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The New America Foundation is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for participants in our “South Asia 2020” conference to be held in Dubai from Friday, January 18 to Sunday, January 20, 2013, hosted by Steve Coll and Peter Bergen. The conference will bring together a total of 30 “new voices” from […]

Ecological Cooperation in South Asia: The Way Forward The greatest economic damage endured by South Asia since 2001 has not been due to terrorism, but rather due to environmental disasters such as the Indus floods of 2010, seasonal water shortages, and drought. Although events like these might not be preventable, their human impact can certainly be […]

America’s Indefinitely Detained  Friday, January 11, 2013 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.  New America Foundation 1899 L St. NW Suite 400 Washington DC, 20036 January 11, 2013 will mark 11 years since the United States opened the Guantánamo Bay Detention Center. Almost 800 suspected militants have been held at the prison in that time. Despite […]

Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion The longest war the United States has ever fought is the ongoing war in Afghanistan. But when refer to “Afghanistan,” we really mean a conflict that straddles the border with Pakistan — and the reality of Islamic militancy on that border is enormously complicated. In Talibanistan, an […]

The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America’s War in Arabia Wednesday, December 5, 2012 12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.  New America Foundation 1899 L St. NW Suite 400 Washington DC, 20036 Over the past few years, U.S. counterterrorism officials have frequently highlighted the blows America has dealt to al-Qaeda, especially those to its central command […]

Upcoming Events at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM 170 East 64th Street The longest war the United States has ever fought is the ongoing war in Afghanistan. But when we speak of “Afghanistan,” we really […]

Countering Online Radicalization in America A New Report by the Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Homeland Security Project Tuesday, December 4, 2012 10:00AM – 11:00AM Bipartisan Policy Center 1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC Featuring Thomas Kean Former Governor of New Jersey Co-chair, 9/11 Commission Co-chair, BPC Homeland Security Project Lee Hamilton Former Representative […]

Inside Syria Friday, November 30 2012 12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. New America Foundation 1899 L St. NW Suite 400 Washington DC, 20036 By some estimates, the violent conflict wracking Syria has taken almost 40,000 lives since it began in March 2011. The world has been able to experience a portion of the horror alongside […]

Fortress Israel Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. New America Foundation 1899 L St. NW Suite 400 Washington DC, 20036 As footage of rocket attacks in Israel and Gaza once again fill television screens around world, we are reminded of how flammable the Israeli/Palestinian issue remains today. Former New York Times Chief […]