The Chinese are awaiting opportunity

10 years ago

As I'm in China, a few words about how Trump is viewed from here are in order. I don't speak…

Getting to enough

10 years ago

Americans elected Donald Trump president and he will be inaugurated tomorrow. I'm with John Lewis. Trump will be legal, but…

Next US steps in Syria

10 years ago

Knowledgeable people gathered last Thursday under Chatham House rules to discuss shifting US objectives in Syria and how the new…

Combating al-Qaeda in Syria

10 years ago

The authors of Combating al-Qaeda in Syria: A Strategy for the Next Administration assembled last week at the Atlantic Council…

Peace Picks January 17-20

10 years ago

People to People Diplomacy and Culture an Alternative to an All-Security Tunisia? | Tuesday, January 17 | 12:00 pm -…

Challenges Trump can expect in the Middle East

10 years ago

As the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States nears, the Middle East Policy Council explored the challenges facing…

Things look different from here

10 years ago

I'm in China, which should go along way to explaining my failure to post on things like President Obama's farewell…

Montenegro, Russia, NATO

10 years ago

Marija Jovićević of Montenegro's Pobjeda  asked these questions. I responded: 1. Can we expect ratification of Montenegrin Protocol in US Congress…

Quite a show

10 years ago

At the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing yesterday, America's intelligence chiefs testified that Moscow had indeed intervened to affect the…

The problem with Tillerson

10 years ago

Everyone seems concerned that Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, is too close with the Russians and…