For those who couldn’t make it

13 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

13 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

13 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

13 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

13 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?

13 years ago

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

Peace picks, December 9-13

13 years ago

D.C. is back in full-swing before the start of the holidays. Here are this week's peace and conflict events: 1.…

Mandela, and de Klerk

13 years ago

It would be hard to say anything new about Nelson Mandela after the last day of praise and remembrance.  I…

Live from Syria

13 years ago

She often travels alone, she doesn’t use fixers, and she reports from the most dangerous country in the world for…

Where am I?

13 years ago