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2. Leslie Gelb on American Foreign Policy
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 06-2007
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Leslie Gelb is currently President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was previously a correspondent and editor at the New York Times. In this extensive interview with Nermeen Shaikh at Asia Society, covering Iraq, Iran, the rise of China, and the new constraints on US power, Dr Gelb explains why he was initially in favor of a three-state partition of Iraq, and his advocacy now of a decentralized, federal state structure. He elaborates on his subsequent work with Senator Joe Biden on a plan for Iraq. In responding to a question about Russia, Dr Gelb says that the proposed US missile defense system is "nonsense", and on the issue of Iran's nuclear program, Dr Gelb insists that talks are essential and that the military option cannot be ruled out.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy
- Political Geography:
- Russia, United States, China, Iraq, New York, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, and Latin America
3. Ambassador Sadegh Kharazi on US-Iran Relations and Iraq
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 06-2007
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Ambassador Sadegh Kharazi has served twice as Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister. He was Iran's ambassador to the UN from 1989 to 1995, and to France from 2002 to 2005. Ambassador Kharazi has also worked as senior assistant to Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, as well as to President Mohammad Khatami, who served from 1997-2005 as Iran's reformist leader (his successor is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad). In addition Ambassador Kharazi has served as chairman of the OIC Summit in Iran.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy
- Political Geography:
- United States, Iraq, Iran, and Middle East
4. Ariel Cohen on Iraq, Oil, and US Foreign Policy
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 06-2007
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Ariel Cohen is Senior Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security at the Sarah and Douglas Allison Center of the Davis Institute for International Studies at the Heritage Foundation. He is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London, and the Association for the Study of Nationalities. Dr Cohen spoke to Nermeen Shaikh on April 22nd in Almaty, Kazakhstan, at the Eurasian Media Forum. In the interview, Dr Cohen speaks about the war in Iraq, the privatization of oil and gas development, Eurasian regional politics, and the role of the US in the area.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy
- Political Geography:
- Russia, United States, Iraq, Central Asia, Eurasia, Middle East, Kazakhstan, and London
5. Bernard Schwartz Fellow Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on US-India Relations
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 05-2007
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, a Bernard Schwartz Fellow at Asia Society, is the Foreign Editor of The Hindustan Times and a leading figure in Indian policymaking circles. He was previously an editorial writer for The Telegraph and The Statesman of Calcutta. [http://www.asiasociety.org/about/schwartz.html] Pramit has written widely on India's foreign and international economic policies. He is a regular talking head on Asian television and radio stations. In this interview, he discusses the future of US-India relations.
- Topic:
- International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Political Geography:
- United States, India, Asia, and Calcutta
6. US Policy in South Asia: Under Secretary Burns
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 11-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Good evening, and thank you Dan for that nice introduction. It is a pleasure to be here at the Asia Society. Thank you, Vishakha [Desai, President] for your remarks and also for inviting me.
- Topic:
- Security, Foreign Policy, and Terrorism
- Political Geography:
- United States, South Asia, and Asia
7. AsiaSource Interview with Under Secretary Nicholas Burns
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 11-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns is the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, the Department of State's third ranking official. Prior to his current assignment, Ambassador Burns was the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. As Ambassador to NATO, he headed the combined State-Defense Department U.S. Mission to NATO at a time when the Alliance committed to new missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and the global war against terrorism, and accepted seven new members.
- Topic:
- Security, Foreign Policy, and Terrorism
- Political Geography:
- Afghanistan, United States, Iraq, Middle East, and Asia
8. Torben Gettermann on the Danish Cartoon Controversy
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 03-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- In this interview, Torben Gettermann, the Consul General of Denmark to New York, discusses the controversy over the publication of cartoons depicting caricatures of Prophet Mohammad in the Danish Jyllands-Posten. Mr Gettermann entered the Danish Foreign Service in 1980. He has had postings in Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Hungary, among others. Prior to arriving in New York in September 2005, Mr Gettermann served as Denmark's Ambassador in Baghdad, Iraq. This interview was conducted prior to the Asia Society event Not a Laughing Matter: Behind the Danish Cartoon Controversy on March 22, 2006.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Foreign Policy, and Diplomacy
- Political Geography:
- New York and Europe
9. José Ramos-Horta on Reconciliation in East Timor
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 03-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- José Ramos-Horta, the Foreign Minister of East Timor, was a leading figure in the country's liberation movement. Mr Ramos-Horta lived in exile for the duration of the Indonesian occupation, during which time he also served as the Permanent Representative to the UN of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin). In 1996, Mr Ramos-Horta was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with his compatriot, Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo. In granting the prize, the Nobel Committee highlighted their 'sustained efforts to hinder the oppression of a small people', hoping that 'this award will spur efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict of East Timor based on the people's right to self- determination." The Committee considers José Ramos Horta "the leading international spokesman for East Timor's cause since 1975." Mr Ramos-Horta has been foreign minister since East Timor's independence in 2002
- Topic:
- International Relations, Foreign Policy, and Diplomacy
- Political Geography:
- Southeast Asia
10. Interview with Sam Brownback
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 05-2005
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Sam Brownback was born in Kansas on September 12, 1956. He studied Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University, where he was elected student body president, and went on to earn a law degree from the University of Kansas. He was chosen as the youngest Secretary of Agriculture in Kansas state history in 1986. He also served for one year as a White House Fellow in the Office of the US Trade Representative. Brownback was elected to the US Congress in 1994, representing the Second District of Kansas. He was elected to a full six-year term in 1998 and was re-elected to a second six-year term in November 2004. Brownback is the chairman of the Helsinki Commission. He also chairs the Values Action Team, co-chairs the Senate Cancer Coalition, and is a member of both the Army and Air Force Caucuses. This interview was conducted following the Asia Society Luncheon program with Senator Sam Brownback on May 8, 2006. You have taken an active interest in the situation in Darfur, Sudan, North Korea and in the Middle East, to name only a few. Can you briefly outline what you think are the most pressing foreign policy issues confronting the United States at this time? It's probably the lead ones now: Iran. If you're just looking at straight foreign policy issues, I think, with Iran being the lead sponsor of terrorism around the world and with US foreign policy just being formulated at this point in time. It's tied in intimately with the global war on terrorism, which has been, for us to date, a sequential war. It's been Afghanistan, then Iraq and now you're seeing really the focus step up on Iran. That's probably, if you're looking at the most pressing issues, I think that's it for us today.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy and Terrorism
- Political Geography:
- United States, Iran, and Middle East