The still growing Sunni-Shia divide

10 years ago

The Atlantic Council yesterday introduced a book by a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center, Geneive Abdo,…

You get what you vote for

10 years ago

Washington is in a tizzy today because President-elect Trump is naming Exxon Chief Executive Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of…

Peace Picks December 12-16

10 years ago

US Security Assistance and Human Rights | Monday, December 12 | 10:00am – 11:30am | Brookings Institution | Click HERE…

Jihad and the next administration

10 years ago

USIP's discussion today of "Getting Ahead of the Curve: the evolving threat of violent extremism" was a study in contrasts.…

Trump’s bromance

10 years ago

Of Trump's many vices, his bromance with Putin is arguably the worst, at least from a foreign policy perspective. Putin…

The Aleppo defeat

10 years ago

You can always tell when a cause is lost: the UN General Assembly passes a resolution to stop the bombing, allow…

The anti-cabinet

10 years ago

I've already noted that Donald Trump's cabinet picks are not moderates. Since then he has added to his radical menagerie…

I’m disappointed

10 years ago

In his valedictory address on counterterrorism yesterday at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, President Obama waxed poetic about diplomacy,…

These are not moderates

10 years ago

Pizzagate is the misnomer we are using today to refer to entirely false reports of a pedophilic child-smuggling ring operating out…

Peace picks, December 5-9

10 years ago

The Arab Woman: Enhancing Leadership and Resilience | Monday, December 5 | 10:00am – 3:30pm | United States Institute of…