Barack Obama Channeled Past Presidents, But Still Has Much to Learn
January 21, 2009Michael A. CohenJanuary 21, 2009 Tuesday, as Barack Obama became the first African-American President, the shadows of great Americans stood watch among the millions who gathered on the...
View ArticleHouse Dems Can Play Tough, Too
February 5, 2009Michael A. CohenFebruary 5, 2009 If Barack Obama’s Inauguration has brought a new spirit of bipartisanship to Washington, apparently no one in the House of Representatives got the memo....
View ArticleOld Rhetoric Won't Save GOP
March 3, 2009Michael A. CohenMarch 3, 2009 It’s been six weeks since change came to Washington, but an old chestnut from the 2008 presidential campaign -- more of the same -- may best define the...
View ArticleGOP's Response to the Economy | Politico
March 11, 2009Michael A. Cohen, senior research fellow, New America Foundation: “Since Jan. 20, they have seemed content to throw brickbats from the sidelines, raise nonsensical fears of ‘socialism’...
View ArticleDemocrats and Their New Stand
April 1, 2009Michael A. CohenApril 1, 2009 Two months into his presidency, Barack Obama is acting like a stereotypical Democrat on national security. He is reaching out to America’s enemies; he is...
View ArticleExtremist Rhetoric Won't Rebuild GOP
April 7, 2009Michael A. CohenApril 7, 2009 Watching Fox News’ new sensation Glenn Beck is not for the faint of heart. It is a disquieting entree into the feverish mind of a conspiracy theorist who...
View ArticleWill New Military Budget Prolong Recession? | ABC News
April 8, 2009Michael A. Cohen, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation, said that in the short term -- the next six months or so -- there probably is not going to be an enormous impact....
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Revitalizing U.S. Democracy Promotion
A Comprehensive Plan for Reform April 20, 2009Maria Figueroa KupcuMichael A. Cohen Over the past several years, the cause of democracy promotion has been at the forefront of U.S. foreign policy. Along...
View ArticleBetter Aid, Not 'Dead Aid,' for Africa
May 6, 2009Michael A. CohenMay 6, 2009 Dambisa Moyo's new book, "Dead Aid ," is a prime example of an old idea wrapped up in new packaging. As a Harvard-educated child of Africa (Zambia), with stints...
View Article'Dead Aid' to Africa| KUOW-Puget Sound
May 7, 2009Michael Cohen is a senior research fellow with the New America Foundation. He co–helms the Privatization of Foreign Policy Initiative, which examines the growing influence and impact of...
View ArticleThe Right Is on the Wrong Track
May 21, 2009Michael A. CohenMay 21, 2009"We're on the path to socialism in America," or so says the Republican National Committee, which in a special emergency session Wednesday wrestled with a...
View ArticleObama in Egypt: A Vision in Democracy Promotion
June 3, 2009Michael A. CohenJune 3, 2009 President Barack Obama's historic address to the Muslim world in Cairo tomorrow offers a prime opportunity to outline a new U.S. vision for democracy and human...
View ArticleMomentum Key for Health Care Bill
June 22, 2009Michael A. CohenJune 22, 2009 Throughout the 2008 presidential campaign, the one criticism heard perhaps more than any other from Republicans was about the cult of veneration that had...
View ArticleWhere the Real Fight Is
July 16, 2009Michael A. CohenParag KhannaJuly 16, 2009 The conventional wisdom in Washington -- and the core of U.S. President Barack Obama's "Af-Pak" policy, which he announced in March -- is that...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Casualties and Objectives | KCRW - Santa Monica
July 21, 2009 July is not over, but it's already the deadliest month for US troops in Afghanistan since the war began eight years ago. The US has begun a major offensive against the Taliban, but two...
View ArticleThe Powell Doctrine's Enduring Relevance
July 22, 2009Michael A. CohenJuly 22, 2009 Once upon a time, there was a grand and influential foreign policy doctrine. It was based on some traditional notions about U.S. statecraft that placed severe...
View ArticleThe Politics of Sacrifice
August 5, 2009Michael A. CohenAugust 5, 2009 Today, nearly 50 million Americans lack health care coverage, the average American is often one serious illness away from financial ruin and every year...
View ArticleObama Faces Rising Anxiety on Afghanistan | The Washington Independent
August 12, 2009...“More and more people are questioning the underlying assumptions of the whole thing,” observed Michael Cohen, a New York-based scholar with the New America Foundation who began...
View ArticleContractors Outnumber U.S. Troops In Afghanistan | NPR
September 2, 2009... have the troops to do these tasks on their own," says Michael Cohen, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation who has studied the issue. ...and more »
View ArticleGates Signals Troop Increase Likely in Afghanistan | The Washington Independent
September 3, 2009 A prominent critic, Michael Cohen, a defense analyst at the New America Foundation, has been blogging for months a feature called “Afghanistan Mission Creep ...and more »
View ArticleUse Of Private Security Grows In Iraq, Afghanistan | NPR
October 1, 2009"Security is not just Blackwater," says Michael Cohen, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation who has studied the use of contractors. ...
View ArticleMcChrystal's Full-Court Press on Afghanistan Is Improper
October 4, 2009Michael A. CohenOctober 4, 2009 Civilian control of the armed forces is one of the most sacrosanct tenets of American democracy. It assures us that military decision-making will be...
View ArticleNow Who Loves America More? It's Not the GOP
October 14, 2009Michael A. CohenOctober 14, 2009 Twenty-five years ago, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick famously lambasted Democrats as "blame America firsters" and a party...
View ArticleEnd the GOP's Filibuster Folly
November 17, 2009Michael A. CohenNovember 17, 2009 A year ago, Barack Obama was elected to bring change to America. But his efforts to transform Washington are being stymied by one of the capital's...
View ArticleDo We Need A Carterfone-For-Wireless Ruling? | Network World
June 11, 2010The New America Foundation Wireless Future Program wrote in a working paper that this has given the mobile operators "…enormous power over equipment design ...Feed: In the News...
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