Fool me twice, shame on me

11 years ago

The discussion Monday at the Wilson Center of "The Media and Iran's Nuclear Program:  An Analysis of US and UK…

Between Iraq and a hard place

11 years ago

World Politics Review published this piece I did for them on Iraq this morning, under the heading "Politically Exposed, Iraq's…

Peace Picks April 29-May 3

11 years ago

Too many good events in DC this week:  1. The Media & Iran's Nuclear Program: An analysis of US and…

The dark side is the bright side

11 years ago

Here is my answer to the silly Benjamin Alter and Edward Fishman "The Dark Side of Energy Independence" published in…

The world turned upside down

11 years ago

Jim Hooper, who is a treasure trove of Balkan experience, wrote to interested friends yesterday (and kindly gave me permission…

Turkey: rising influence, eroding freedoms

11 years ago

Turkey has been talking the talk of democratic reform, but has not been walking the walk. This was the conclusion…

Civilians >> chemical weapons

11 years ago

The "Salon" I did with Stanford's Lina Khatib yesterday on "Should the U.S. intervene in Syria?" focused mainly on chemical…

The referendum gambit

11 years ago

Serbian President Nikolic and his "progressive" party compatriot Deputy Prime Minister Vucic have been suggesting that a referendum might be…

Iran’s nuclear program is no bargain

11 years ago

The Iranian government prohibits the media from publicly discussing the nuclear issue, thus suppressing a domestic debate on the rationale…

Syria is not just about Syria

11 years ago

Lina Khatib and Larry Diamond have a good piece outlining the case for intervening in Syria over at theatlantic.com.  They…