From Bosnia to Iraq, with love

8 years ago

Some colleagues interested in Iraq asked what lessons had been learned from states that have emerged from a collapse of…

It’s not going to be easy

9 years ago

Iran Friday re-elected President Rouhani, who pressed for and got a nuclear deal with the P5+1 (that's the US, UK,…

Concerned and uncertain

9 years ago

Pantelis Ikonomou, a former IAEA nuclear safeguards inspector who holds a PhD in nuclear physics from the University of Vienna,…

Surge 2.0

9 years ago

The US troop surge in 2007 went a long way to stabilizing Iraq. Replicating that effort under Iraqi leadership could…

Middle East policy begins to clarify

9 years ago

The President's speech on terrorism in Riyadh yesterday to assembled Sunni Muslims broke no new ground in appealing to Muslims…

Blingplomacy

9 years ago

All presidential visits are shows. Host governments do their best to demonstrate to their visitor the best they have to…

Outrageous and incredibly stupid

9 years ago

Here's an interview I did Thursday for Alexander Gupta of UATV (Ukrainian government English-language service).  I didn't know yet that…

Shared goals, not collusion

9 years ago

President Trump is denouncing the Special Counsel appointed yesterday to investigate Russian influence on the US election as the worst…

“He’s finished”

9 years ago

That was the slogan of the protesters who sought, and eventually achieved, the removal of Slobodan Milosevic from power in…

Preventing new Balkan conflicts

9 years ago

Here are my speaking notes for the testimony I delivered today at the hearing on "The Balkans: Threats to Peace and…