Peace picks, October 21-25

12 years ago

With a sense of normalcy returned to the city after the reopening of the government, some timely events coming up…

Wise words from an elder statesman

12 years ago

For 48 years, UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson has been a key player in global diplomacy, with previous stints…

The Syrian Coalition speaks

12 years ago

University of Arkansas Professor Najib Ghadbian, the Syrian Opposition Coalition representative to the United States, stopped by SAIS today for…

Blast from the past

12 years ago

Revisiting peacemaking in history, Professor Bill Quandt yesterday discussed the Camp David peace process at American University. Quandt opened his…

The new good news from Afghanistan

12 years ago

I'm not talking about the old good news, which focuses on progress in Afghan society:  declining infant mortality and maternal…

Spot on

12 years ago

This Macedonian "spot" won a prize in June at Cannes: Its supporters are trying to gain recognition of October 18…

Trouble in the heart of Africa

12 years ago

Former student Matthias-Sönke Witt (@msbcw) offers a second post from his perch in Ituri:   The crisis in the Central…

Smoke signals don’t count, guarantees do

12 years ago

The smoke signals from two days of P5 + 1 (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) talks with Iran…

Syrian opposition and ending the conflict

12 years ago

The Conflict Management Program and the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies…

Berlin in the Balkans

12 years ago

I've been distracted from the Balkans for more than a week, while traveling in France and New York.  I was…