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Greetings, and welcome to my website. During the days, I serve as Senior Fellow & Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation and, in my spare time, serve as Director of the Japan Policy Research Institute. I've also been encouraged by my great friend, Joshua Micah Marshall of talkingpointsmemo.com to start my own blog. So, connected here you will soon find thewashingtonnote.com, where I will more regularly comment on public policy debates that deserve attention. Until then, enjoy the articles and other items posted here. Yes, these websites and blogging activities are ... More » (Source: Washington Note)
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Tally on Libya Should Include Geopolitical Distraction: Egypt, China, Iran, North Korea Watching
Juan Cole has a reasoned "Open Letter to the Left on Libya" churning through the web in which he explains why he strongly endorses the US-led intervention in Libya. In my own ...via Peter Daou -
The Impact Today and Tomorrow of Chalmers Johnson
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Jeffrey Goldberg Probes Israel's Iran Strike Option: Is Netanyahu a "Bomber Boy"?
(Blog Post) n an important article titled "The Point of No Return" to be published in The Atlantic tomorrow, national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg recounts something many people didn't ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
Israel/Palestine and Iran: Linkage Should be Hard Wired by Obama Team
America is not completely out of the global power game. In my view, a combination of brilliant leadership and well orchestrated "strategic leaps" coupled with visionary ...Posted by Jon Mitchell -
What Would Eisenhower Do Today?
(Commemorative Plaque of Dwight Eisenhower opening NBC Studios at 4000 Nebraska Avenue, NW on May 22, 1958; photo credit: Steve Clemons) With the benefit of time, it's ...via John Rueschenberg (t) -
Iran: There Will Be Blood
(Blog Post) But the scariest point he made to me that I had not heard anywhere else is that this "coup by the right wing" has created pressures that cannot be solved or patted down by the ...Posted by Joey Baker -
Some Truths About Guantanamo Bay
There are several dimensions to the debate over the U.S. prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that the media have largely missed and, thus, of which the American people ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Congress Should Travel More Not Less: Applauding the Aspen Institute -
() I like the folks at US News & World Report but they just sent me a disconcerting political news swipe at sponsored Congressional travel and the Aspen Institute....Rather than ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Selling the War with Iran
() In a region devoid of democracy a popular backlash would not matter anyway, but Hizballah and Hamas are popular in the region, the U.S. and its occupation of Iraq are not ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Fidel Castro Not Returning to the Presidency
() The US embargo against Cuba -- which all nations but three vote against each year in the United Nations -- has utterly failed to generate any positive impact on the Cuban ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala



