Israel’s unexpected election results

13 years ago

Aya Fasih reports on two discussions last week of the Israeli elections: Israeli elections have always had wider implications for…

Egypt off course, again

13 years ago

Unrest in Egypt on the January 25 second anniversary of the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak was easy to predict. …

A state in search of itself

13 years ago

Laurentina Cizza, the second of my Middle East Institute interns this semester, makes her peacefare.net debut with this piece on…

An exclusive club, not the movies

13 years ago

Danijela Milinkovic at Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti asked me some questions.  I responded a week ago.  I gather they published…

Preventing violent conflict after Asad

13 years ago

This is a paper I prepared for USAID, which hosted a discussion last week.  The questions are theirs, the answers…

Masterful

13 years ago

Secretary of State-designate John Kerry was masterful today in his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing.  It wasn't so much…

Egypt two years on

13 years ago

The Egyptian revolution will be two years young tomorrow.  What has it accomplished?  Where does it stand?  Where is it…

What would a patriot do?

13 years ago

I have no way of knowing who is responsible for a series of incidents in Kosovo targeting Serbs.  What I…

Today’s hearings

13 years ago

Secretary of State Clinton answered questions for umpteen hours today in the House and Senate on the September 11 attack…

Next steps in Syria

13 years ago

Many observers regard appointment of an interim government by the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as a…