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Gates Moved U.S. Closer To Reality | Asia Times

June 30, 2011

"To move the administration away from the neo-cons and on a realist trajectory, Gates proved pivotal," said Steve Clemons, American Strategy director at the New America Foundation. "He brought the Bush administration back to the center and to a more ...

Biden's Power Grows as Obama's Foreign Policy Team Shuffles | Huffington Post

June 27, 2011

Steve Clemons, publisher of popular political blog The Washington Note and a well-connected chronicler of the major foreign policy personalities and debates, also played up the vice president's influence. "Biden broke the back on this notion that the ...

How Secretary Gates Prevented a War With Iran | Tamba Bay Online

June 26, 2011

As Washington commentator Steven Clemons put it in 2007, "An irrepressible and perhaps irresponsible certainty that America will attack Iran now dominates commentary across the political spectrum." This scenario failed to materialize because the ...

The FP Twitterati 100 | Foreign Policy

June 20, 2011

... Here are 100 Twitter users from around the world who will make you smarter, infuriate you, and delight you -- 140 characters at a time. ... Rebecca Hamilton (@bechamilton) — Sudan correspondent and author of Fighting for Darfur. ... Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) — Washington impresario, Atlantic editor, and realist blogger at the Washington Note. ... Rebecca MacKinnon (@rmack) — Former Beijing bureau chief for CNN focusing on global Internet policy; fellow at the New America Foundation.

Money May Change U.S. Calculations Abroad | NPR

June 17, 2011

"The United States is caught in a vice where an incredible fiscal conservatism is working hard at rolling back deficits, and this is impacting foreign policy considerations in very serious ways," says Steve Clemons, a foreign policy strategist at the ...

Republican Leaders Demand Written Justification for Libyan Campaign | The Telegraph (U.K.)

June 15, 2011

Steven Clemons, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, said candidates had “recognized that the party's base was ferociously obsessed with cost", and had begun to appreciate the potential benefits of Mr Obama being lumbered with an unpopular ...

Obama's Less Personal Touch on Diplomacy | POLITICO

June 7, 2011

“Bush had more of a puppy dog feel to him, and Obama is more like a cat,” said Steve Clemons, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. Obama rarely takes his meetings with members of the world leaders club into the casual settings favored by so ...

New America's Steve Clemons Joins The Atlantic to Head AtlanticLIVE

June 2, 2011

The New America Foundation today announced that Steve Clemons, the founder and longtime director of the American Strategy Program, is joining the Atlantic Media Company to head that company's public event efforts. 

Clemons will serve as the Editor-in-Chief of AtlanticLIVE and Washington Editor-at-Large for The Atlantic., and will move his blog, "The Washington Note," onto TheAtlantic.com.  He will remain a Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, and continue to work with New America on a wide range of issues.

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On Afghan War and Other Issues, Left and Right Unite in D.C. | Port Huron Times Herald

May 29, 2011

Conservative war opponents “are not pacifists,” said Steve Clemons, a self-described “progressive realist” at the New American Foundation think tank. "They are trying to say, 'What is the efficacy of the American investment?' . ...

Barack Obama's European Trip: What Do His Detractors Have To Say? | International Business Times

May 24, 2011

As Steven Clemons, a senior fellow at Washington's New America Foundation, acknowledges, the United States and Britain have an enormous stake in the recent changes in the Middle East and North Africa. "The phenomenal changes underway and which will ...

UK-U.S. 'Special Relationship' Is 'Essential for World' Say Obama and Cameron | The National (UAE)

May 24, 2011

Steve Clemons, from a Washington-based think-tank, the New America Foundation, told the BBC yesterday: "Mr Obama has been incrementally de-emphasising the UK-US relationship as the place to start in the international community, not because Mr Obama ...

Congress Raves Over Israeli Prime Minister | The Washington Times

May 24, 2011

Steven Clemons, founder of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, said of Mr. Netanyahu: “He is sort of like Frank Sinatra in New York, but he is Bibi Netanyahu in DC This is his town and you got that feeling up there. ...

The Raw Truth About the US-UK 'Special Relationship'

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  • New America Foundation
May 23, 2011 |

During the tough-fought Democratic presidential primary between then-senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, at a wry moment during a televised debate, Clinton called Obama "very likeable" and he responded with the sterile retort, "you're likeable enough".

U.S. Banks on Economic Strategy in Middle East | The Wall Street Journal

May 22, 2011

During this Arab spring, the U.S. has struggled to define its role. Seven months after the first demonstrations in Tunisia, the U.S. is crafting an economic strategy for a more democratic Middle East. Steve Clemons comments.

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Deadlock as Israeli PM Visits Obama | The National (UAE)

May 20, 2011

"There's nothing really avant-garde about it," said Steven Clemons, of the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank. "What is avant-garde is that the president put his name to it. It's an important step forward." The American president suggested ...

IMF Begins Search for Strauss-Kahn's Successor | USA TODAY

May 20, 2011

"The institution has, in my view, been cleaned up and re-missioned, and is doing extremely important work in the world," said Steve Clemons, senior fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC Strauss-Kahn set up systems and governance that ...

Upheaval Shifts Obama Message on Middle East | POLITICO

May 18, 2011

“It's an awkward speech and an awkward time for a speech because there doesn't seem to be a game plan in place,” Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation said of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Obama signaled even before he took office that he ...

The Joe Crummey Show, Thursday 5-19 | WABC

May 17, 2011


... Also on the program was Steve Clemons, White House Insider from New America Foundation, and he discussed President Obama's upcomming speech regarding the Middle East. ...

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Obama Europe Trip To Focus on Economy, Security | Voice of America

May 17, 2011

Steven Clemons, a senior fellow at Washington's New America Foundation, says the United States and Britain have an enormous stake in the recent changes in the Middle East and North Africa. “The phenomenal changes underway and which will likely continue ...

Pakistan Untethered Even More Dangerous | ABC News

May 9, 2011

Steve Clemons discussed the continuing criticism of Pakistan with Jim Sciutto on ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer.

U.S. Role in Afghanistan Questioned After Bin Laden Death | Voice of America

May 6, 2011

Steve Clemons, the founder of the private Afghanistan Study Group, wants even more US troops out, and less combat. He said having US troops in unstable areas results in higher al-Qaida recruitment. "So if you move to the parts of Afghanistan that are ...

After Bin Laden, in the Fog Of War, White House Struggles | National Journal

May 6, 2011

“Between John Brennan's comments and Leon Panetta's statement that the photo would be released—they lost control,” says Steve Clemons, a foreign-policy analyst at the liberal-leaning New America Foundation. “It's unbelievable. ...

OBL Aftermath | Stand up with Pete Dominick

May 5, 2011

... international relations Prof. Andrew Basevich came on to talk about the global context and impact. Then our friend Steve Clemons joined us. ...

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Israeli Fear-Mongering About Iran Faces a Barak-Lash | MWC News

May 5, 2011

In a reasonable and realistic critique of Jeffrey Goldberg's Israeli propaganda puff piece, Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation wrote last year, "Iran has shown itself to be a strategic, rational, albeit ruthless, calculator of its interests ...

Jeff Santos - Steve Clemons - 05-05-1 | AM 1550

May 5, 2011


Steve Clemons discusses the aftermath of the bin Laden raid and its implications for the U.S. and Pakistan.

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