Global Governance Initiative: Press

Where Is US Foreign Policy Headed? | New York Times

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:14:00 -0400

... and the Quest for a Global Nation” and Parag Khanna's “Second World: How Emerging Powers Are Redefining Global Competition in the Twenty-First Century. ...

Obama's Afghan Meetings a Public Affair | Washington Times

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:25:00 -0400

"I think that he is right to emphasize that he is taking this very seriously," said Parag Khanna, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation who ...

President Obama's War and Peace | Good Morning America (ABC)

Erin Drankoski — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:39:00 -0400

Parag Khanna of the New America Foundation interviews with Good Morning America. ... Original Video

Musharraf: More US Troops Needed In Afghanistan | NPR

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:49:00 -0400

Paraq Khanna, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, says Musharraf appears to be on "a self-initiated goodwill tour, ...

Parag Khanna TED Talk on "Invisible Maps" and The Second World | TED

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:47:00 -0400

Death of Taliban Leader Would Be a U.S. Coup | NPR

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:18:00 -0400

... you scatter [the militants], and your intelligence game has to start all over again," says Khanna, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. ... and more »

Death Of Taliban Leader Would Be A US Coup | WBUR

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:50:00 -0400

Analyst Parag Khanna cautions, though, that "this could prove to be a premature celebration," adding that other leaders may emerge in Mehsud's place, raising a new problem for Pakistani and U.S. intelligence. "When you kill one important leader, you scatter [the militants], and your intelligence game has to start all over again," says Khanna, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.

Global Panel on Iran | CNN

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:24:00 -0400

ZAKARIA: So, take me through this option. You have Khatami, the former president, two-term president, not backing down. Rafsanjani, a former president, the very important leader of the Assembly of Experts not backing down. Larijani, the speaker of the parliament, not backing down. Can the regime really crack down? I mean, it can arrest people on the street, and it can arrest journalists like Maziar. But what does it do with these very powerful people who have now defied it?

Man Behind Iran Policy Faces Big Task | Washington Post

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:19:00 -0400

Nevertheless, Iranian officials "think any policy will be run through Israel before it gets to them and they will be stuck with policies that are unworkable," said Flynt Leverett, a former National Security Council staff member who recently met with ...

Muslims Expect More Than Words of Goodwill | The National

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:26:00 -0400

The cultural, social, ethnic and even religious diversity of “Muslim world” defies sound-bite generalisation and produces bad policy, said Parag Khanna, director of the Global Governance Initiative at the New American Foundation, based in Washington. ...

Coming Out of the Crisis | Global Post

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:06:00 -0400

The "Great Recession" will "mark a turning point at the way the global economic world operates,” predicted Flynt Leverett, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. From this point on there will be a “trend for greater Chinese assertiveness,” as the United States “increasingly comes to term with the limits” of its own clout...

Iran: US Lacks Discretion to Judge Others | Press TV

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:47:00 -0400

Former National Security Council official, Flynt Leverett, has also acknowledged Iran's help in stemming Afghan violence.

"Washington's engagement with Tehran over Afghanistan provided significant and tangible benefits for the American position during the early stages of the war on terror." Original article

Can US Stop Pak from Abusing Aid? | Daily News and Analysis

Cecille Isidro — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:43:00 -0400

He will not take well to being lied to by either Afghanistan or Pakistan, and will be very vigilant in monitoring their agreements and compliance," said Parag Khanna, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, who has coached the Obama campaign on ...

Car Bomb Outside Main US base Injures 3 in Kabul, Afghanistan | New York Daily News

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:07:00 -0500

"It shows their willingness to fight - even in the winter," said Parag Khanna, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. The attack at Bagram Air Base underscores the growing violence in Afghanistan as President Obama prepares to send an ...

Pakistan Praises Taliban Truce; US Warns of Threat | Bloomberg

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:14:00 -0500

The move “represents a big step backward” for the government which had “pledged to roll back” such regulations in Pakistan, said Parag Khanna, ...

Under the Influence: A Yardstick of American Power | World Politics Review

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:10:00 -0500

Parag Khanna argues that in many places, "America is no longer viewed as a provider of security but rather of insecurity," which allows China and Europe to ...

More Troops in Aghanistan Could Destabilize Pakistan | Worldfocus on American Public Television

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:41:00 -0500

Parag Khanna, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation and author of “The Second World: How Emerging Powers are Redefining global Competition ...

Obama to Take a Tougher Line on Pakistan-Based Terror | Daily News and Analysis

Communications — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:26:00 -0500

He will not treat him like another Musharraf,” said Parag Khanna, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, who has coached the Obama campaign on ...

Parag Khanna in the Daily Star | 'To Understand 'Second World' Countries Like Lebanon, 'It's the Trend, Not the Details''

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:41:00 -0400

In writing his influential book "The Second World," Parag Khanna visited more countries in the past five years than most of us will visit in our whole lives. The 31-year-old policy wunderkind, who is also director of the Global Governance Initiative and a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation, spoke at the Carnegie Middle East Center and Heinrich Boll Careers Foundation's conference on "Emerging Powers and the Middle East," held October 24-25 at the Gefinor Rotana Hotel in Beirut. He sat down with The Daily Star between panels.

Q: How can you claim the whole world - or 55 countries -- as your area of expertise?

A: I don't claim it as an area of expertise. The book isn't about any one country, it's about a typology, it's about a set of countries that all exhibit similar dynamics. So the goal isn't to be a specialist. If you want to read a book about Saudi Arabia, you can read a book about Saudi Arabia, but if you want to read a book about what Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and Malaysia have in common, then this is the book for you. And it's the only book that really does that. more

Parag Khanna in the Toronto Star | 'American Influence Dwindles on World Stage'

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:02:00 -0400

"What bothers me is that nobody can define any priorities or set any themes," said Parag Khanna, author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order. "We are really living in the new Middle Ages, where you have terrorist movements and mercenaries, international corporations and crusaders, and city states. That's the real 21st century landscape." LINK