Peace picks September 26-30

10 years ago

The Role of Law in the Fight Against International Terrorism |Monday, September 26 | 8:30am – 4:30pm | George Washington Law | Click…

The epitome of resolve

10 years ago

AP has published the Syria cease-fire deal that the US government refused to make public. It is instructive, even though the cessation…

Reconciliation Syrian style

10 years ago

At a roundtable discussion in Washington DC earlier this week, knowledgeable people discussed the local reconciliation and evacuation strategies applied to besieged areas…

Hidden heroes

10 years ago

Middle East Institute summer interns put this together: Have faith! There is middle ground.

Possible responses

10 years ago

The Syrian government side ended the still-born ceasefire the Russians and Americans initiated last week with a bang: a double…

New nadir

10 years ago

The extraordinary exchange of charges and countercharges between US UN Ambassador Samantha Power and Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin Saturday…

Peace picks September 19-23

10 years ago

Central Asian Fighters in Syria: Classification, Factors, Scale Assessment | Monday, September 19th | 9am – 10.30am | Elliot School…

Happy birthday Blic!

10 years ago

Vladimir Filipović of Belgrade daily Blic asked some questions for a special edition celebrating the newspaper's 20th anniversary. I replied:  1. As…

In the box can be good too

10 years ago

I enjoyed 90 minutes today with SAIS's Mike Lampton and CSIS's Michael Green commenting on Amitai Etzioni's Foreign Policy: Thinking Outside…

Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence prospects

10 years ago

Yesterday, the Woodrow Wilson Center convened three experts to discuss the viability of a Kurdish state in Northern Iraq and…