Egypt gets ready to vote, again

12 years ago

Wael Nawara says the constitutional referendum to be held on January 14 and 15 will be a legitimacy test for…

Peace picks, December 16-20

12 years ago

DC is beginning to slow down as the holiday season is fast approaching, but there are still some great events…

Will benefits of Geneva II outweigh its costs?

12 years ago

Yesterday's Friends of Syria Statement from the UK chair tries to clarify the attitudes of leading supporters of the Syrian…

We are Kim’s kin too

12 years ago

I can't even pretend to know something about North Korea, but it seems to me The Daily Beast has it…

For those who couldn’t make it

12 years ago

I gave the last of my pre-holiday talks on Righting the Balance yesterday at the Middle East Institute.  Here is the…

Sharp differences on Syria

12 years ago

Al-Monitor and Johns Hopkins SAIS teamed up last week for a full-day conference on “The United States, Russia and the…

This John Kerry should have been president

12 years ago

Here is John Kerry today at the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Iran nuclear deal. I've added some related…

The risks of overplaying a hand

12 years ago

With the snow blanketing Washington, it is time for a post on the things I haven't recently discussed.  Two in…

Fascinating but lopsided

12 years ago

Few think tanks can assemble the President of the United States, the Secretary of State and a Prime Minister (via…

Time for one person, one vote?

12 years ago

Q:  Is the US stepping in Bosnia again with the aim to fix it? [Assistant Secretary of State] Victoria Nuland…