Ken Pollack has written a highly readable but serious and in-depth book claiming that--contrary to US government policy, Congressional sentiment…
The Festival au Désert will return to Timbuktu January 9-11. If you already have what I call Foreign Legionnaire's disease,…
This morning's breakfast discussion at the Atlantic Council of prospects for a political settlement in Syria focused mainly on whether…
It will take me more time and energy than I can spare from the Middle East these days to plow…
A colleague writes in reaction to the news of Syrian rebel groups abandoning the exile Syrian Coalition in favor an…
There was a lot of buzz after President Obama and President Rouhani spoke on the phone Friday afternoon. Some were…
The beginning of the Syrian revolution in March 2011 provided a window of opportunity for change in women’s rights. But…
Fine, timely events this week in DC: 1. Reform Under Rouhani: Assessing Positive Change in Iran Monday, September 30, 2013,…
President Obama mentioned Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's fatwa against nuclear weapons in his speech last week at the United Nations…
I hope you'll excuse me for not getting too excited about President Obama's call to President Rouhani yesterday. I find…