Arab uprisings fail to satisfy the street

13 years ago

From Tunisia to Egypt new transitional leadership has yet to address the economic, security and structural grievances that triggered the…

Optimism/diplomats = courage/soldiers

13 years ago

Chas Freeman appeared Thursday at the Carnegie Endowment to introduce his new collection of essays on China, Interesting Times:  China,…

The dogs of war: bark or bite?

13 years ago

Tension has been building for weeks on the Korean peninsula.  Kim Jong-un has unleashed a string of threats against South…

The time to settle is now

13 years ago

Regular readers will find it odd that I recommend a piece by Jerry Gallucci, with whom I often disagree.  But…

The fireman of last resort

13 years ago

It is striking that the first comments on Fred Hof's Washington Post piece today advocating U.S. support for a "nonsectarian,"…

Show me

13 years ago

The Project on Middle East Democracy and the Hariri Center at the Atlantic Council put out a letter to President…

We expect our friends to govern well

13 years ago

Margarita Kadriu, editor of the Pristina daily Kosova Sot, asked some questions.  Here is what I replied.  The interview should…

Nowruz/Passover/Easter: better than expected

13 years ago

I did not anticipate how well President Obama's visit to Israel, Palestine and Jordan would go last week.  I was…

Irregular triangle: Turkey-Iran-Russia

13 years ago

Turkey, Russia and Iran are key players in the Middle East.  Understanding their relations is important background to the current…

The meat ax is easier to wield than a scalpel

13 years ago

I wrote this piece a few weeks ago for the March-April issue of Stability Operations, which has been put up…