The news from the Balkans these days is often bad: economic stagnation, interethnic friction, rampant corruption, Russian mischief-making, political stalemate.…
To many in the West, the Kurds have long seemed the sanest group left in Syria, as well as the…
On Friday, the Atlantic Council hosted Syrian civil society activist Raed Fares to discuss 'Fighting ISIS and al-Qaeda through Syrian…
I enjoyed a couple of hours serving on a panel this morning with Kurdistan Regional Government Representative in Washington Bayan…
War or Peace? the Gulf States and Russia's Intervention in Syria | Monday, November 9th | 12:00-1:30 | Arab Gulf States Institute…
Friends in Serbia have informed me of the latest blowup there over press freedom. The Adria Media Group, which owns…
The day after the Turkish parliamentary elections last Sunday, the Brookings Institution hosted a panel to discuss the results, ‘Turkey’s…
Its Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU signed, Kosovo is currently campaigning to join UNESCO. This would enable its…
While talk of a ‘safe zone’ in northern Syria along the Turkish border was fairly commonplace toward the end of…
Regular readers of peacefare.net will have noticed the inordinate number of comments attached to some of my posts on Macedonia…