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…

Tunisia: the bright spot

12 years ago

Maia Blume, a master's student at SAIS, writes: Carnegie Endowment hosted a discussion Wednesday with Rached Ghannouchi, co-founder of Tunisia’s…

Yes, Virginia, there is civil society in Afghanistan

12 years ago

The Woodrow Wilson Center Tuesday discussed "Civil Society in Afghanistan: Spark or Stumbling Block for Stability."  Four panelists provided an…

The difference women make

12 years ago

Tuesday morning the National Democratic Institute and Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Insitution co-hosted a discussion…

Syria options

12 years ago

Reuters published this piece this morning: On Saturday the United Nations Security Council demanded that Syria’s government and its armed…