The case against the nuclear deal

9 years ago

I spent lunch listening to a panel of bright people at the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs discuss the…

Peace picks April 12-17

9 years ago

Iraq Under Abadi: Bridging Sectarian Divides in the Face of ISIS | Monday, April 13th | 9:00- 10:15 AM |…

Salafists, Sectarianism, Social Media

9 years ago

The Stimson Center held an event last week, entitled, Salafists And Sectarianism: Twitter And Communal Conflict In The Middle East.…

Reclaiming, reconstructing and reconciling

9 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLZlTfuJaUw The Middle East Institute and Johns Hopkins’ SAIS co-hosted a panel on the future Iraq on Tuesday, moderated by…

An announcement

9 years ago

The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies announced today that starting July 1 I will administer the Conflict Management…

What’s wrong, and not, with the nuclear deal

9 years ago

I don't know any honest analysts who don't credit the "framework" agreement outlined in a White House fact sheet with…

Bridging the Gulf

9 years ago

Cinzia Bianco, an analyst for the "Mediterranean and Gulf" programme at NATO Defence College Foundation whom I met on a…

A better place to start from

9 years ago

More or less half of American voters will cast their ballots for the Republicans in 2016, so it behooves us…

Iraq’s Sunnis

9 years ago

Someone asked me last week to introduce a discussion of Iraq's Sunnis. Here are the speaking notes I used: 1.…

Peace picks April 6 – 10

9 years ago

The Kurds: Strategic Partners in the Fight Against ISIS? | Monday April 6 | 9:00 – 11:00 | Bipartisan Policy…