No easy call

12 years ago

Having written Tuesday that President Obama should be considering a no-fly zone in Syria, I was surprised but pleased to…

Serbia needs to accept Kosovo’s borders

12 years ago

A recent interview I gave to Marko Matic of e-Novine has attracted a good deal of attention in the Balkans. …

Anything but

12 years ago

President Obama yesterday told the world--and Bashar al Asad--all too clearly what he plans to do about Syria:  nothing, so…

Why Bosnia can’t be divided

12 years ago

Some of my Twitter colleagues (antagonists?) are interested in my answering this question: #Serbia can join the #EU without #Kosovo,…

This week’s peace picks

12 years ago

Another quiet week in DC as the summer nears its end 1. U.S. Drones Policy: Strategic Frameworks and Measuring Effects,…

An odd place to start

12 years ago

Milan Marinković continues his discussion of the first phase of the new Serbian government:  “If the reports I am getting from…

Eid mubarak!

12 years ago

Today and tomorrow mark the end of the month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast during the day.  Tonight and tomorrow…

Wishing Brahimi well, despite the odds

12 years ago

Yesterday's Security Council decision to end the UN Supervisory Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) is one of those inevitable moves that…

There is good news and bad news

12 years ago

The good news is that Iraq has lots of oil.  The bad news is that Iraq has lots of oil. …

On course for war with Iran

12 years ago

Ilona Gerbakher reports from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies: Yesterday’s Middle East Institute panel at SAIS presented…