A NEWLY FORMED and still obscure neo-conservative foreign policy organization...
The blandly-named Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI)—the brainchild of Weekly Standard editor William Kristol, neoconservative foreign policy guru Robert Kagan, and former Bush administration official Dan Senor—has thus far kept a low profileprofile; its only activity to this point has been to sponsor a conference pushing for a U.S. “surge” in Afghanistan.
But some see FPI as a likely successor to Kristol’s and Kagan’s previous organization, the now-defunct Project for the New American Century (PNAC), which they launched in 1997 and which became best known for leading the public campaign to oust former Iraqi President Saddam Hussain both before and after the Sept. 11 attacks....
FPI was founded earlier this year, but few details are available about the group, which has so far attracted no media attention...
Two of FPI’s three staffers, policy director Jamie Fly and Christian Whiton, have come directly from foreign policy posts in the Bush administration, while the third, Rachel Hoff, last worked for the National Republican Congressional Committee....
.....For its formal coming out... FPI has chosen to push for escalating the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan....
... the formation of FPI may be a sign that its founders hope once again to incubate a more aggressive foreign policy during their exile from the White House, in preparation for the next time they return to political power. Full story
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