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…

Keep going in the right direction

13 years ago

Here is my full testimony this afternoon to the Subcommitee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats of the House Committee…

Not ideal, but clearly a step forward

13 years ago

Lady Ashton’s patience has paid off. Belgrade and Priština have finally reached a compromise on integration of four Serb-dominated municipalities…

The storm passes but clouds remain

13 years ago

Ganimete Asllani-Price, who is doing her doctorate at Queen's University Belfast, writes:  On Sunday, Kosovo’s parliament convened to discuss and…

Don’t believe a word

13 years ago

These are early days in the investigation of the Boston marathon bombings.  Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has barely begun to communicate. …