After Mosul: military victory won’t suffice

9 years ago

As the Iraqi military and its allies prepare for a campaign to take back Mosul from ISIS, it is important…

Ain’t happening

9 years ago

Bill Burns, Michele Flournoy, and Nancy Lindborg unveiled this morning a report on U.S. Leadership and the Challenge of State Fragility.…

Success in an unlikely place

9 years ago

Three years ago, peacefare.net published Patricia Powers Thomson's A call to action from South Sudan, which advocated founding of a…

Faute de mieux

9 years ago

I've been hesitating to comment on the Russian/American agreement on Syria. So far as I know no text is available…

Peace picks September 12-16

9 years ago

US Leadership and the Challenge of State Fragility | Monday, September 12th | 9:00am – 12:00pm | US Institute of…

More White Helmets

9 years ago

For today, just the trailer for a forthcoming documentary on the White Helmets, about whom I've already written:

This protest is not enough

9 years ago

I co-signed an "open letter" that protests media treatment in Turkey of Henri Barkey as well as other intimidation of…

No risk it will happen soon

9 years ago

The High Negotiations Commission (HNC), which represents the non-extremist Syrian revolution and opposition forces in UN-hosted talks to bring an…

Talk but little progress

9 years ago

The Middle East Institute published my brief on the G20 summit yesterday:  The weekend’s G20 meeting in peaceful and prosperous Hangzhou, China…

Brains for peace

9 years ago

Ross Hurwitz, a second year SAIS student, writes:  Science has given the world heretofore unimagined access to the subconscious workings…