Heads Up: Next Generation National Security Leaders

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This is a friendly public service announcement for young (between 25 and 32 years), policy-minded folks interested in national security affairs. The Center for a New American Security is holding its second annual competition for fellows in its Next General National Security Leaders Program.

Pull the Plug on US Commission on International Religious Freedom?

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During the battle over John Bolton’s US Senate confirmation to serve as US Ambassador to the United Nations which resulted in “no vote” and thus his early resignation from a recess-appointed position, I received a lot of sensitive information from incumbent and former staff members of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, which at…

MEDIA NOTICE: Steve Clemons on Al Jazeera English at 7 pm

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The big news today is of course the announcement from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have been invited to Washington at the beginning of September to engage in the first direct talks between the two sides in two years.

Eco-Resistance in the West Bank

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Al-Khan Al-Ahmar school was built using recycled car tires. This is a guest note by Fadi Elsalameen, Executive Director of The Palestine Note, the website where this post originally appeared.

Families Torn Apart

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My home in Cuba. This is a guest post by Anya Landau French, who directs the New America Foundation/U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative. This post originally appeared at The Havana Note.

Dog Fun

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And I thought it was only my weimaraner that did this! — Steve Clemons