I don't often write about Israel/Palestine issues. There are many other well-informed and intelligent people devoting their professional lives to…
A light week as Washington gets back into the swing of things after the holidays. 1. Crux of Asia Conference,…
Today's "sermon" by President Asad, delivered it is said at the Damascus Opera House, is worth a glance. It tells…
A Syrian reader, Hashem al Shamy (whom I know only as an occasional commenter on peacefare.net) writes (with some small…
I have generally appreciated the work of Andrew Tabler and his colleagues on Syria. It is hard-hitting, clever and up…
I gather the Serbian parliament will not actually approve the Fantasyland platform for Kosovo but will instead pass a resolution containing…
Reuters published this piece today, under what I regard as the misleading title "Will this be the year that Israel…
Hashem Alshamy, a Syrian reader, criticized peacefare.net today: Sincerely, I have been disappointed with your overtly focus on “post-conflict” suggestions,…
My Twitterfeed this morning is full of references to a video of Syria's thugs finishing off rebels with knives and…
Publication of my reflections on Kosovo's new year made me wonder why I hadn't done a comparable piece on Serbia. …