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…

Not a foreign policy Inaugural, but…

13 years ago

President Obama said little about foreign affairs in his Inauguration speech, but what he said bears more attention than it…

Peace picks this week

13 years ago

A light week after the Inauguration, with back-to-back discussions Thursday of the Israeli elections: 1.  Legacies of a Lost Empire:…

I didn’t have to wait long

13 years ago

I suggested last week that Jews might make comments as odious as Egyptian President Morsi's, which I posted. I didn't…

Another step forward

13 years ago

On January 17, the fourth round of talks on normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo was held in Brussels.…