American Strategy Program
 

Regional Policy

Without a sound footing in the real needs and interests of the nations and peoples around the world, no global strategy can hope to succeed. As Americans begin to realize that the bank of goodwill towards America built up from World War II and the Cold War is rapidly depleting, the nature of our policies in individual countries, not just the image we project from Washington or Hollywood, is the real currency of leadership.

Recognizing this, the American Strategy Program has fellows and initiatives examining the issues and trends shaping every region of the world. From active initiatives like the Middle East Policy Initiative to virtual initiatives, like the Africa Policy Initiative, that brings together a robust network of in-house experts to focus on emerging regional issues and crises, the American Strategy Program covers the globe.

For more on our regional initiatives, please click on the links below.

Articles

Not Serious -- This Time

Is the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leadership, which is currently proposing to seek United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state along the pre-1967 border, about to shake up the Israeli-Palestinian paralysis in a game-changing way? The answer for now would appear to be "no." Both U.S. and EU officials were quick to distance themselves from the idea and label it premature. For their part, the Israelis took umbrage at this hint of Palestinian unilateralism. In case anyone

Daniel Levy | Haaretz | November 20, 2009

Unsettling Questions

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped from the frying pan into the fire this weekend, when she sparked a controversy regarding U.S. policy toward Israeli settlements right after some tough days of public and private diplomacy in Pakistan. But was the controversy as serious as it seemed? And what does it means for the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts? Here, a fact check on some settlement myths and misconceptions.  

1. What is the significance of Clinton's linguistic acrobatics? 

Daniel Levy | ForeignPolicy.com | November 4, 2009

A Nobel Prize for Hope

President Obama's efforts to achieve a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and the Arab states, including a Palestinian state, received a much appreciated, if surprising, boost with the awarding of the Nobel peace prize to the US president. It's fair to assume that the Nobel prize committee is hoping that the award will promote Obama's diplomatic efforts across a range of issues.

Amjad Atallah, Daniel Levy | The Guardian (London) | October 9, 2009

'Era of Engagement' Includes Cuba

Last week, President Barack Obama delivered his first address before the United Nations General Assembly. "Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for America to solve the world's problems alone," he insisted. "We have sought in word and deed a new era of engagement with the world."

Yet, there remains one obvious exception to this new era of engagement with the world: our continuing embargo of Cuba.

Anya Landau-French | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | October 2, 2009

More Than Just a Photo-Op

Headlines are now being prepared following U.S. President Barack Obama's convening of a trilateral Israeli-Palestinian-American peace summit today in New York. Many will seek to belittle the president's efforts thus far. The summit was being dismissed as a photo-op before it even happened.

Daniel Levy | ForeignPolicy.com | September 23, 2009

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Policy Papers

Dealing with Tehran

This report by Flynt Leverett, director of New America's Geopolitics of Energy Initiative within the American Strategy Program, was commissioned by The Century Foundation.

The complete document is available via The Century Foundation website at http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=PB&pubid=595.

Flynt Leverett | December 2006

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Events

U.S.-Cuba Policy

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

10/14/2009 - 12:15pm
10/14/2009 - 1:45pm

Hope Amid Tragedy

On October 13, John Ging, the director of operations in Gaza for the United Nations Relief and Works, had a public discussion with Amjad Atallah, co-director of the New America Foundation's Middle East Task Force. This year UNRWA commemorates six decades of service to the Palestinian refugees, and Mr. Ging spoke about the current and prospective challenges facing UNRWA and Gaza as a whole.

10/13/2009 - 12:15pm
10/13/2009 - 1:45pm

Pivoting Toward Final Status Negotiations: A Discussion with Dr. Hanan Ashrawi

09/25/2009 - 11:00am
09/25/2009 - 12:30pm

The Strategic Imperative of the Two-State Solution

On September 16, General Danny Rothschild (Ret.) of the Israeli Defense Forces and Major General Peal D. Eaton (Ret.) of the US army discussed Israel and the United States' shared strategic interests with an emphasis on how the two-state solution has become a matter of both Israeli and US national security. The topics discussed ranged from the potential for settlement evacuation to Israel's incursion into Gaza during December 2008 and January 2009. The event was moderated by Daniel Levy, Director… more

09/16/2009 - 5:00pm
09/16/2009 - 6:30pm

Settlements and the Occupation: An Israeli Legal Perspective

Please join the New American Foundation and our co-sponsor, Americans for Peace Now, for a briefing by Michael Sfard, followed by an end of day wine reception.  Mr. Sfard is Israel's pre-eminent legal expert on settlements and the challenges posed by the broader infrastructure of Israeli occupation to the daily life of Palestinians, to the two-state solution, to American policy and to Israel's democracy.
07/15/2009 - 4:30pm
07/15/2009 - 6:30pm

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