Townsend on terror

9 years ago

Since the 9/11 attacks, counter-terrorism has defined the US security context, sometimes at the expense of civil liberties. Yet the…

Afghanistan: from bad to worse

9 years ago

Tuesday the United States Institute of Peace hosted a panel entitled Can Afghanistan Stabilize as US Forces Plan their Exit?…

Asia will move ahead no matter what

9 years ago

With continued conflict in the Middle East and Europe, the US “pivot to Asia” has taken a back seat in…

Libya agonistes

9 years ago

The Council on Foreign Relations yesterday issued an update of my 2011 Contingency Planning Memorandum on post-Qaddafi violence in Libya.…

From inside northern Syria

9 years ago

I get lots of email, little of it more interesting than this timely update on the sitution in and near…

Peace for sale

9 years ago

Monday the Wilson Center hosted Calculating the Costs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, which was a presentation of a RAND Corporation…

Droning on at home and abroad

9 years ago

On Thursday, June 11, the Project for the 21st Century hosted The Future of Drones with panelists Erik Lin-Greenberg, former…

Peace picks June 15-19

9 years ago

1. Calculating the Costs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict| Monday, June 15th | 12:00-1:15 | Wilson Center | REGISTER TO ATTEND | This event will explore both…

Yemen: bleak outlook

9 years ago

Last Thursday, the Wilson Center hosted Youth and Civil Society: The Missing Powers in Yemen with Mohammad Al-Shami, a Yemeni…

Future Serbia

9 years ago

I've run into some flak for hosting Serbian Prime Minister Vučić at SAIS last week. Some people think providing an…