The fireman of last resort

11 years ago

It is striking that the first comments on Fred Hof's Washington Post piece today advocating U.S. support for a "nonsectarian,"…

Show me

11 years ago

The Project on Middle East Democracy and the Hariri Center at the Atlantic Council put out a letter to President…

We expect our friends to govern well

11 years ago

Margarita Kadriu, editor of the Pristina daily Kosova Sot, asked some questions.  Here is what I replied.  The interview should…

Nowruz/Passover/Easter: better than expected

11 years ago

I did not anticipate how well President Obama's visit to Israel, Palestine and Jordan would go last week.  I was…

Irregular triangle: Turkey-Iran-Russia

11 years ago

Turkey, Russia and Iran are key players in the Middle East.  Understanding their relations is important background to the current…

The meat ax is easier to wield than a scalpel

11 years ago

I wrote this piece a few weeks ago for the March-April issue of Stability Operations, which has been put up…

Can Syria be saved?

11 years ago

I spoke yesterday on "Can Syria Be Saved" at the Italian Institute of International Affairs (IAI).  I was honored at…

Final SIGIR report is deficient

11 years ago

Gary Vogler, former senior oil consultant to US Forces Iraq, writes: Sunday, 17 March marked the 10th anniversary of the…

Doing the right thing

11 years ago

Belgrade daily Blic asked this afternoon: We would like your short[ly] comment on the statement of president of Serbia Mr.…

Can we do better today than 10 years ago?

11 years ago

There will be a lot of discussion today of the Iraq war:  why did we do it, who won, what…