Triage again

12 years ago

President Obama gave an intellectually vigorous response to his foreign policy critics today, in a commencement speech at West Point:…

Glad tidings

12 years ago

I'm counting the glad tidings today: 1.  Egypt:  Egyptians are staying away from the polls in an election conducted under…

Memorial Day for the people

12 years ago

I have little to add to what I said the past three years on Memorial Day, so I am republishing…

Landslide

12 years ago

According to exit polls, Ukrainians Sunday gave Petro Poroshenko a landslide mandate in the presidential poll.  While voting in the…

Restoration, not transition

12 years ago

I've got lots of friends looking for the silver lining in Egypt's presidential election Monday and Tuesday.  All agree General…

This is important

12 years ago

Russia's President Putin says he will respect the outcome of Sunday's presidential election in Ukraine. This is important, if true.…

Undaunted

12 years ago

America's admirably frank ambassador to Libya Deb Jones answered a lot of questions at the Stimson Center this afternoon about…

Staff ride!

12 years ago

What interesting days I've just spent with the SAIS strategic studies students on their staff ride to study the Shenandoah…

Ukraine: civilian instruments fall short, again

12 years ago

The presidential election May 25 will be decisive for Ukraine. The main presidential candidates are Petro Poroshenko, a chocolate magnate…

There is more thankless work to be done

12 years ago

Lakhtar Brahimi, the UN special envoy for Syria during the better part of the last two years, resigned yesterday, with…