Anything but Syria

12 years ago

Danya Greenfield, moderator of Thursday's Atlantic Council event on Yemen, joked that it is nice to discuss something other than…

Putin’s drivel

12 years ago

Vladimir Putin's op ed in the New York Times was last night's and this morning's hot topic.  It really doesn't…

Don’t bank on diplomacy yet

12 years ago

President Obama last night tentatively accepted Putin’s paddle and began his effort to paddle away from military action, which faced…

Putin’s paddle

12 years ago

Yesterday's strange idea is today's hot topic:  the proposition that Bashar al Asad will destroy chemical weapons he refuses to…

Peace picks, September 9-13

12 years ago

Here are this week's peace picks, courtesy of newly arrived Middle East Institute assistant Sarah Saleeb.  We are still working…

Crisis breeds strange ideas

12 years ago

Secretary of State Kerry today floated the idea that has been kicking around:  Bashar al Asad can avoid an American…

No evidence I used CW on my people

12 years ago

That's Bashar al Asad's defense, according to Charlie Rose: The full interview will be broadcast tomorrow. All we've got so…

All in, or not

12 years ago

Whether President Obama will get Congressional backing for strikes on Syria's capability of using chemical weapons will be decided in…

Preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons

12 years ago

Sidney Balman, barely arrived Middle East Institute research assistant, reports: While attention this week is focused mainly on Syria, nuclear…

Too narrow broadens

12 years ago

The Syria war resolution approved in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee goes a long way to correcting the problems in…