Patrick C. Doherty: All Publications, Events and Press

Obama Can't Count on Karzai

Kate Schuler — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:48:00 -0500

Before President Obama releases his strategy for Afghanistan, he should think twice about fully re-embracing Hamid Karzai.

By rigging the first round of elections with more than a million fraudulent votes, rigging the second round of elections with more than 500 'ghost' polling places to generate another flood of fake ballots and refusing to reform the electoral system, incumbent President Hamid Karzai abused his office to steal a democratic election from the people of Afghanistan.

Al- Qaeda and Its Allies: The Endgame

Kirsten Gilbert — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:45:00 -0400

A New America Event
10/21/2009 - 8:15am

This conference examined the civilian dimensions of counterterrorism, and took place on October 21, 2009, at the Mayflower Hotel. A full program agenda is below, as are video recordings from the webcasts of each discussion.

Higher resolution video and an MP3 audio recording will be added here as they become available.

U.S.-Cuba Policy

Kirsten Gilbert — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:45:00 -0400

A New America Event
10/14/2009 - 12:15pm

After an introduction by Patrick Doherty, the Deputy Director of the American Strategy Program and Director of the U.S.-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative at New America, Anne Louise Bardach discussed the her recently published book Without Fidel: A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana, and Washington. Bardach described how an article primarily focused on the Cubana Airlines attack and exiled Cuban militants, including Luis Posada Carriles, transformed into a three-part book covering Fidel Castro's long death, the Castro fascination, and

Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba

Stephanie Gunter — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:45:00 -0400

A New America Event
09/02/2009 - 12:15pm

Please join Tom Gjelten as he discusses his new book Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause.

Cuba Notwithstanding

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:51:00 -0400

For half a century, the United States has pursued a policy of isolating Cuba in the vain hope that doing so would lead to the downfall of the island's Communist regime. Today that policy is one of the last great historical anachronisms of the Cold War, outliving the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union, despite the fact that it has never accomplished what it was supposed to do. Political realists such as Henry Kissinger have argued for years that the policy undercuts U.S. diplomatic efforts on a host of fronts because it is so widely disliked by other

Iran Tense as Election Anger Mounts | The Age

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:02:00 -0400

Ken Ballen, head of a group called Terror Free Tomorrow: The Centre for Public Opinion, and Patrick Doherty, of the New America Foundation, revealed that they had done a phone poll across all 30 provinces three weeks before the vote that gave Mr ...

Defeating the Taliban

Stephanie Gunter — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:45:00 -0400

A New America Event
06/17/2009 - 12:15pm

On June 17, Imran Khan, a member of the Pakistani parliament and the chairman of the Movement for Justice Party, discussed the evolution of the Taliban in Pakistan and the role the Pakistani government plays in the Taliban’s development with Patrick Doherty, co-director of the New America Foundation’s Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative.

Iranians Want More Democracy

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:43:00 -0400

In a poll conducted three weeks before Iran's June 12 vote, our nonprofit organizations found a consensus among Iranians, including almost all of those who told us they would vote for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. And that consensus is that Iranians want a truly democratic system.

Given Iranians' own priorities for their government, the events of the past few days may ultimately weaken President Ahmadinejad's standing -- even among those who did vote to re-elect him.

The Iranian People Speak

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:22:00 -0400

The election results in Iran may reflect the will of the Iranian people. Many experts are claiming that the margin of victory of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the result of fraud or manipulation, but our nationwide public opinion survey of Iranians three weeks before the vote showed Ahmadinejad leading by a more than 2 to 1 margin -- greater than his actual apparent margin of victory in Friday's election.

Drugs, Thugs, and Cash

Stephanie Gunter — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
05/21/2009 - 3:30pm

Over 90% of the world's heroin comes from Afghanistan, and 60% of Afghanistan's GDP comes from poppy trade. With nearly 70,000 American troops set to be in Afghanistan by the summer, most in the poppy-infested south and east of the country, the linkages between drugs and militant financing are more in the spotlight than ever. Emmy-nominated former Associated Press and ABC News reporter Gretchen Peters spent five years traveling to the deepest reaches of the treacherous border between

Israel, Iran and Afghanistan

Stephanie Gunter — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:45:00 -0400

A New America Event
05/18/2009 - 12:15pm

On the same day as President Obama’s much anticipated meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, the New America Foundation hosted an event with Ruprecht Polenz, the German Bundestag’s Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, to discuss transatlantic cooperation in the Middle East.

Engaging Cuba: A New Way Forward

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:23:00 -0400

U.S.-Saudi Relations in a World Without Equilibrium

Stephanie Gunter — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:00:00 -0400

A New America Event
04/27/2009 - 9:00am

This event featured panel discussions and remarks on the following topics:

Obama Administration Seeking an Incremental Path Towards Normalization with Cuba | Dar Al-Hayat

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:35:00 -0400

... the summit of the Americas this Friday in Trinidad and Tobago, is a "big shift from the policies of the George Bush administration" according to Patrick Doherty, Director of the US-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative at the New America Foundation. ...

New Cuba Policy

Communications — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:17:00 -0400

Washington, DC -- President Barack Obama announced changes in policies towards Cuba today, including easing travel restrictions for family members, remittances and gifts to Cuba, and also looking to open up telecommunications with the country.

House Unveils Travel Bill, Lugar Calls for Talks, Menendez Sulks

Communications — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:36:00 -0400

Director of New America Foundation's U.S.-Cuba 21st Century Policy Initiative, Patrick Doherty details reaction to Cuba Travel Bill in The Havana Note:

My Hope for Peace

Stephanie Gunter — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:45:00 -0400

A New America Event
03/31/2009 - 12:15pm

The groundbreaking Israeli-Egyptian Peace Treaty was signed on March 26th 1979, a direct result of the Camp David Peace Accords, brokered by Jimmy Carter between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. This treaty made Egypt the first Arab country to recognize Israel and the peace between the two nations has lasted to this day. Now, on the 30th anniversary of the signing of this landmark treaty, Jehan Sadat -- distinguished educator, international crusader for humanitarian causes,… more

Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan

Stephanie Gunter — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:15:00 -0500

A New America Event
02/17/2009 - 12:15pm

2008 marked the deadliest year in civilian casualties since the Taliban's ouster and civilians have paid a particularly high price. CIVIC is releasing a new report on Afghan civilian casualties, programs now under way to help civilian war victims, and the challenges these programs face. The report also offers insights on how such efforts can be improved.

Will Obama Shift Policy on Cuba? | BBC News

Communications — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:38:00 -0500

... in American foreign policy," write Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief-of-staff to Colin Powell, and Patrick Doherty, from the New America Foundation. ...

New Castro, Old Question for Cuba | Chicago Tribune

Communications — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:14:00 -0500

... shine an unflattering spotlight on their economic management, said Patrick Doherty of the New America Foundation, a Washington public policy institute. ...