This week’s peace picks

12 years ago

The dog days of summer are over as far as DC events are concerned 1. A Conversation with Rudwan Dawod on his Incarceration…

Autopilot to a crash landing

12 years ago

Kurt Bassuener of the Democratization Policy Council, who lives and works in Sarajevo, reacted to my latest on Bosnia with…

An important beginning

12 years ago

“The Day After” study, published this week, is intended to support a democratic transition in Syria.  The study was prepared…

Exceptionally American

12 years ago

I might be tempted to do a full critique of the foreign policy portion of the Republican platform, which calls…

Bear hug

12 years ago

Milan Marinković of Niš continues his series on the new government in Belgrade:  Last week Serbian defense minister Aleksandar Vučić spent…

The antidote to a “huge trend of lying”

12 years ago

There is so much bad news from Syria that it counts as good news when someone undertakes a serious effort…

This week’s peace picks

12 years ago

1. Indonesia's Performance and Prospects, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Tuesday August 28, 12:00pm-2:00pm Venue: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , 1779 Massachusetts…

America should not play Asad’s game

12 years ago

David Rohde asks "Is Syria America's Responsibility?"  But he never really answers that question, which is a good one.  Instead…

A good idea

12 years ago

It is difficult to imagine a good reason for the persistence of the Nonaligned Movement, which will hold a summit…

What they don’t want anyone to hear

12 years ago

War in northern Mali has displaced hundreds of thousands. The Islamist rebels there have now prohibited secular music on the…