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Is Iran Pursuing Nuclear Weapons? Key Administration Officials Differ

Josh Rogin - March 14, 2009

President Obama’s top military and intelligence advisers disagree on the question of whether Iran is intentionally pursuing nuclear weapons, leaving lawmakers confused about what to believe.<

Obama Seeks to Delay Tanker, Cancel Bomber

Josh Rogin - March 12, 2009

How to Benefit from Trade

James P. Rudolph - March 12, 2009

International Herald Tribune

President’s Plan for Withdrawal From Iraq Is Attacked From Both Fronts

Josh Rogin - February 26, 2009

Senior lawmakers from both parties criticized President Obama’s soon-to-be announced Iraq withdrawal plan from different directions Wednesday, setting the stage for a contentious debate over one of the president’s top campaign promises.

Obama’s new withdrawal schedule, which reportedly will be unveiled this week, is expected to call for removing most major combat forces from Iraq by August 2010. The strategy would also leave up to 50,000 U.S. troops in Iraq for various non-combat missions as a residual force until the end of 2011, according to news reports.

The Tricky U.S.-Russia 'Reset Button'

Jeffrey Mankoff - February 19, 2009

The diplomatic agenda between the United States and Russia remains focused to a significant degree on military "hard security" issues, largely because of their failure over the past two d

Member profile: An Unconventional Path

Christine Marie... - February 10, 2009

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, Young Professional in Foreign Policy member Allison Hart, who now works as a Research Assistant for the Brookings Institution’s Philip Gordon, gave scant thought to world affairs. “My parents were well educated; we just didn’t talk about international issues or do much traveling," she said. "We didn't even subscribe to a newspaper!”

Upon high school graduation, the trajectory for Hart’s professional career began to take shape, though rather unconventionally. Hart, who knew she would eventually attend college, opted not to go directly after high school. She wanted to take time to discover exactly what it was she wanted to study. During this time, over meals at the local Denny’s, Hart’s social network expanded to include a group of Arabs, many of whom were Palestinians.

YPFP London: Right on the Mark

Danielle Vu - December 5, 2008
YPFP LONDON WILL receive three good Marks this season, hosting Mark Lowcock, a senior civil servant, Mark Urban, a well-known BBC journalist, and Mark Malloch- Brown, the British Foreign Office Minister for the UN, Africa and Asia in July. Mark Lowcock, Director General of Regional Programmes at Britain's Department of International Development (DFID), is responsible for £2.7 billion ($5.3 billion) worth of development programs around the world. He spoke to YPFP London on the topic of “An African Renaissance” at its April meeting.

YPFP Taps Foreign Policy Leaders to Become Counselors

Christine Marie... - December 1, 2008
This Fall, YPFP launches the Counselors Program, a new initiative to assemble a group of strategic advisers and role models who can provide the guidance and support needed to propel YPFP to the next level. Counselors will also become informal mentors, passing on the benefits of decades of experience inside the beltway and all over the globe. This program will allow YPFP to harness the expertise, wisdom and industry knowledge of more established professionals which younger leaders can't provide.

Guide to Updating Member Information

admin - November 8, 2008
Visit the new YPFP Technology Knowledge Base - http://sites.google.com/a/ypfp.org/base/technology for a handy how-to guide for updating your account and member information.
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