The land of dead is alive

13 years ago

The vast problems facing Mali and the greater Sahara region can be illustrated geographically. To provide a sense of scale,…

No questions are a bad sign

13 years ago

Myanmar's President Thein Sein put on a good show at SAIS yesterday.  In his prepared remarks, he talked about: His…

The jig is up, time to waltz

13 years ago

Jerry Gallucci, who is an eloquent spokesman for the views of northern Kosovo Serbs, writes: No matter what the Kosovo…

Peace Picks, May 20-24th

13 years ago

A busy week with the Hill active and the Sahel attracting more attention than usual: 1. Jihad and Politics in…

Politics are the enemy of negotiations

13 years ago

The discussion surrounding the Palestine/Israel conflict continues to be split between pessimists and optimists. Jane Harman, president of the Woodrow…

Odd duck

13 years ago

I livetweeted Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's appearance in Washington at SETA (a Turkish thinktank for political, economic social research) yesterday,…

Territorial claims or good neighbors

13 years ago

Serbian President Nikolic said today: We are not giving Kosovo away. And [the] Bundestag should think about what kind of…

Ten things the president should be doing

13 years ago

Herewith my short list of ten international issues more worthy of presidential attention than the issues that are getting it…

CYA*

13 years ago

I repeat what I said yesterday:  "The editing of the Benghazi talking points strikes me as unworthy of a news…

What me worry?

13 years ago

I have a skeptical reaction to the current Washington scandals.  The editing of the Benghazi talking points strikes me as…