policy cards played this week in Budget Hero: 2012 Election Edition, the game for helping people of all ages understand the Federal budget process and its associated trade-offs. Players have not shied away from the tough issues, including reforms to the tax system, changing Social Security and cutting tax breaks for oil companies. A joint production of The Wilson Center and NPR, The National Conversation provides a non-partisan forum for deep dialogue and informed discussion of the most significant problems facing the nation and the world. The Islamists Are Coming is the first book to survey the rise of Islamist groups in the wake of the Arab Spring. Often lumped together, the more than 50 Islamist parties with millions of followers now constitute a whole new spectrum -- separate from either militants or secular parties... Alumni News Former Fellow Jason Brownlee recently published Democracy Prevention: The Politics of the U.S.-Egyptian Alliance , a book he wrote while in residence in 2010. Written for students as well as specialists, Democracy Prevention explains how America's alliance with Egypt has impeded democratic change and reinforced authoritarianism over time. The Wilson Quarterly India now rivals China as a model for the world's developing nations. But its recent stumbles have raised doubts about whether it will demonstrate the superiority of the democratic path to development.