Syria options

13 years ago

With Washington still undecided what to do about Syria, it is time to look again at military options.  The regime…

To Albin and Shpend from Ed

13 years ago

Ed Joseph, my colleague here at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, offers this open memo to our…

Thaci: a fine performance

13 years ago

I tweeted most of the substance of what Kosovo Prime Minister Thaci had to say today at Johns Hopkins' School…

We all have problems

13 years ago

I tweeted this morning about my weekend in Doha: Hard to imagine a more telling indictment of US energy policy…

Bahrain: silence is a war crime

13 years ago

Protests in Bahrain have attracted media coverage outside the country, but there has been little international attention paid to its…

Is war inevitable?

13 years ago

This brings us to Iran. With the first round of the Iranian presidential election on Friday, the West is once…

The real scandal

13 years ago

Edward Snowden, the techie who revealed top secret National Security Agency collection programs, has opened a debate that was overdue: …

Peace Picks, June 10-14

13 years ago

1. Drones and the Future of Counterterrorism in Pakistan, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Monday, June 10 / 5:00pm -…

The West needs to explain

13 years ago

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, one of the better speakers on the hummus circuit these days, started this evening's rhetorical stemwinder…

Iran: something interesting

13 years ago

This I missed:  Iran's presidential candidates sweeping the floor with Saeed Jalili, the apparent front runner, for lack of seriousness…