioning." He writes frequently on political and public policy matters, especially the "Politics of Ideas" column in Blueprint , the DLC's magazine. Notably, he is one of the co-authors of Progressive Internationalism: A Democratic National Security Strategy . Prior to the founding of PPI, Marshall was variously a speechwriter for Lieutenant Governor Dick Davis of Virginia , Governor Jim Hunt of North Carolina and Representative Gillis Long of Louisiana . Marshall holds
18-847: The Progressive Policy Institute , a think tank formerly affiliated with the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). He also serves as honorary vice president of Policy Network , and previously served on the board of the National Endowment for Democracy and the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board . He served on the board of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq , an organization chaired by Joe Lieberman (I) and John McCain (R) designed to build support for
24-672: The invasion of Iraq . Marshall also signed, at the outset of the war, a letter issued by the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) expressing support for the invasion. Marshall signed a similar letter sent to President Bush put out by the Social Democrats USA on Feb. 25, 2003, just before the invasion. The SDUSA letter urged Bush to commit to "maintaining substantial U.S. military forces in Iraq for as long as may be required to ensure
30-582: The "Neoliberal Shill" of the year. In June 2020, the Neoliberal Project was reorganized as project of the newly created Center for New Liberalism. This article about an organization in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Will Marshall Will Marshall is one of the founders of the New Democrat movement. Since its founding in 1989, he has been president of
36-556: The organization, including William Galston , Austan Goolsbee , Elaine Kamarck, Bruce Reed , Andrew Rotherham, Robert J. Shapiro , Paul Weinstein , and Ed Gresser. In February 2020, the Neoliberal Project joined as a new initiative of the Progressive Policy Institute. Their network comprises over eighty chapters across the world. The national organization produces a podcast, conference and livestreamed events. The Neoliberal Project also runs an annual competition to select
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