But Steve Clemons, with the New America Foundation, says Lugar's report is a sharp indictment of nearly five decades of failure in trying to shift Havana's behavior through sanctions and embargoes. "I think the ... thing about the Lugar report is he ...
... Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University, and Andres Martinez, of the Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program at the New America Foundation explore Holder's remarks and discuss why race remains subject many wish to ignore.
On Tuesday, President Obama ordered the deployment of an additional 17,000 combat troops in Afghanistan, citing a "deteriorating situation" that "demands urgent attention and swift action." More troops heading to the country raises questions about how exactly to define success in Afghanistan. Original article and audio
"Obviously you can't pick your wide receivers until you know what kind of quarterback you've got," says Len Nichols, director of the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation.
Israelis go to the polls Tuesday for parliamentary elections. Steve Clemons, political blogger for The Washington Note and director of American Strategy at the New America Foundation, explains why he thinks the U.S. needs Israelis to elect Benjamin Netanyahu as their prime minister. Link to audio
In a book about Iran, the writer Afshin Molavi reports that the religious part of the sermon often reinforces the political message. Original article
A roundtable of conservative thinkers — Matt Continetti, of the Weekly Standard, Minnesota Republican strategist Vin Weber and Reihan Salam, of The Atlantic — talks about what Republicans must do to win new loyalists in the age of Obama. ...
New Yorker staff writer Steve Coll says that amid the escalating tensions of 2002, India concluded that going to war was not in its best interests. ...
In his column for the Los Angeles Times,
Gregory Rodriguez says civic life is even more important in dire
economic times, and what Americans need now are places to gather and do
nothing - without purpose or politics. ... Original Article
Still others argue that what U.S. policy on Iran needs is a thorough overhaul, something bold and daring. Flynt Leverett, who worked on Iran policy in the White House during President Bush's first term, says the new approach should be strategic and comprehensive. LINK
