Hagel needs Hegel

13 years ago

I don't often write about Israel/Palestine issues.  There are many other well-informed and intelligent people devoting their professional lives to…

This week’s peace picks

13 years ago

A light week as Washington gets back into the swing of things after the holidays.   1. Crux of Asia Conference,…

Alas, poor Bashar

13 years ago

Today's "sermon" by President Asad, delivered it is said at the Damascus Opera House, is worth a glance.  It tells…

Syria is getting what Assad wants

13 years ago

A Syrian reader, Hashem al Shamy (whom I know only as an occasional commenter on peacefare.net) writes (with some small…

Syria needs a good negotiated settlement

13 years ago

I have generally appreciated the work of Andrew Tabler and his colleagues on Syria.  It is hard-hitting, clever and up…

My Fantasyland

13 years ago

I gather the Serbian parliament will not actually approve the Fantasyland platform for Kosovo but will instead pass a resolution containing…

War with Iran in 2013?

13 years ago

Reuters published this piece today, under what I regard as the misleading title "Will this be the year that Israel…

What is to be done

13 years ago

Hashem Alshamy, a Syrian reader, criticized peacefare.net today: Sincerely, I have been disappointed with your overtly focus on “post-conflict” suggestions,…

War’s end can be deadly too

13 years ago

My Twitterfeed this morning is full of references to a video of Syria's thugs finishing off rebels with knives and…

Serbia’s new year

13 years ago

Publication of my reflections on Kosovo's new year made me wonder why I hadn't done a comparable piece on Serbia. …