American Strategy Program: Press

Panel Sees No Need for A-Bomb Upgrade | New York Times

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:48:00 -0500

Jeffrey G. Lewis, a nuclear specialist at the New America Foundation, a Washington research group, said in a blog posting that the report “should drive a ...

Little Behind Obama's Tough Mideast Talk | AFP

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:08:00 -0500

Amjad Atallah, an analyst with the New America Foundation, said the latest U.S. remarks show "the administration has decided to draw a rhetorical line in the ...

Obama's Iran Strategy Hits Great Wall of China

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:32:00 -0500

"The Obama administration's Iran policy is in free fall and bordering on implosion," says Flynt Leverett, a fellow at the New America Foundation and a member of President George W. Bush's National Security Council. ... Original Article

Report: Increasing Number Of Retired Military Officers Are Now Well-Paid Consultants | USA Today

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:31:00 -0500

"This setup invites abuse," says Janine Wedel, a George Mason University public policy professor and author of a forthcoming book ...

The Price of Failure in Afghanistan | Reuters

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:12:00 -0500

Steve Coll, journalist and president of the New America Foundation, sets out four consequences of failure in Afghanistan in a blog in The New Yorker, ...

President Obama's Appeal Greater Overseas? | amNY

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:07:00 -0500

Americans would have been happy with a handshake, equal footing,” said Steven Clemons, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. ...

An Anxious Wait in Afghanistan | Asia Times Online

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:01:00 -0500

Noted terrorism analyst Peter Bergen stated at a New York-based think-tank conference dealing with counter-insurgency strategy in 2008 that it was very ...

This Isn't What We Hoped For | Indianapolis Star

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:57:00 -0500

But Mayer and the nonprofit New America Foundation report that more US drone strikes were launched in Pakistan during the first nine months of the Obama ...

War Unchecked | Washington Post

Cecille Isidro — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:54:00 -0500

... strikes in Pakistan this year and killed, besides Mr. Mehsud, somewhere between 200 and 300 people, according to a study by the New America Foundation. ...

Mideast Political Uncertainty Stymies Peace Process | NewsHour

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:31:00 -0500

"They invested in it and explored the best way to go about it," said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli negotiator who now directs the Middle East Policy ...

Death Knell Drones for al Qa'eda | National (UAE)

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:08:00 -0500

The most authoritative assessment of the attacks, by the New America Foundation, estimates that about one third of more than 1000 people killed were ...

My Father, the Terrorist | Washington Post

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:07:00 -0500

In "The Bin Ladens," Steve Coll's history of the family, Najwa and Omar are minor characters. And so they would have remained but for the decision -- not ...

Science at the Leading Edge Versus Embargo | Cuba Headlines

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:06:00 -0500

Steve Clemons, director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and one of the delegation members, says in a Washington Note blog ...

Afghan Lessons | United Press International

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:04:00 -0500

According to Afghan expert Steve Coll, from 1986 to 1992 the Soviets, through their politically adept Afghan strongman President Mohammad Najibullah, ...

Critical State | Ha'aretz

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:59:00 -0500

Hillary Mann Leverett and her partner and husband, Flynt Leverett, make the Iran desk staffers in the Israeli intelligence ...

Of Fruit Flies and Drones | New York Times

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:55:00 -0500

According to a just-completed study by the New America Foundation, quoted in Mayer's piece, Obama has authorized as many drone strikes in Pakistan in nine ...

Does Obama Have a Plan B for the Middle East? | TIME

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:11:00 -0500

Daniel Levy, an Israeli peace negotiator at Camp David now based at Washington's New America Foundation, says the reason the Obama Administration fared ...

US Arms Sales Hit Record in 2009 | Ottawa Citizen

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:47:00 -0500

William Hartung of the New America Foundation, a Washington-based research group focused on US defense and foreign policy issues, said Obama should pay more ...

Lugar Introduces Legislation to Extend START Verification Regime | Global Security Newswire

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:58:00 -0500

... telemetry," Jeffrey Lewis, head of the New America Foundation's Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative, said on his blog ArmsControlWonk.com. ...

Obama Desperately Needs New Mideast Approach | AFP

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:45:00 -0500

"The current policy has neither the respect of the Israelis, nor of the Palestinians," according to Amjad Atallah, an expert with the New America Foundation ...