Today an interesting new “Iran Strategy Task Force” was launched jointly by the Progressive Policy Institute and Freedom House. The focus of the task force will be to increase the spotlight on Iran’s dismal human rights record and to raise awareness about Iran’s conventional weapons capacity and over-its-border misdeeds supporting non-state terror movements.
Recently at a dinner hosted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, former National Security Adviser to two US Presidents Brent Scowcroft stated in response to a question about what Barack Obama should do given the tumult in the Middle East, “President Obama should slow things down, move slowly, cautiously and not get swept into the emotional…
This is a guest note by Harlan Ullman, Chairman of the Killowen Group that advises leaders of government and business as well as Senior Advisor to the Atlantic Council. ILLUSIONS AND DELUSIONS OF WAR Wars too often are created by illusions and delusions. This is what is happening in Libya.
This is a guest note by Francesco Femia, Program Director at the Connect U.S. Fund, where he directs programs ranging from climate and development policy, to mass atrocity prevention and response.
With permission, TWN is posting below this intriguing picture of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then Special Representatives for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke taken by Antoine Sanfuentes, Washington Bureau Chief of NBC. Sanfuentes offers some context below the picture.
Tonight in a speech at the National Defense University, President Barack Obama shared with the nation his views on why US action in Libya was vital to protect thousands — and why it is equally vital not to make this incident a routenized pattern for other potential humanitarian interventions. Obama stated: . . .
Juan Cole has a reasoned “Open Letter to the Left on Libya” churning through the web in which he explains why he strongly endorses the US-led intervention in Libya.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Yesterday evening, I had the chance to spend a few minutes with Laurence O’Donnell on MSNBC’s The Last Word discussing Libya, Bill O’Reilly, and the foreign policy bandwidth challenges facing President Obama’s national security team.
(Gavin Newsom’s cell phone with Steve Clemons’ reflection (click image for larger version to really see the cracks); photo credit: Marc Adelman) Thanks to Marc Adelman who seems to know all of the people I don’t know — so we are a perfect match — I attended a fantastic first west coast fundraiser for CURE,…
I took this picture of a plaque outside of the old British Consulate building in old Tripoli. The language is a useful frame to understand how many in the region view their colonial past.
