Bosnia: the fighting continues

13 years ago

American lawyers ask me from time to time to testify in immigration cases for people from the Balkans.  If they…

Inviolability is like beauty

13 years ago

Unwilling to pledge adherence if a referendum on the Belgrade/Pristina normalization agreement fails, the Serbian opposition and its allies in…

The Americans are coming

13 years ago

President Obama, bless his heart, is sending John Kerry off to Moscow next week to convince the Russians that something…

Fool me twice, shame on me

13 years ago

The discussion Monday at the Wilson Center of "The Media and Iran's Nuclear Program:  An Analysis of US and UK…

Between Iraq and a hard place

13 years ago

World Politics Review published this piece I did for them on Iraq this morning, under the heading "Politically Exposed, Iraq's…

Peace Picks April 29-May 3

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…