The problems of victory

10 years ago

I missed this July 15 Middle East Institute/Johns Hopkins SAIS event "After Fallujah: Security, Governance, and the Next Battle Against…

Hold your breath

10 years ago

About half the readers of www.peacefare.net are non-American, so I feel some obligation to try to explain what is going…

The day before ISIS

10 years ago

Iraq’s problems were not born in 2003. In a roundtable discussion hosted by the Middle East Institute on last Tuesday,…

Peace picks July 25 – 29

10 years ago

Ten days after Quelling the Coup: Where is Turkey Headed? |  Tuesday, July 26th  | 11:30 AM |  The Atlantic Council…

Russian/American cooperation in Syria

10 years ago

My recent travels caused me to miss publication of the draft US/Russian agreement on Syria. You can skip the "Terms of…

Stability rather than integration

10 years ago

I was a fly on the wall yesterday and overheard a discussion of Libya. Here are some of my takeaways:…

War, not oil prices, challenge the Gulf

10 years ago

Last Tuesday the Middle East Policy Council held their 85th Capitol Hill Conference on “Economic Reform and Political Risk in the…

Peace picks July 18-22

10 years ago

1) Zionism: The Birth and Transformation of an Ideal| Monday, July 18th | 5:30-6:30pm | The Middle East Institute |…

Liberal democracy at risk

10 years ago

The handwriting is on many walls. Liberal democracy and the world order it has built since World War II are at…

Americans sorted

10 years ago

ISIS and the challenge of radical Islam have emerged as a major theme on the presidential campaign trail, particularly in…