Excellent guide to a decaying enterprise

8 years ago

My friend Harry Kopp and his co-author John Naland have encountered a perfect storm in launching their third edition of…

Six questions about Iran’s protests

8 years ago

Edward P. Joseph, a lecturer at SAIS, sent me this after I posted mine on Iran: News often catches us…

Unwise

8 years ago

In response to protests in Iran, President Trump is calling for regime change: The entire world understands that the good…

Pretense doesn’t govern well

8 years ago

I've been hesitating to post this, fearing someone would demonstrate that it's not really Nikki Haley and that the scam…

This interview is too long

8 years ago

Ivan Angelovski of the Belgrade weekly NIN did this excessively long interview with me last week. I gather it was…

A weakened America

8 years ago

Is America stronger after 11 months of Donald Trump or not? It is demonstrably weaker, mainly because of his diplomatic…

The wrong chair

8 years ago

Serbia, State Department official Hoyt Yee warned in October, could not "sit on two chairs." He meant it has to…

It may not last

8 years ago

I spent three days last week in Baghdad: two talking with people from all over the Middle East (with the…

The longer he lasts, the weaker we get

8 years ago

I spent yesterday getting home from Baghdad, so missed the opportunity to say anything quick and trenchant about the Administration's…

Peace picks December 18 – 22

8 years ago

The Middle East Through Gulf Eyes: Trip Report from Riyadh, Muscat, and Abu Dhabi | Monday, December 18 | 10:00…