This is important

10 years ago

Russia's President Putin says he will respect the outcome of Sunday's presidential election in Ukraine. This is important, if true.…

Undaunted

10 years ago

America's admirably frank ambassador to Libya Deb Jones answered a lot of questions at the Stimson Center this afternoon about…

Staff ride!

10 years ago

What interesting days I've just spent with the SAIS strategic studies students on their staff ride to study the Shenandoah…

Ukraine: civilian instruments fall short, again

10 years ago

The presidential election May 25 will be decisive for Ukraine. The main presidential candidates are Petro Poroshenko, a chocolate magnate…

There is more thankless work to be done

10 years ago

Lakhtar Brahimi, the UN special envoy for Syria during the better part of the last two years, resigned yesterday, with…

Between Iraq and a hard place

10 years ago

I've been too busy with meetings in New York yesterday and moderating a panel on the Iraq elections this morning…

Peace picks May 12 – 16

10 years ago

1. Morocco's Approach to Countering Violent Extremism Monday, May 12 | 12:30pm Webcast only Webcast Reminder Morocco's traditionally strong counterterrorism…

Belgrade starts down a difficult path

10 years ago

After weeks of post-election negotiations, Serbia has a new government. Except for the addition of an ethnic Hungarian minority party…

Why Putin maybe blinked

10 years ago

It is easy to predict how many babies will be born next year.  It is hard to predict who the…

What the Syrian opposition wants

10 years ago

Yesterday morning the US Institute of Peace hosted President Ahmad Jarba, head of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and…