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Al-Qaida Infiltration 'Important' But 'Not Unheard Of' | NPR

May 13, 2012

Host Rachel Martin speaks with former CIA official Philip Mudd about the British undercover agent who helped thwart terrorists and the newest version of the underwear bomb.

Disaffected Agents With A 'Promise Of Life' Afterwards Make Best Double Agents ... | Newstrack (India)

May 10, 2012

Philip Mudd, a former deputy director of the CIA's counterterrorism center and the FBI's national security branch, was quoted by CBS News, saying that several Saudi members of Al Qaeda moved to Yemen after the crackdown in the Arabian Peninsula.

Ex-Analyst: "Made Men" Make Best Double Agents | CBS

May 9, 2012

On "CBS This Morning," Philip Mudd said a lot of Saudi members of al Qaeda went down to Yemen after the crackdown in Arabian Peninsula. "Some of them want to go home, some of them retired; some of them have families back home in Saudi Arabia.

How Unusual Was Al-Qaida Infiltration Effort That Stopped Bomb Plot? | PBS

May 9, 2012

Jeffrey Brown, NPR's Dina Temple Raston and security consultant Philip Mudd discuss what details are known about the operation and how it compares with other counterterrorism efforts. JEFFREY BROWN: Dina Temple Raston has been covering this story for ...

GCC Countries Look Towards Developing World For Growth

  • By
  • Afshin Molavi,
  • New America Foundation
May 1, 2012 |

It is one of the most exclusive economic clubs in the world, and it's not the G20, the G8 or the IMF board of directors. It's the dwindling list of countries that have retained the gold standard of investment grade status: the AAA rating. From Canada to Sweden, from Switzerland to Germany to Australia, these AAA countries will soon be an even smaller club as France's status totters.

Why The Mitt-Bibi Bromance Won'T Affect World Affairs | The Week Magazine

April 18, 2012

Leila Hilal, co-director of the New America Foundation Middle East Task Force, says "Romney's personal persuasion for Netanyahu will be checked by the broader US strategic interests at stake in an attack on Iran, and the majority of US public opinion ...

"How To Run The World" By Parag Khanna | NPR

April 16, 2012

In “How to Run the World,” geo-political expert and economist Parag Khanna explores complex questions about how the world can deal with a changed global landscape in a more effective way. According to Khanna, 21st century diplomacy is beginning to ...

Are Hard-Line Cuban-Americans Strong as Ever? | New York Times, "Room For Debate"

  • By
  • Anya Landau French,
  • New America Foundation
April 13, 2012 |

Old Guard Are Reliable Voters, and Organized
Ozzie Guillen’s apology for praising Fidel Castro and the Miami Marlins’ decision to suspend him reaffirmed the enduring influence of passionate anti-Castro Cubans there. But this furor does not reflect Cuban Americans’ monolithic attitudes toward the island. The most hard-line voices in Miami, largely the older generaion, may be the loudest and most firmly established, but they are no longer the most numerous, as reflected in repeated polls over the last several years.

How Is The Debate Over Israel Changing Among American Jews? | Aljazeera.Com

April 4, 2012

... we speak to Saar Szekely, contestant on the Israeli version of “Big Brother”; Dana Goldstein (@DanaGoldstein), fellow at The Nation Institute; and Daniel Levy, co-director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation.

Arabs' Economic Malaise Demands Local Solutions

  • By
  • Afshin Molavi,
  • New America Foundation
April 2, 2012 |

Over the past year, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has added four new target countries to its mandate: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. The development body founded in the aftermath of the 1989 European revolutions and the end of communism has been investing across eastern and central Europe and Central Asia and the Caucasus for two decades - with measures of success.

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