A new map

13 years ago

Professor Ian Lustick of the University of Pennsylvania thinks Israel needs a new map, as the old Zionist one is…

Only Beppe Grillo knows

13 years ago

The Italian elections continue to provide amusement, albeit far from my usual obsession with war and peace.  At this writing,…

Peace Picks: February 25 to March 1

13 years ago

A relatively quiet but high quality week:  1.  Al Qaeda in the United States Date and Time: February 26 2013,…

Banks, Church and government

13 years ago

Son Adam, who spent six of his first eleven years living in Italy, suggested in a Tweet: Someone needs to…

Tunisia: stalled

13 years ago

With no constitution written and no date yet for elections, the political transition in Tunisia is stalled. At SAIS’s Thursday…

Labored mightily and brought forth…

13 years ago

Rick Barton, the State Department's Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO), did a public briefing at the Council…

Doing little and doing a lot

13 years ago

Iran and North Korea are the two big nuclear non-proliferation challenges of our day.  Iran is moving to acquire a…

A Syrian vision of tomorrow

13 years ago

While the official Syrian Coalition of Revolutionary and Opposition Forces has outlined a possible but still unlikely political process, I spent…

Treachery could go a long way

13 years ago

With appreciation to the Etilaf  (National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces) media department, here is the Interim Political…

Africa’s drylands: dangers and opportunities

13 years ago

Hye Jung Han, one of my master's students at SAIS, reports from a SAIS event last week.  The speaker was…