L’état c’est le soldat

12 years ago

Georgetown University's conference on Egypt and the Struggle for Democracy included a final panel discussion on “Restoration of Democracy and the…

The Cory Remsburg metaphor

12 years ago

The President's State of the Union speech last night broke little new ground on foreign policy.  He is pleased to…

Hammer out danger

12 years ago

What has Pete Seeger, who died yesterday, got to do with Egypt? Many Egyptians are genuinely enthusiastic about Field Marshall…

Diversifying Hormuz protection

12 years ago

An article former SAIS student James Mina and I wrote on ‘Circumventing Hormuz’ appears in the February–March 2014 issue of…

We are not there yet

12 years ago

Word from Geneva this morning suggests that the Syria peace talks are deadlocked over the issue of forming a transitional…

Peace Picks, January 27-31

12 years ago

1. War Crimes, Youth Activism & Memory in the Balkans Monday, January 27 | 12pm – 1pm Woodrow Wilson Center…

Rethinking Islamist Politics

12 years ago

Why and how have Islamist politics thrived?  Thursday afternoon the Project on Middle East Political Science hosted a panel discussion…

Obama will need to decide

12 years ago

My piece on the Egyptian constitutional referendum was published on Al Jazeera America yesterday.  Bottom line:  the 98% "yes" vote was…

Talk and fight

12 years ago

This post was originally published in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. The opening of the Geneva II Syria peace…

The merits don’t count

12 years ago

The UN invitation to Iran now withdrawn because it failed to acknowledge the June 2012 Geneva 1 communique call for…