In October 2011, the New America Foundation's American Strategy Program convened a public affairs meeting to mark the release of a major new work, Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, by America’s premier China expert, Ezra Vogel.

2010 saw the longest ever effort (21 months) to resume Israel-Palestinian peace talks followed by the shortest ever talks (30 days). Finding little hope in continuing with the status quo process, the Palestinian leadership intends to take their case to the United Nations in September. With that as a backdrop, the New America Foundation’s Middle East Task Force is pleased to host a delegation of Palestinian business and civil society leaders who will look at the diplomatic, political, and legal aspects involved with the U.N. move.

The future of nuclear weapons is no longer an exclusively Russian or American affair. Nuclear powers like China, India, Israel, and Pakistan, and potentially Iran complicate the question of nuclear disarmament. How these countries view the strategic value of nuclear weapons now must be discussed along with the nuclear postures of the United States and Russia.

In The Filter Bubble, a clear, energetic, and incisive narrative, Eli Pariser shows how the personalization of the internet is affecting our relationships, our ideas, and even our democracy. Praised by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, The Filter Bubble explains how the architecture of the internet is evolving to match our interests and filtering out information that might challenge our opinions.