Well managed conflicts are hard to resolve

12 years ago

This makes sense of course.  Why bother paying the high price resolution usually entails if the cost of continuing in…

Leverage without a fulcrum

12 years ago

The International Peace Institute published this piece today on its Global Observatory under the title "With Democracy, Security at Stake in…

Peace picks, August 19-23

12 years ago

Slowest Washington week for war and peace events in a long time: 1. Al Qaeda and its Affiliates: On Life…

Egypt’s new autocracy

12 years ago

Motives can be hard to discern, especially if those who hold them say little.  So far, the Egyptian army has…

Mubarak’s last laugh

12 years ago

My friends at the New York Times are repeating their call to cut off military aid to Egypt in response…

Alas, poor Egypt

12 years ago

The big issue on everyone's mind today is the crackdown in Egypt.  Here is how I've answered a few of…

Bad but not hopeless

12 years ago

News from the Arab uprisings this morning is particularly grim: In Egypt, the police and army are attacking pro-Morsi demonstrators, causing…

Syrians are getting serious

12 years ago

The Syrian Expert House (which claims to be "a group of approximately 300 Syrian human rights activists, academics, judges, lawyers,…

Peace picks, August 12-16

12 years ago

Just a few events in DC during a quiet mid-August week: 1.  Between War & Peace: Do We Need New…

Mapping Syrian civil society

12 years ago

My two Middle East Institute interns, Ala' Alrababa'h and Idon Natanzon, have spent time this summer talking to civil society…