The Africa summit

11 years ago

It is hard to do justice to the US/Africa Summit going on in DC this week. It has many facets,…

Only the PLO can beat Hamas

11 years ago

When former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned in 2013, Thomas Friedman lamented the death of “Fayyadism.” “If there is…

Civil society in the Syrian diaspora

11 years ago

While the war in Gaza dominates the news cycle, the carnage in Syria has been all but forgotten. Last week’s…

Trials and tribulations

11 years ago

This interview with Petrit Selimi, deputy foreign minister of Kosovo, appeared in Tribuna in Albanian and is republished here in…

Peace picks August 4-8

11 years ago

Morocco’s Emergence as a Gateway to Business in Africa Monday, August 4 | 9:30 am – 11:00 am Atlantic Council…

Civil society inside Syria

11 years ago

The Syrian conflict has waged for over three years and has resulted in unprecedented levels of violence, destruction, and fatalities.…

The tides of war

11 years ago

In Gaza the tide of war seems to be receding, though a ceasefire still seems far off. Israel seems to…

Sanctions are a long game

11 years ago

This week the European Union and United States imposed new sanctions on Russia in response to its continuing support to…

Stress test

11 years ago

I am finding yesterday's post on the EU's investigation of post-war crimes by Kosovars criticized from two directions.  One reader…

Slow and imperfect, but still important

11 years ago

Clint Williamson, the American chief prosecutor of the European Union Special Investigative Task Force (SITF) yesterday issued a progress report…