Regional Policy

Richard Clarke Says Cuba Not a State Sponsor of Terror

Communications — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:31:00 -0400

From The Havana Note: Richard Clarke: Cuba Not a State Sponsor of Terror As Congress comes to grips with the magnitude and political implications of the devastation across Cuba from Hurricanes Fay, Gustav and Ike--it is vitally important to make sure that Washington understands something Cuba is not. Cuba is not a state sponsor of terrorism and hasn't been at least since the Clinton Administration conducted a formal review of the list in the late 1990s. more

Daniel Levy on Livni's victory in the Kadima primaries

Communications — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:26:00 -0400

Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has just won a primary election for the leadership of the governing Kadima party. Livni will now try to form a governing coalition. Daniel Levy discusses the political process in Israel in the weeks ahead, the coalition vs. election options and what a Livni premiership might mean for regional issues. Daniel Levy is a senior fellow and director of the New America Foundation/Century Foundation Middle East Policy Initiative. To watch a video analysis, please click here. To arrange… more

Anatol Lieven in ISN Security Watch | 'France's Ambitious, Uncertain Security Policy'

Communications — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:58:00 -0400

New America in the News:

...The question of whether Sarkozy has secured a good deal for France is causing the French great concern as the new strategy unfolds.

Professor Anatol Lieven of Kings College London, author and expert on Euro-American relations, sees the deal as highly beneficial to France.

"The new NATO structures do come with one enormous condition, which is that Russia does not once again become an enemy. If NATO has to plan for the possibility of a war in Ukraine or Georgia, then France's new forces make no sense at all," Lieven told ISN Security Watch.

"From that point of view, the French approach of selective cooperation with the US, supporting the mission in Afghanistan but opposing US calls for NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia, does seem logical..." LINK

Daniel Levy in USA Today | "Is Israel Better Off After Bush Presidency?"

Communications — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:49:00 -0400

New America in the News:

Full article

. . . Bush's Mideast policy, the 2003 invasion of Iraq and his willingness to stand tough against unfriendly Arab regimes and Islamists have left Israel in a strategically weaker position today than it was eight years ago, says Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator who is now a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank on global and domestic issues. . . .

"At a mass level, people can go doe-eyed when President Bush repeats these nice, warm, embracing platitudes, but in serious assessments of where Israel is at today versus when Bush took office, I think people are a lot more sober and very concerned about the trajectory of where the region is," Levy says. "People are concerned that America is both so much less respected and feared today." . . .

Latin America Policy Initiative

American Strategy — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:40:00 -0400

The Latin America Policy Initiative at the New America Foundation seeks to respond to regional events with analysis and policy prescription that takes U.S. policy toward the region into the 21st Century.

Since the end of the Cold War, Washington has looked at Latin America as a strategic backwater, with middle income countries and few strategic threats. Yet the list of concerns emanating from the region is considerable: energy security, immigration, narcotics trafficking, the return of leftist authoritarianism, the destruction of critical global carbon sinks and the creeping mercantilism of Chinese resource extraction.

The… more

Regional Policy

American Strategy — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:41:00 -0400

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… more

Is Japan's 21st-Century Role to be U.S. Satellite in Asia?

Articles — Sat, 22 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0500

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has turned out to be a pretty tame lion. Swept into office in a wave of populist euphoria that he might deliver his people and nation from economic malaise and geopolitical obscurity, Koizumi was the hope for liberal nationalism in Japan. After nearly six decades of U.S. presence in Japan, some hoped that while supporting the basic tenets of the U.S.-Japan security alliance, he might at least shore up Japan's sovereignty and general weight in the equation. Fast forward to the day of U.S. President George W. Bush's 48-hour "Get out or face the heat" warning… more

America's Security and Economic Stakes in Asia

Communications — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:00:00 -0500

A New America Event
01/28/2003 - 12:00pm

The Al Qaeda Connection

Articles — Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0500

While the Bush Administration looks to the weapons inspection process in Iraq to turn up a material breach worthy of war, hawks in and out of government have been making a separate case for invasion, claiming that a US military strike against the country is necessary under the amorphous rubric of the "war on terrorism" and because of Saddam Hussein's alleged connections to Al Qaeda. In fact, it is Saudi Arabia rather than Iraq that has supplied much of the ideological and financial impetus for Al Qaeda, and it is Saudi Arabia that continues to play an obstructionist role in… more

Korean Endgame

Communications — Tue, 03 Dec 2002 11:00:00 -0500

A New America Event
12/03/2002 - 12:00pm