Peace Picks December 15-19

12 years ago

The Escalating Shi’a-Sunni Conflict: Assessing the Role of ISIS | Monday December 15 | 9:30 | The Stimson Center |…

Lessons learned and forgotten

12 years ago

Roy Gutman, currently serving with distinction in Istanbul as McClatchy bureau chief for the Middle East, has kindly given me…

Disaster looms

12 years ago

The Middle East Institute discussion today of building support for moderate Syrian rebel forces stirred both mind and blood.With Kate…

Doing good is a powerful motive

12 years ago

Below you'll find my commentary about the second ten of the Senate Committee findings on the CIA interrogation program. These…

The Yazidi plight

12 years ago

On Tuesday, the Wilson Center hosted a discussion with Vian Dakhil, the only Yazidi member of the Iraqi parliament. Halah Esfandiari, Director…

Why coming clean is important

12 years ago

The Middle East Institute published this piece last night under the heading Iran's Nuclear Secrets Need to be Revealed. It…

Fast thinking at the CIA

12 years ago

The Senate Committee report on the CIA's use of extreme interrogation techniques has elicited some vigorous and interesting responses. My…

At least read the findings

12 years ago

I'm not going to pretend to have read the thousands of pages of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report…

Peace Picks December 8-12

12 years ago

The Crisis in Jerusalem | Monday, December 8th | 12:00 - 1:45 | Carnegie Endowment for Peace | Even before…

Ambassadors, professional and political

12 years ago

We are in the midst of a periodic revival of the brouhaha about "political" ambassadors. Those are the ones who…