Splitting the difference

12 years ago

The Obama Administration this week moved to delay delivery to Egypt of more major weapons systems, in order to encourage…

Peace picks, October 14-18

12 years ago

Today is officially a holiday and the government is still "shut down," but there are good war and peace events…

Palestinians displaced, again

12 years ago

In 1948, approximately 90,000 Palestinians sought refuge in Syria during the Arab-Israeli War.  Sixty-three years later, in 2011, the Palestinians…

One-state, two-states

12 years ago

The Middle East Policy Council (MEPC) hosted a conference Wednesday discussing a question not usually asked in polite company: "Two…

Cross-strait optimism 2, with a twist

12 years ago

Jonas Brown continues his report on an all day conference last week at the Carnegie Endowment: The third panel discussed…

Cross-strait optimism 1

12 years ago

Jonas Brown, who will be getting his third masters' degree at SAIS in December, reports: The government shutdown last week…

All politics is local

12 years ago

My friends in the Syrian opposition are understandably discouraged.  Months of intensified Hizbollah and Iranian support have brought the regime…

Peace picks, October 7-11

12 years ago

A wide array of interesting events this week (be aware of possible event cancellations due to the government shutdown): 1.…

Why Ken Pollack is wrong

12 years ago

Ken Pollack has written a highly readable but serious and in-depth book claiming that--contrary to US government policy, Congressional sentiment…

Timbuktu or bust

12 years ago

The Festival au Désert will return to Timbuktu January 9-11.  If you already have what I call Foreign Legionnaire's disease,…