Agents of all sorts interview me a lot for security clearances. One of my students, co-workers, former employees, neighbors or…
Bloodshed and revolts have filled Egypt’s streets since the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. But the root of…
The Russia-US agreement on a Framework for Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons is certainly a breakthrough with respect to chemical…
A busy week ahead in the Nation's Capital: 1. Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and the American Strategy Monday, September 16,…
The Egyptian April 6 Movement yesterday sent around this note, which merits reading: To whom it may concern, April 6…
I've had a number of people ask in the past 48 hours whether proceeding on the diplomatic track to collect…
Danya Greenfield, moderator of Thursday's Atlantic Council event on Yemen, joked that it is nice to discuss something other than…
Vladimir Putin's op ed in the New York Times was last night's and this morning's hot topic. It really doesn't…
President Obama last night tentatively accepted Putin’s paddle and began his effort to paddle away from military action, which faced…
Yesterday's strange idea is today's hot topic: the proposition that Bashar al Asad will destroy chemical weapons he refuses to…