Background check, mate

11 years ago

Agents of all sorts interview me a lot for security clearances.  One of my students, co-workers, former employees, neighbors or…

It’s the economy

11 years ago

Bloodshed and revolts have filled Egypt’s streets since the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. But the root of…

Still on the roller coaster

11 years ago

The Russia-US agreement on a Framework for Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons is certainly a breakthrough with respect to chemical…

Peace picks, September 16-20

11 years ago

A busy week ahead in the Nation's Capital: 1. Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and the American Strategy Monday, September 16,…

To whom it may concern

11 years ago

The Egyptian April 6 Movement yesterday sent around this note, which merits reading: To whom it may concern, April 6…

Force and diplomacy aren’t antithetical

11 years ago

I've had a number of people ask in the past 48 hours whether proceeding on the diplomatic track to collect…

Anything but Syria

11 years ago

Danya Greenfield, moderator of Thursday's Atlantic Council event on Yemen, joked that it is nice to discuss something other than…

Putin’s drivel

11 years ago

Vladimir Putin's op ed in the New York Times was last night's and this morning's hot topic.  It really doesn't…

Don’t bank on diplomacy yet

11 years ago

President Obama last night tentatively accepted Putin’s paddle and began his effort to paddle away from military action, which faced…

Putin’s paddle

11 years ago

Yesterday's strange idea is today's hot topic:  the proposition that Bashar al Asad will destroy chemical weapons he refuses to…