Brookings Institution Turkey Project Director Ömer Taspinar offers his thoughts on the recent wave of arrests of former and current military officials in Turkey. Taspinar is among the most astute and objective analysts of Turkish politics in Washington and this quick snippet captures the essence of the political events unfolding there
(Photo at: http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entries/reaching_out_cuban_people/) Anya Landau French directs the New America Foundation/U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative. This post was originally published at The Havana Note. Last week in Havana, U.S.
(Photo: United Nations Development Programme’s Photostream) This is a guest note by Johanna Mendelson Forman. She is a senior associate of the Americas Program and the William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
(President Barack Obama, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and fellow NATO leaders step down from a photo platform April 4, 2009, following their group photo at the NATO meeting in Strasbourg, France.
The New America Foundation/Iran Initiative is hosting an event today to discuss what the Iranian public really thinks on key issues and the implications for US foreign policy. Since the Iranian elections last June, there has been no shortage of commentary surrounding Iranian public opinion, but comparatively little evidence-based analysis. WorldPublicOpinion.
The New America Foundation is hosting an event this evening that focuses on the state of civil liberties and human rights in Russia under the Medvedev/Putin regime.
The New America Foundation/American Strategy Program is hosting an event TODAY from 12:15 pm – 1:45 pm featuring Dr. Andreas Schockenhoff, Member of the German Bundestag and Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group. Dr. Schockenhoff will provide a European perspective on NATO’s strategy in Afghanistan following last week’s conference in London.
(President Barack Obama talks with Mike Froman, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, during the afternoon session of the G-20 Pittsburgh Summit at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Penn., Sept. 25, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Former Special Assistant to U.N.
Patrick Doherty is deputy director of the New America Foundation/American Strategy Program. For a moment last night, watching President Barack Obama’s first state of the Union address, I got excited.
Video streaming by Ustream The New America Foundation is hosting a cocktail reception this evening featuring New America Foundation/Markets, Enterprise, and Resiliency Initiative Director Barry Lynn, who will discuss his new book, Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and The Economics of Destruction.