Ron Paul to Launch New Policy Institute

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MEDIA ADVISORY
April 12, 2013

Ron Paul to Launch New Policy Institute

The neo-conservative era is dead.

Former Congressman Ron Paul will hold a press conference this Wednesday to launch his next big project: the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. After decades in and out of the US House of Representatives leading the call for a non-interventionist foreign policy and the protection of civil liberties, Dr. Paul is launching a revolutionary new vehicle to expand his efforts. The Institute will serve as the focal point of a new coalition that crosses political, ideological, and party lines.

The Ron Paul Institute will focus on the two issues most important to Dr. Paul, education and coming generations. It will fill the growing demand for information on foreign affairs from a non-interventionist perspective through a lively and diverse website, and will provide unique educational opportunities to university students and others.

The neo-conservative era is dead. The ill-advised policies pushed by the neo-cons have everywhere led to chaos and destruction, and to a hatred of the United States and its people. Multi-trillion dollar wars have not made the world a safer place; they have only bankrupted our economic future. The Ron Paul Institute will provide the tools and the education to chart a new course with the understanding that only through a peaceful foreign policy can we hope for a prosperous tomorrow.

Founder and Chairman, and CEO Dr. Paul has invited the Institute’s board of advisors to speak at the conference, including Rep. Walter Jones, Jr. (NC), Rep. John Duncan, Jr. (TN), former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH), Judge Andrew Napolitano, Ambassador Faith Whittlesey, and Llewellyn Rockwell, Jr.

What: Press Conference to Inaugurate the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity

When: Wednesday, April 17th, 3:00 PM

Where: Capitol Hill Club, 300 1st St SE Washington, DC. (California Room)

Join Dr. Paul and his friends Wednesday to hear more about the Ron Paul Institute!

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Tweets by James Hohmann ‏@jameshohmann (POLITICO reporter)

Carol Paul, Ron's wife, just took a picture on her iPhone of Ron Paul & Dennis Kucinich together at the Capitol Hill Club.

Ron Paul is announcing the creation of The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity at a Capitol Hill presser.

One of my favorite things about traveling with @RonPaul is that he is ALWAYS on time...this presser started at 3 on the dot.

The Ron Paul Institute will score members' votes!

 

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Katherine Timpf ‏@kctimpf now
. @RonPaul: "Under the conditions of war civil liberties are always more threatened."

Katherine Timpf ‏@kctimpf now
Sen. @RonPaul comparing his foreign policy to the Golden Rule.

 

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From web page:

PEACE AND PROSPERITY PROGRAMS

The Ron Paul Institute will undertake a variety of programs to help fulfill our educational mission. These will include:

Peace and Prosperity Summer School

A week-long seminar for university students in political science, international relations, journalism, and other relevant areas of study. The curriculum will be designed together with the Institute’s distinguished and diverse academic board. The Institute is currently exploring opportunities to partner with several universities overseas, in the spirit of Dr. Paul’s strongly held views that American citizens should be actively engaged overseas.

Student Writing and Scholarship Award

This program will provide publishing and mentoring opportunities for university student journalists. The Institute will prominently feature college newspaper writing submitted by students and will award a cash scholarship and certificate to the very best submissions. The goal is to help nurture the next generation of foreign affairs and current affairs writers.

Seminars and Symposia

The Institute will host a number of special seminars and symposia on the pressing issues of the day, drawing on its broad network of experts and contacts developed from Dr. Paul’s decades of public life. The Institute will tackle difficult and timely topics such as the counter-productivity of US sanctions and the harm sanctions do to the US economy.

Peace and Prosperity Publishers

The Institute will produce in-house and commission numerous print publications, including planned titles, “The Non-Intervention Reader,” and more. The goal of the publishing component is to provide the tools of pursuasion to those who support our approach as well as provide historical background and alternatives to dominant themes.

Peace Coalition

The Institute will focus considerable efforts toward establishing a broad coalition of like-minded individuals and organizations to put forth a highly diverse united front in support of the principles of non-interventionism abroad and support for civil liberties at home. This project is an extension of Dr. Paul’s decades of coalition-building while in the US House of Representatives.

People to People Diplomacy

The Institute is currently exploring opportunities to establish a people-to-people diplomacy program to enhance the engagement of American citizens overseas. Dr. Paul strongly believes that Americans must not isolate themselves from the rest of the world through sanctions and travel restrictions. This program will specifically target for enhanced citizen diplomacy countries where official US Government diplomacy is determined to be overly interventionist and meddling.