A decent Syrian election: result, not prelude

12 years ago

Jimmy Carter and Robert Pastor propose an election to resolve Syria's civil war.  They suggest three principles that would have…

The end is nigh, once again

12 years ago

2013 is ending with a lot of doom and gloom: South Sudan, the world's newest state, is suffering bloodletting between…

What could go wrong?

12 years ago

Tucked away in Fred Hof's latest post on Syria, is an extraordinary condemnation of the Obama adminsitration's ineptitude on Syria:…

Where do you find free cheese?

12 years ago

In what may be the biggest auction since Moscow and Washington vied for influence in various third world countries during…

The world according to CFR

12 years ago

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) survey of prevention priorities for 2014 is out today.  Crowdsourced, it is pretty much…

Unreasonable is a relative standard

12 years ago

Here is what I would regard as a vigorous and intelligent critique of the "surveillance state" from Mikko Hypponen, a…

Egypt gets ready to vote, again

13 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

13 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?

13 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

13 years ago

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