Success in an unlikely place

10 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

10 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

10 years ago

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

More White Helmets

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

10 years ago

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

No matter how many black churches

10 years ago

Today is Labor Day in the U.S. We don't commemorate it May 1 like the rest of the world. Why…

What Kosovo needs

10 years ago

Fitim Gashi of Pristina daily Koha Ditore asked some questions last week. I replied:  Q: Kosovo is facing numerous discontents…