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Steve Clemons, a foreign policy blogger and analyst who is an acquaintance of Mr. Jubeir, said, “Adel was considered by some to be a playboy of sorts, a guy who was not only a man about town but a bachelor who knew how to use Washington. ...

A study last year by the New America Foundation, a Washington research group, said that Mr. Zadran was in charge of Haqqani network finances as well as weapons acquisition. While not an experienced military leader, he came from the Haqqanis' home ...

It was commissioned by the New America Foundation, which hoped that it might “re-center the political debate to better reflect the country's deep economic problems,” according to Sherle Schwenninger, the director of the foundation's Economic Growth ...

“Democrats cannot accept another 'spending cuts only' bill that makes them look like they got rolled,” said Maya MacGuineas, fiscal policy director at the New America Foundation, a centrist research group. “And Republicans will not accept new revenues. ...

... “The U.S. cannot lead on an issue that it is so boxed in on by its domestic politics,” said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator in the government of Ehud Barak. “And therefore, with the region in such rapid upheaval and the two-state solution dying, as long as the U.S. is paralyzed, others are going to have to step up.” ...

The world will need 50 percent more energy by 2035. To compete in the world economy and generate manufacturing jobs in the coming decades, the United States needs to both nurture a green economy and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. By comparison to other government energy investments, Solyndra's failure is more symbolic than fatal. Taxpayers have lost far more money to previous government bets on risky energy projects. Chief among them is nuclear power, which depends on hundreds of millions in government subsidies.

As The Washington Post reported: “The latest Obama plan 'doesn't produce any more in realistic savings than the plan they offered in April,' said Maya MacGuineas, the president of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...

Daniel Levy and Nick Witney, Middle East specialists at the European Council on Foreign Relations, a research organization in London, say they believe the Europeans could develop a strategy. “The Europeans could help draft a UN resolution that could ...

But their letter, which was organized by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget at the New America Foundation, a centrist research group, makes clear that the solution should include spending and tax changes. “We believe that a go-big approach ...

Of all the formulations deployed in recent years to describe the emerging world order, G-2 is probably the worst and most dangerous.

Americans don’t like the idea of another rival so quickly achieving strategic parity and influence, and the Chinese are uncomfortable with such a high-level responsibility commensurate with their weight.

The U.S.-China relationship can hardly be described as agreeable, progressive, or even productive. And yet people keep coming back to the idea of a G-2 because the alternatives can seem so inefficient.