Macedonia agonistes

11 years ago

My inbox continues to produce interesting material. Today it was this opposition perspective from Hristijan Gjorgievski, commenting on the situation in…

The ISIS war and Iraq’s politics

11 years ago

The Turkish Anadolou news agency asked me some questions about the war against the Islamic State in Iraq. Then the…

Macedonia needs to heal itself

11 years ago

Boris Georgievski of Deutsche Welle asked some questions about Macedonia. I replied:  Q: President Ivanov's decision to pardon over 50 corrupt politicians…

Tin cupping

11 years ago

A friend dropped this piece in my in box: Iraqi Kurdistan is in trouble. Last week its Deputy Prime Minister…

Peace Picks April 18-22

11 years ago

A Conversation on Jerusalem and the Future of the Peace Process with Daniel Seidemann | Monday, April 18th | 12:15-1:30…

The difference between Jews

11 years ago

I spent an hour today with two really smart guys: Dov Waxman of Northeastern University and Ilan Peleg of Lafayette…

Anyone but Jeremic

11 years ago

I am getting a lot of questions about Vuk Jeremic's candidacy for UN Secretary General, which the Serbian government is…

Syria frays, Libya wobbles, Yemen improves

11 years ago

The Middle East and North Africa have become difficult to follow without a scorecard. Here is a quick update: In…

Heresies

11 years ago

The Middle East Institute today published my heresies concerning America's future in the region. Essentially I agree with President Obama that American…

Peace Picks April 11-15

11 years ago

Egypt’s Former Foreign Minister on Regional Statecraft and Domestic Reform | Tuesday, April 12th | 12:00-1:30 | Middle East Institute…