Jonas Brown, who will be getting his third masters' degree at SAIS in December, reports: The government shutdown last week…
My friends in the Syrian opposition are understandably discouraged. Months of intensified Hizbollah and Iranian support have brought the regime…
A wide array of interesting events this week (be aware of possible event cancellations due to the government shutdown): 1.…
Ken Pollack has written a highly readable but serious and in-depth book claiming that--contrary to US government policy, Congressional sentiment…
The Festival au Désert will return to Timbuktu January 9-11. If you already have what I call Foreign Legionnaire's disease,…
This morning's breakfast discussion at the Atlantic Council of prospects for a political settlement in Syria focused mainly on whether…
It will take me more time and energy than I can spare from the Middle East these days to plow…
A colleague writes in reaction to the news of Syrian rebel groups abandoning the exile Syrian Coalition in favor an…
There was a lot of buzz after President Obama and President Rouhani spoke on the phone Friday afternoon. Some were…
The beginning of the Syrian revolution in March 2011 provided a window of opportunity for change in women’s rights. But…