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Senator George Mitchell is one of America's most impressive public servants.

He has served the state of Maine well, chaired any number of commissions for various presidents since his senate retirement and patiently plodded through years of work and negotiations with historically opposed foes in the Northern Ireland peace process and achieved peace. However, he may not be the right envoy to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks.

However, Afshin Molavi of the New America Foundation think-tank told Al Jazeera that there were many in the Israeli government who might welcome the outcome. "In many ways, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for many folks in Tel Aviv who would like to see a ...

Afshin Molavi of the New America Foundation told Al Jazeera that accusations against Ahmadinejad and the ruling elites of corruption and insider dealings "will continue to hang in the air long after these elections, and many Iranians know this about ...

Afshin Molavi of the New America Foundation told Al Jazeera that accusations against Ahmadinejad and the ruling elites of corruption and fat cat insider dealings "will continue to hang in the air long after these elections, and many Iranians know this ...

Steve Clemons, from the New America Foundation, told Al Jazeera that there was tension between those who fear Amano being a US puppet and desires from developing nations potentially with nuclear ambitions, who are seeing a pattern of nations being ...

Since Bush came to office, Georgia has received nearly $700 million in security assistance, according to a recent report by the New America Foundation think ...

Michael Cohen, co-director of the Privatization of Foreign Policy Initiative at New America, talks to Al Jazeera about the Blackwater case.

The legal drama surrounding five Blackwater Worldwide security contractors charged with killing Iraqi civilians is unfolding on two stages thousands of miles apart. ... Outside Video

On Wednesday the New America Foundation, a public policy think tank, sponsored a forum dedicated to answering one question: How can the next president make the Middle East irrelevant?

Unsurprisingly, the consensus amongst those attending was that should the Democrats win the White House in November a major overhaul in policy and strategy is needed.

Greg Craig, the senior national security adviser on Barack Obama's campaign, told the forum that Obama's background would prove a strength when dealing with Iran, whose nuclear program has sparked a stand-off with Western… more

T.A. Frank discusses media bias and coverage of the controversial book, Obama Nation. LINK to video

..."Israel's main ally, the United States, is still at odds over what constitutes the right strategy on Iran. The Bush administration is divided. Vice President Dick Cheney would still want an attack, says Flynt Leverett, a former official in the US State Department and now a Middle East expert with the New America Foundation. However he believes the secretary of state favors a different approach: Condi Rice is buying time to get the president through his term..." LINK