Kosovo’s army

12 years ago

Hoyt Yee, the Deputy Assistant Secretary who covers the Balkans at the State Department, testified Wednesday at the Congressional Helsinki…

Vladimir Putin and Chris Hayes are wrong

12 years ago

Isidora Kranjcevic of the Belgrade daily Blic asked me this morning to comment on Russian President Putin's remark: Generally, I…

Observers, aid, energy and elections

12 years ago

Much as I am entertained by explanations of Russian behavior based on Western decline and claims that Vladimir Putin is…

Bosnia: heal thyself

12 years ago

I did this interview yesterday for Edita Gorinjac of Klix.ba, who published it today in whatever you want to call…

Putin speaks

12 years ago

President Putin today finally addressed some of the issues Russian behavior in Ukraine has raised.  I can find neither video…

Money talks

12 years ago

Charles King (not further identified) says in this morning's New York Times: Mr. Putin used a novel justification for his…

Peace Picks March 3 –7

12 years ago

The weather prediction suggests a good deal of this may not happen, especially Monday and Tuesday, but here are our…

Putin has put Obama on the spot

12 years ago

Though events have moved quickly, it is already apparent that there is little the United States can do to get…

Left and right are shooting blanks

12 years ago

Hayes Brown over at ThinkProgress suggests five ways the US can respond to Russia invading Ukraine without going to war.…

It’s all over but the shouting

12 years ago

1.  Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich held his first press conference yesterday since fleeing Kiev in Rostov on Don, in…