All deliberate speed, please

12 years ago

UN Secretary General Ban is marking the third anniversary of the Syrian uprising, which by my reckoning is March 15,…

Putin’s playbook

12 years ago

I wouldn't want to impugn Russian President Putin's originality, but his playbook does seem borrowed from Slobodan Milosevic.  Ukraine is…

The wrinkles in aid to Ukraine

12 years ago

Columbia University Financial Law Visiting Scholar Jeremy Pam, who did sovereign debt restructuring (including for Iraq) at Cleary Gottlieb and…

Election results count

12 years ago

Tarik Lazović, editor in chief of the Bosnian News Agency Patria, asked a few questions yesterday.  He published today.  Here…

Grading assistance to Ukraine

12 years ago

Larry Summers, not my favorite public persona but a savvy economist to be sure, offers sage advice on aid for…

Costs and benefits of engagement

12 years ago

The Council on Foreign Relations' Charlie Kupchan, author of How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace, and American…

Everything uncertain, except the winner

12 years ago

After less than two years, Serbia is about to hold new parliamentary elections March 16. Even though the voting is…

Peace Picks March 10 – 14

12 years ago

1. Ukraine on the Brink: A Conversation With Yevgeny Kiselyev Monday, March 10 | 2:15pm – 4pm Carnegie Endowment, 1779…

Kosovo, the US, the EU, Serbia and Facebook

12 years ago

Pristina-based Zeri has kindly given me permission to publish in English this interview with Kosovo Deputy Foreign Minister Petrit Selimi:…

The growing Syrian refugee crisis

12 years ago

Wednesday the Aspen Institute Levant Program discussed policies for the growing Syrian refugee crisis. The second group of panelists consisted…