Shambolic

12 years ago

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's invitation today to Iran to attend threw the scheduled opening of peace talks on Syria…

Peace Picks, January 20-24

12 years ago

It's a shortened week in DC, as Monday is Martin Luther King Day.  But still lots of good events from…

History lessons

12 years ago

My colleagues over at TransConflict have posted my reflection, prepared some months ago, on one chapter of the Scholarly Initiative,…

Pakistan’s strategic threats and responses

12 years ago

Thursday morning at the Carnegie Center, two scholars discussed Pakistan’s security and nuclear weapons development. Mansoor Ahmed is a lecturer…

Egypt’s restoration referendum

12 years ago

I observed the Egyptian constitutional referendum yesterday and the day before in Minya governorate, whose provincial capital lies about 245…

Sectarian politics in the Gulf

12 years ago

Tuesday Frederic Wehrey, senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Program, presented his new book, Sectarian Politics in the Gulf:…

What do election observers do?

12 years ago

I am in Egypt as an election observer for the constitutional referendum.  The Egyptians are calling our role mutaaba', or witness,…

Peace picks, January 13-17

12 years ago

A bit late, but as good as ever: 1. Battlefield Earth: Reassessing U.S. Responses to Terrorist Threats Monday, January 13…

Preparing to observe a referendum

12 years ago

I'm in Egypt, preparing to observe the January 14/15 constitutional referendum.  This is more controversial than it sounds.  Some have…

Kosovo praying for democracy

12 years ago

Artan Haraqija, who did his master's degree at Westminister University, sent his minidocumentary in response to my publication last week…