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Core Chicago Team Sinking Obama Presidency

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Core Chicago Team Sinking Obama Presidency

President Obama needs to expand his inner circle of advisers to move from "campaign mode" to "governing mode" and rescue his presidency.

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Another Iranian Revolution? Not Likely

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Another Iranian Revolution? Not Likely

Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett, writing in the New York Times, explain why the Islamic Republic is more stable than you might think.

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Bin Laden's Escape

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Bin Laden's Escape

Peter Bergen reconstructs the battle and finds blunders -- and lessons -- in the fight that let the al Qaeda leader slip away

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Terrorist Links

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Terrorist Links

Peter Bergen connects the dots between the failed Christmas Day attack on Northwest flight 235 and an attempt to kill Saudi Arabia's senior counterterrorism official.

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The Race for Iran

The Race for Iran

The Islamic Republic of Iran is a protagonist in two ongoing geopolitical contests. Check out our new blog published by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett: www.raceforiran.com

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Articles and Op-Eds

Why the 9/11 trial belongs in New York
February 04 | CNN.com
Peter Bergen
U.S. Must Rise Above its Fears of China’s Ambition
January 30 | Las Vegas Sun
Brian Till
Obama and the Permanent War Budget
January 27 | Foreign Policy in Focus
William D. Hartung
U.S. Intelligence Briefing: Taliban Increasingly Effective
January 25 | CNN.com
Peter Bergen
Great Challenges Make Great Leaders
January 19 | Salon
Steven Clemons
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Events

A French View on al Qaeda and Affiliated Groups
Monday, February 15, 2010 - 3:30pm
POSTPONED: The Politics of National Security from World War II to the War on Terrorism
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 12:15pm
What Does the Iranian Public Really Think?
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 12:15pm
Terrorism and Humanitarian Crisis Along the Kenyan-Somali Border
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 10:00am
Kremlin Rules
Monday, February 1, 2010 - 5:30pm
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American Strategy Program Books
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Steve Clemons and Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz discuss the state of the economy

American Strategy Program Director Steve Clemons and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Joseph Stiglitz discuss the economic recover and the role that national, state and local governments should play in reforming and rebuilding America's economy.

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The American Strategist

Colonial Ethnography Alive and Well at Fox
Andrew Lebovich
Monday, February 1, 2010
This post originally appeared at The Majlis Blog and The Washington Note.
SOTU: Cart Before The Horse
Patrick C. Doherty
Thursday, January 28, 2010
For a moment last night, watching President Barack Obama’s first state of the...
Kurdistan in Limbo
Andrew Lebovich
Thursday, January 7, 2010
This post appeared originally at The Washington Note.
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Staff and Fellows

Amjad Atallah
Amjad Atallah
Co-Director, Middle East Task Force

Amjad Atallah is the Co-Director of the Middle East Task Force at the New...

Peter Bergen
Peter Bergen
Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program and Co-...

Peter Bergen is a print and television journalist, and the author of Holy...

Frida Berrigan
Frida Berrigan
Senior Program Associate, Arms and Security Initiative

Frida Berrigan is Senior Program Associate of the Arms and Security...

Steven Clemons
Steven Clemons
Senior Fellow and Director, American Strategy Program

Steven Clemons directs the American Strategy Program at the New America...

Steve Coll
Steve Coll
President

Steve Coll is president of New America Foundation, and a...

Patrick Doherty
Patrick C. Doherty
Deputy Director, American Strategy Program; Co-Director,...

Patrick C. Doherty is Deputy Director of the American Strategy Program at...

Maria Figueroa Küpçü
Maria Figueroa Küpçü
Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program and Co-...

Maria Figueroa Küpçü specializes in the development of international...

Brian Fishman
Brian Fishman
Counterterrorism Research Fellow

Brian Fishman is a Counterterrorism Research Fellow at the New America...

Johnathan Guyer
Jonathan Guyer
Program Associate, Middle East Task Force

As a Program Associate for the Middle East Task Force, Jonathan Guyer...

William D. Hartung
William D. Hartung
Director, Arms and Security Initiative

William D. Hartung is Director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the...

Benjamin Katcher
Benjamin Katcher
Policy Analyst, American Strategy Program

As Policy Analyst for the American Strategy Program, Benjamin Katcher...

Parag Khanna
Parag Khanna
Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program and Director,...
Tom Kutsch
Tom Kutsch
Program Associate, Middle East Task Force

As a Program Associate for the Middle East Task Force at the New America...

Sameer Lalwani
Sameer Lalwani
Research Fellow, American Strategy Program

Sameer Lalwani is a Research Fellow with the American Strategy Program, a...

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Anya Landau-French
Director, U.S. – Cuba Policy Initiative

Anya Landau French joins the New America Foundation as Director for the U....

Andrew Lebovich
Andrew Lebovich
Research Associate, American Strategy Program

Andrew Lebovich is a Research Associate for the American Strategy Program at...

Flynt Leverett
Flynt Leverett
Director, Iran Initiative, Senior Research Fellow, American...

Flynt Leverett is a leading authority on U.S. foreign policy, the Middle...

Daniel Levy
Daniel Levy
Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program and Co-...

Daniel Levy is a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Middle East Task...

Jeffrey Lewis
Jeffrey G. Lewis
Director, Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative

Jeffrey G. Lewis is Director of the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation...

Anatol Lieven
Anatol Lieven
Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program

Anatol Lieven, a former senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for...

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Mark Schmitt
Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program

Mark Schmitt is a noted voice on reform of the political process and an...

Sherle R. Schwenninger
Sherle R. Schwenninger
Director, Economic Growth Program

Sherle Schwenninger directs the New America Foundation's Economic Growth...

Nicholas Thompson
Nicholas Thompson
Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program

Nicholas Thompson is a senior editor at Wired Magazine, a contributing...

Katherine Tiedemann
Katherine Tiedemann
Policy Analyst, Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative

Katherine Tiedemann is a policy analyst in the Counterterrorism Strategy...

Brian Till
Brian Till
Research Fellow, American Strategy Program

Brian Till is a Research Fellow with the American Strategy Program where he...

Janine Wedel
Janine Wedel
Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program, and Director...

Janine R. Wedel is Professor of International Commerce and Policy in the...

Ted Widmer
Ted Widmer
Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program

Ted Widmer is Director of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University...

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