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13 years ago

Too many good events in DC this week:  1. The Media & Iran's Nuclear Program: An analysis of US and…

The dark side is the bright side

13 years ago

Here is my answer to the silly Benjamin Alter and Edward Fishman "The Dark Side of Energy Independence" published in…

The world turned upside down

13 years ago

Jim Hooper, who is a treasure trove of Balkan experience, wrote to interested friends yesterday (and kindly gave me permission…

Turkey: rising influence, eroding freedoms

13 years ago

Turkey has been talking the talk of democratic reform, but has not been walking the walk. This was the conclusion…

Civilians >> chemical weapons

13 years ago

The "Salon" I did with Stanford's Lina Khatib yesterday on "Should the U.S. intervene in Syria?" focused mainly on chemical…

The referendum gambit

13 years ago

Serbian President Nikolic and his "progressive" party compatriot Deputy Prime Minister Vucic have been suggesting that a referendum might be…

Iran’s nuclear program is no bargain

13 years ago

The Iranian government prohibits the media from publicly discussing the nuclear issue, thus suppressing a domestic debate on the rationale…

Syria is not just about Syria

13 years ago

Lina Khatib and Larry Diamond have a good piece outlining the case for intervening in Syria over at theatlantic.com.  They…

Pandora’s box opens also in Serbia

13 years ago

Yesterday's House subcommittee hearing on Kosovo and Serbia focused mainly on Chair Rohrabacher's strong advocacy of self-determination for everyone.  Why,…

Cultivating the grassroots

13 years ago

The latest protests against the “cleansing” of Egypt’s judiciary branch represent only one of the country’s daily political agonies.  Free…