Rula Ghani thinks Afghanistan is progressing

10 years ago

On Thursday, the Atlantic Council hosted “The New Afghanistan: A Conversation with Rula Ghani,” Afghanistan’s First Lady. Fred Kempe, Atlantic…

The arguments are worse than the verdict

10 years ago

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today acquitted Serbian politician Vojislav Selselj of all charges against him,…

Walk the talk

10 years ago

Kosovo President-elect Thaci spoke recently at the Hague Institute for International Justice. A friend urged me to have a careful…

Europe a soft target for terrorists

10 years ago

My colleagues at the Middle East Institute asked me for this Friday and published it today, along with finer pieces…

The truth goes to jail

10 years ago

This note, which appeared in my inbox this morning from Belgrade with 104 civil society signatures, goes a long way…

Peace picks March 28-April 1

10 years ago

Future of the U.S.-ROK-Japan trilateral relationship | Tuesday, March 29th | 10:30-11:30 | Brookings | REGISTER TO ATTEND | The…

Accept, acknowledge, move on

10 years ago

Yesterday's Serbian government statement responding to the guilty verdicts against former Republika Srpska leader Radovan Karadzic walks a tightrope. It…

Better than nothing

10 years ago

Welcome though it must be, it is difficult to applaud today's guilty verdicts at the International Criminal Tribunal for the…

Who didn’t come to pander?

10 years ago

Yesterday four candidates for President of the United States (Democrat Clinton plus Republicans Kasich, Cruz and Trump) appeared before the…

It’s about democracy, not the Brotherhood

10 years ago

On Thursday, the Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID) presented ‘The Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act? Implications…