Secretary of State Kerry asked the key question about the Syria ceasefire on NPR this morning: "What's The Alternative?" He had none,…
As the Iraqi military and its allies prepare for a campaign to take back Mosul from ISIS, it is important…
Bill Burns, Michele Flournoy, and Nancy Lindborg unveiled this morning a report on U.S. Leadership and the Challenge of State Fragility.…
Three years ago, peacefare.net published Patricia Powers Thomson's A call to action from South Sudan, which advocated founding of a…
I've been hesitating to comment on the Russian/American agreement on Syria. So far as I know no text is available…
US Leadership and the Challenge of State Fragility | Monday, September 12th | 9:00am – 12:00pm | US Institute of…
For today, just the trailer for a forthcoming documentary on the White Helmets, about whom I've already written:
I co-signed an "open letter" that protests media treatment in Turkey of Henri Barkey as well as other intimidation of…
The High Negotiations Commission (HNC), which represents the non-extremist Syrian revolution and opposition forces in UN-hosted talks to bring an…
The Middle East Institute published my brief on the G20 summit yesterday: The weekend’s G20 meeting in peaceful and prosperous Hangzhou, China…