Freedom of the press in 2014

12 years ago

Today is World Press Freedom Day. So here is an appropriate post: Thursday morning Freedom House released Freedom of the…

Weekend viewing

12 years ago

Your serious weekend humanitarian viewing: And something, quite serious in its own way, for the funny bone:

Triage, not retreat

12 years ago

I spent yesterday morning at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) annual shindig on the Middle East, "Allies, Adversaries…

Maliki weakened but still relatively strong

12 years ago

Hayder al-Khoei (‏@Hayder_alKhoei) is reporting unofficial Iraq results from yesterday's election for numbers of seats in parliament (total number of…

Obama’s foreign policy can still surprise

12 years ago

Monday President Obama defended his foreign policy by emphasizing his reluctance to use force, except as a last resort.  Here…

The perils of Sonja and Jelena

12 years ago

Ratko Dmitrović, Director and Editor in Chief of Serbia's daily Večernje Novosti, writes (translation courtesy of the Center for Euro-Atlantic…

Fig leaf?

12 years ago

Nabil Fahmy, Egypt's Foreign Minister, spoke today at CSIS.  He was all sweetness and light:  civil liberties, transparency, accountability, participation,…

The sooner, the better

12 years ago

With Aleksandar Vučić confirmed as prime minister of Serbia on the wave of a strong parliamentary election result  last month, questions…

Peace picks April 28 – May 2

12 years ago

1. American Energy Prowess in a Strategic Foreign Policy Perspective Monday, April 28 | 12 – 4:30pm 12th floor, The…

Pyramid schemes

12 years ago

The systematic looting of archeological sites and artifacts has reached crisis proportions in Egypt over the last three years. Thursday…