Silence is eloquent

9 years ago

The Senate Republicans silenced Elizabeth Warren last  night after she read a 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King that they…

Lost in translation

9 years ago

On Friday, the American Enterprise Institute hosted “Lost in Translation: The Unsung War Heroes of Iraq and Afghanistan”. The evening…

What’s at stake

9 years ago

As I am not a lawyer, I won't comment on the legal aspects of the hearing later today on the…

Cooling it

10 years ago

Iran for the moment appears to be taking a low key approach to responding to new US sanctions aimed at…

Withdraw, renegotiate, or enforce?

10 years ago

With apologies, I've been slow to post this fine piece by Sarah Timreck on an event that occurred the week…

Peace picks February 6-12

10 years ago

1. Missing OPEC? The Unwelcome Return Of Boom-Bust Oil Prices | Monday Feb 6 | 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm…

Rewriting social contracts in the Middle East

10 years ago

Authors and experts convened last Wednesday to launch of the report Carnegie Endowment Arab Fractures: Citizens, States, and Social Contracts…

30 seconds closer to midnight

10 years ago

The US Treasury today "designated" 13 individuals and 12 companies associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) ballistic missile program and…

The Qaddafi in their heads

10 years ago

The Carnegie Endowment hosted a discussion this week with Jonathan Winer, former Special Envoy for Libya at the Department of…

It’s the oil

10 years ago

On Monday, Georgetown University’s Centers for Contemporary Arab Studies and Latin American Studies hosted an event “Oil, Authoritarianism, and Populism”…