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…

Tighten your seat belts

9 years ago

Yesterday's unprecedented framework for a nuclear accord with Iran sets back the clock in two different ways:  it would put…

Unprecedented

9 years ago

Caveats and qualifications. This is only a "framework" agreement. A lot of details are still missing, and that's where the…

Macedonia and Europe

9 years ago

In addition to the remarks of Ambassador Alexandros Mallis and me, last weekend's conference of the Democratic Union for Integration in…

What stalled Lausanne

9 years ago

I did gigs for both CCTV and CNBC Asia yesterday on the Iran nuclear deal. I'm pleased with how this…

A Greek in Skopje

9 years ago

As regular readers know, I spoke last Saturday via Skype to the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) conference in Skopje.…

Deal or no deal

9 years ago

Everyone is anticipating a nuclear deal with Iran today, or not. Either way it is the big news. I'd bet…

Peace picks March 30-April 3

9 years ago

General Wesley Clark: Exclusive Briefing from Ukraine’s Front Lines | Monday, March 30th | 4:30-6:00 PM | The Atlantic Council|…

The Libyan dialogue: ending the impasse

9 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEX3YFRh3c&feature=youtu.be The UN-sponsored Libyan dialogue has entered a final and ‘decisive’ moment according to chief mediator Bernardino Leon. Last week,…

A better plan than premature recognition

9 years ago

I confess to being a fan of both Matt Duss and Michael Cohen, respectively President of the Foundation for Middle…