The authors were members of the HELP Commission which in December 2007 made recommendations to Congress for the reform of U.S. Foreign Assistance. Leo Hindery, Jr. is chairman of the Smart Globalization Initiative at New America Foundation and a media industry executive; C.
Pope Benedict XVI and President Obama meet at the Vatican (White House Photo) Patrick Doherty directs the New America Foundation/U.S.-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative. This post originally appeared at The Havana Note.
Jonathan Guyer is a Program Associate with the New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force. During President Obama’s brief presser with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday, one word was conspicuously absent: comprehensive.
Israel Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon sent this note out on Twitter earlier today: Hopes the rumored settlement freeze is just a rumor, because it hasn’t gone through appropriate forums. This is the best news I’ve heard in a while.
(Australia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaking to New America Foundation foreign policy programs director Steve Clemons at Kirribilli House, Sydney, 16 August 2009; photo credit: Larry Irving) I have just finished a few days of meetings in Melbourne and Sydney under the auspices of the annual Australian American Leadership Dialogue, a significant track 2 dialogue…
Council on Foreign Relations President Emeritus Leslie Gelb has an interesting article over at the Daily Beast that is highly critical of the Obama administration’s decision to accept Georgia’s offer to send 750 soldiers to Afghanistan.
Over at Stratfor, George Friedman has a very interesting piece on the possibility of closer ties between Russia and Iran. Friedman lays out in detail the key geopolitical factors that are shaping the Iran-Russia-U.S. triangle.
Anya Landau French is the research director for the New America Foundation/U.S.-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative. President George W. Bush pursued what has been described as the most aggressive U.S. trade policy ever. No country was too large or small to negotiate new and better market access for U.S. exports. Except, of course, Cuba.
Amjad Atallah co-directs the New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force. This past Friday, Hamas engaged in an intense battle with a Salafist group called Jund Ansar Allah (the Soldiers of the Supporters of God).
Last night at the gala 800 person dinner of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue, I was able to connect with the impressive Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and chatted with him about his and Barack Obama’s side chatter about Hawaii.