Illiberal Egypt

13 years ago

My Twitterfeed is full of people bemoaning Egyptian President Morsi's crackdown on protests against his ramrodding of the new constitution…

The proverbial hammer

13 years ago

Today greeted me with two contradictory headlines.  Fareed Zakaria urged a beginning to the end of the war on terror. …

Hanging tough

13 years ago

Egyptian President Morsi's speech this afternoon was profoundly uncompromising.  He denounced what he sees as opposition-inspired violence, suggested it was…

Consequences

13 years ago

The NBC report that Bashar al Asad is preparing chemical weapons for use has generated a contradictory response:  President Obama,…

A new idea

13 years ago

I don't often hear new ideas from the Balkans.  Most of what passes for innovation there is rehashed from the…

Listing

13 years ago

The signs that Bashar al Asad is in serious trouble are many: His security forces are having a hard time…

Downward spiral

13 years ago

That's where the Israel/Palestine negotiations are headed, at least for the moment.  BATNA is your "best alternative to a negotiated…

An-Nahda in the hot seat

13 years ago

A small group gathered Tuesday at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy to hear Mohamed Bechri, economics professor and…

This week’s peace picks

13 years ago

December starts with a busy week.   1. Working in Fragile States:  Conflict Sensitivity and Peacebuilding with Impact, Monday December…

Iraq untethered

13 years ago

I've got a piece with that title in the December issue of Current History.  Too bad they left an earlier…