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…

Berlin in the Balkans

11 years ago

I've been distracted from the Balkans for more than a week, while traveling in France and New York.  I was…

Splitting the difference

11 years ago

The Obama Administration this week moved to delay delivery to Egypt of more major weapons systems, in order to encourage…

Peace picks, October 14-18

11 years ago

Today is officially a holiday and the government is still "shut down," but there are good war and peace events…

Palestinians displaced, again

11 years ago

In 1948, approximately 90,000 Palestinians sought refuge in Syria during the Arab-Israeli War.  Sixty-three years later, in 2011, the Palestinians…

One-state, two-states

11 years ago

The Middle East Policy Council (MEPC) hosted a conference Wednesday discussing a question not usually asked in polite company: "Two…

Cross-strait optimism 2, with a twist

11 years ago

Jonas Brown continues his report on an all day conference last week at the Carnegie Endowment: The third panel discussed…

Cross-strait optimism 1

11 years ago

Jonas Brown, who will be getting his third masters' degree at SAIS in December, reports: The government shutdown last week…

All politics is local

11 years ago

My friends in the Syrian opposition are understandably discouraged.  Months of intensified Hizbollah and Iranian support have brought the regime…

Peace picks, October 7-11

11 years ago

A wide array of interesting events this week (be aware of possible event cancellations due to the government shutdown): 1.…