I spent a week yesterday talking with well-informed, Syria opposition-sympathizing people in Istanbul. I heard some interesting things. While the…
Tuesday saw a soccer brawl between the Serbian and Albanian teams, precipitated by a drone carrying a flag described as…
Tuesday’s Bipartisan Policy Center event - ISIS, the Kurds and Turkey: A Messy Triangle - was a timely discussion of…
I'll be in Istanbul, but the week in DC will be a busy one after a welcome but gray three-day…
On Thursday, the Wilson Center hosted Volker Perthes, Executive Chairman and Director of German Institute for International and Security Affairs,…
Sead Numanovic of Dnevni Avaz asked me to comment on today's election in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Here is how I…
This week unexpectedly brought the inevitable news that China's GNP exceeds US GNP. The sky did not fall. In fact,…
UN envoy Stefano de Mistura appeals for help for Kobane: The Turks are saying the right thing: there should be…
If there is anything remotely positive to draw from the ongoing fighting in Kobane it is that the Islamic State can…
Yesterday's Brookings Institution event addressed the ongoing challenges faced by the US in Syria and Iraq. Will it Work? Examining…