The new good news from Afghanistan

13 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

13 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

13 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

13 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

13 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

13 years ago

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

Splitting the difference

13 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

13 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

13 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

13 years ago

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