Today’s altogether unsurprising (and not necessarily consequential) announcement from the al-Shabaab group in Somalia that they have joined al Qaeda will undoubtedly focus attention on the extremist group and their ongoing battle with Somalia’s embattled provisional government.
Signs in Arabic, Tamazight and French outside of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. This post originally appeared at The Majlis Blog. A recent Fox News blog post advertising the possibility of a “new ally in the war against al-Qaeda” stopped me dead in my tracks. The article suggests that the U.S.
China America is going to experiment with a tougher line with China. Helene Cooper has a very insightful piece in today’s New York Times (which is great despite quoting this writer) that notes that the Clinton and GW Bush administrations started off badly with China and then moved into a smoother course.
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.
This is a guest note by National Security Network Deputy Director Joel Rubin who is blogging this week from the famed Herziliya Conference on behalf of Democracy Arsenal, Huffington Post and The Washington Note. Rubin can also be followed on Twitter @JoelMartinRubin.
As Iraq tilts towards March 7th elections, there are disconcerting trends unfolding inside the Maliki-run government that portend serious problems and potentially civil war in the not distant future.
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.
Hot off the press from the White House. . . Bills signed into law by the President today, Friday, 29 January 2010: H.R. 1817, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 116 North West Street in Somerville, Tennessee, as the “John S. Wilder Post Office Building,” H.R.
This is a guest note by Ralph Gomory, one of the nation’s leading thinkers about technology, innovation, and the productivity health of national economies. Gomory previously served as IBM’s Senior Vice President for Science and Technology and subsequently as the immediate past president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
