Cheerless

9 years ago

I spent the long Columbus Day weekend in West Philadelphia hunting US citizens not yet registered to vote and campaigning…

Peace picks, October 10-14

9 years ago

Conflict Prevention and Resolution Forum: Fragile States and Conflict Prevention Challenges | Tuesday, October 11th | 9.30am – 11am |…

Private investment for public infrastructure

9 years ago

Deea Ariana, who graduated with a master's from SAIS last spring, writes:  One of the inevitable costs of conflict is…

Filling my gaps

9 years ago

A number of readers have pointed out gaps in the piece I published yesterday on Macedonia. So here are my feeble…

What I’m thinking about Macedonia

9 years ago

With former Prime Minister Gruevski in DC and I gather a photo published of the dinner a few colleagues and…

Syria and Iran in the next administration

9 years ago

Election day is just a month away, but neither Mr. Trump nor Secretary Clinton have offered a detailed vision for…

Plan B options

9 years ago

The Administration is considering plan B for Syria. In order to be effective, it has to somehow rebalance the military…

The toughest nut in the Middle East

9 years ago

The Middle East Institute held their 7th annual conference on Turkey last week, gathering regional experts to discuss Turkey’s turbulent…

Peace picks, October 3-7

9 years ago

Charting a Way Forward in Afghanistan | Monday, October 3 | 10:30am – 12:00pm | The Brookings Institution | Click…

Trump melting down

9 years ago

The only problem with this Saturday Night Live version of the first presidential debate is that Trump was far worse…