Iran’s nuclear program is the one issue above all others that is preventing a whole-hearted American effort to change the parameters of the U.S.-Iran relationship. Each side has set a red line, and the lines are miles apart.
(Photo Credit: jamesdale10’s photostream) More than six years after the United States invaded Iraq, Iraqi Kurds finally exported oil to Turkey for the first time yesterday. The oil exports indicate two important developments. First, Ankara has made a strategic decision to engage the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil, Iraq.
(Patrick Doherty directs the New America Foundation/U.S.-Cuba 21st Centry Policy Initiative.
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Among the Obama administration’s many promised changes to the United States’ strategic posture is an intention to “press the reset button” on U.S.-Russian relations.
Jonathan Guyer is a Program Associate at the New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force.
(Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics) Just a quick follow up on Steve’s post from yesterday on China’s obsession with creating jobs – and the disturbing lack of such an obsession here in Washington. I recommend reading this speech delivered by InterMedia Partners Managing Partner and New America Foundation/Smart Globalization Initiative Chairman Leo Hindery.
Win Monroe is a research intern at the New America Foundation/American Strategy Program. The reactions, commentary and analysis of Obama’s meeting with Netanyahu have varied widely in their assessments of Obama’s performance.
Nader Mousavizadeh, a former special assistant to Kofi Annan, provides a fresh, critical perspective on the Obama administration’s policy toward Iran in an op-ed in today’s Washington Post. According to Mousavizadeh, the Obama administration needs to focus on Iran’s intentions rather than its capabilities.
I suspect that the number of issues on which Condi Rice, Henry Kissinger, Bob Rubin, Paul Volcker, Tony Lake and James Baker all agree is small. But earlier this week, they and eight others of similar stature signed a letter to congressional leaders urging support for additional US funding for the International Monetary Fund.
(Photo Credit: Los Angeles Times) Nicholas Schmidle is a Fellow at the New America Foundation/American Strategy Program. The Pakistani military is apparently pounding the Taliban in the Swat Valley right now.
