The authors were members of the HELP Commission which in December 2007 made recommendations to Congress for the reform of U.S. Foreign Assistance. Leo Hindery, Jr. is chairman of the Smart Globalization Initiative at New America Foundation and a media industry executive; C.
Pope Benedict XVI and President Obama meet at the Vatican (White House Photo) Patrick Doherty directs the New America Foundation/U.S.-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative. This post originally appeared at The Havana Note.
The news last week of the alleged killing of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud has sparked a round of confused and contradictory messages from various parties. American and Pakistani officials claim with more and more certainty that Mehsud is dead.
This post also appears at The American Strategist. This year’s Failed States Index from Foreign Policy magazine is interesting not only for the questions the Index raises about failing states, but also for the questions it poses about the very act of measuring state stability (you can read about FP’s methodology here).
Last week Hamas militants arrested two members of the hard-line Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group while the men were in the act of setting up mortars to fire into southern Israel. This may not seem like big news, but it comes amid various developments in the interminable slog known that is the “peace process.
Jon Weinberg is a research intern with the New America Foundation’s Middle East Task Force. Yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of the 1999 student protests in Iran.
Monica Baer is a research intern with the New America Foundation’s American Strategy Program. President Obama is one small step closer to his vision of a nuclear-free world. On July 6, he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the Joint Understanding for the START Follow-on Treaty in Moscow.
Jonathan Wallace is the Assistant to the President at the New America Foundation. After the G-8 meetings in Italy, President Barack Obama will travel to Ghana on his first visit to Africa (discounting his visit to Egypt).
Jonathan Guyer is a Program Associate for the New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force. Last week, the mainstream media only touched on the attempt by the Free Gaza Movement to reach the occupied territory by boat. Israel Defense Forces boarded their vessel, The Spirit of Humanity, which was carrying humanitarian aid.
Jon Weinberg is a Research Intern with the New America Foundation’s Middle East Task Force.