The Balkans in the EU

11 years ago

I can't claim to have read all the progress reports the European Commission has published on its Balkans aspirants for…

Peace picks, October 21-25

11 years ago

With a sense of normalcy returned to the city after the reopening of the government, some timely events coming up…

Wise words from an elder statesman

11 years ago

For 48 years, UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson has been a key player in global diplomacy, with previous stints…

The Syrian Coalition speaks

11 years ago

University of Arkansas Professor Najib Ghadbian, the Syrian Opposition Coalition representative to the United States, stopped by SAIS today for…

Blast from the past

11 years ago

Revisiting peacemaking in history, Professor Bill Quandt yesterday discussed the Camp David peace process at American University. Quandt opened his…

The new good news from Afghanistan

11 years ago

I'm not talking about the old good news, which focuses on progress in Afghan society:  declining infant mortality and maternal…

Spot on

11 years ago

This Macedonian "spot" won a prize in June at Cannes: Its supporters are trying to gain recognition of October 18…

Trouble in the heart of Africa

11 years ago

Former student Matthias-Sönke Witt (@msbcw) offers a second post from his perch in Ituri:   The crisis in the Central…

Smoke signals don’t count, guarantees do

11 years ago

The smoke signals from two days of P5 + 1 (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) talks with Iran…

Syrian opposition and ending the conflict

11 years ago

The Conflict Management Program and the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies…