Townsend on terror

11 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

11 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

11 years ago

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

Libya agonistes

11 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

11 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

11 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

11 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

11 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

11 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

11 years ago

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