Daniel Levy served as the lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative and directs the New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force. Israel’s preeminent Syria expert, Moshe Ma’oz, famously dubbed that country’s former leader Hafaz al-Assad “the Sphinx of Damascus” in his political biography of that title, an inscrutable man, impossible to decipher.
(Sorry for late notice on this — just learned we could do it. will get video up for later viewing tomorrow.
(Photo Credit: Army.mil’s photostream) For those who missed it, New America Foundation Senior Fellow Anatol Lieven‘s column in yesterday’s Financial Times is an excellent summary of the United States’ strategic challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Mutlilateralism may be back? In the past week alone, the Obama administration has agreed to restart arms control negotiations with the Russians, work with the G-20 to develop a new global financial regulatory architecture, and join Europe’s negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program.
While it is unclear how or when the world will emerge from this dramatic economic slowdown, one thing is for certain. The balance of power is shifting away from markets and toward governments.
Steve will be joining the Ron Reagan Show on Air America tonight at 6:15 PM EST. He will be talking about North Korea’s missile launch and the international reaction to it.
(Photo Credit: Dutchmetal’s photostream) Amjad Atallah co-directs the New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force . President Obama quoted this Turkish aphorism toward the end of his 27 minute speech before the Turkish Parliament. It was, in essence, a summation of his rejection of the policies of the previous eight years.
This post on the G-20 was originally published on the New American Contract blog, Value Added: After watching Gordon Brown on the live webcast of the London G-20 Summit, it appears that leaders have made some serious headway on one of the two major criteria laid out by Martin Wolf at the New America Foundation…
Reps. Delahunt, Flake, and McGovern (photo credit: The Washington Post) Patrick Doherty directs the U.S.-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative at the New America Foundation/American Strategy Program. It’s been a bad few weeks for Senator Menendez. First Senator Lugar releases a report calling for a sea change in U.S.-Cuba relations.
(Photo Credit: Army.mil’s photosream) Michael Cohen co-directs the New America Foundation/Privatization of Foreign Policy Initiative. As I’ve written before, I’m not much of a fan of counter-insurgency doctrine and two events over the past several days lend compelling evidence as to why. Quite simply, it’s the politics, stupid.