Too many good events in DC this week: 1. The Media & Iran's Nuclear Program: An analysis of US and…
Here is my answer to the silly Benjamin Alter and Edward Fishman "The Dark Side of Energy Independence" published in…
Jim Hooper, who is a treasure trove of Balkan experience, wrote to interested friends yesterday (and kindly gave me permission…
Turkey has been talking the talk of democratic reform, but has not been walking the walk. This was the conclusion…
The "Salon" I did with Stanford's Lina Khatib yesterday on "Should the U.S. intervene in Syria?" focused mainly on chemical…
Serbian President Nikolic and his "progressive" party compatriot Deputy Prime Minister Vucic have been suggesting that a referendum might be…
The Iranian government prohibits the media from publicly discussing the nuclear issue, thus suppressing a domestic debate on the rationale…
Lina Khatib and Larry Diamond have a good piece outlining the case for intervening in Syria over at theatlantic.com. They…
Yesterday's House subcommittee hearing on Kosovo and Serbia focused mainly on Chair Rohrabacher's strong advocacy of self-determination for everyone. Why,…
The latest protests against the “cleansing” of Egypt’s judiciary branch represent only one of the country’s daily political agonies. Free…