In foreign policy, Reagan was an anti-Communist whose views were well within the mainstream of foreign policy thinking post-World War II.
The response was a quote full of generalities – "ambitious targets to increase cycling and walking participation"; "Labour has committed to move cycling to the mainstream of transport policy and planning" – which didn't address any specifics.
Rather, the far right has been able to shape the very mainstream of Russian policy.
If Chuck Hagel is outside the mainstream of foreign policy thinking then so are others whose worldview he appears to match -- George H.W. Bush, Colin Powell, James Baker, Brent Scowcroft, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Richard Lugar and Sam Nunn.
This paper outlines an argument not only for gender mainstreaming of climate policy but also for policy focused specifically on women's empowerment.
None of which should make us forget that the first Bush term was a sharp break, and a destructive one, from the mainstream of U.S. foreign policy, and Obama's term has been in large part a correction.
But after his appearance, it's clear that Mr. Hagel is very much in the mainstream of American foreign policy, has a résumé and experience that would be valuable at the Pentagon and is capable of speaking his mind, even if he allowed himself on Thursday to back off on some positions, like his concern for Palestinians, in the face of a Republican attack on his nomination.
Both require advocacy and action, indicating two broad strategies aimed at enhancing girls' participation: interventions to integrate gender equality into the mainstream of overall education policy and programming; and more focussed affirmative action interventions.
There is a need to strengthen the mainstreaming of public policies and to increase the gender sensitivity of equality policies.
The idea of putting happiness at the heart of our economy is not new, but is not the focus of mainstream policy or culture in western economies.
