May the best man win

13 years ago

Suffolk, VA.  If you are interested in how Virginia might go in the presidential contest, I'm afraid I can't enlighten. …

This week’s peace picks

13 years ago

It’s a relatively light week for foreign policy events with all eyes focused on the US elections. 1. Political Shiism…

Virginia is for…

13 years ago

Suffolk, Virginia.  Yesterday I saw the Obama ground game at full throttle for the first time.  Lots of volunteers knocking…

Nothing to fear but…

13 years ago

Suffolk, Virginia:  Yesterday I canvassed mostly in outlying districts of Suffolk where the houses are large and the plots of…

Getting my signals straight

13 years ago

Suffolk, Virginia.  I ran this morning in the beautiful Cedar Hills Cemetery and environs, which are mostly Black neighborhoods close…

Two years young

13 years ago

Peacefare.net is completing its second year today.  The Googlestats read as follows: Visits: 37,254 Unique Visitors: 20,224 Pageviews: 63,310 Pages…

Half the population, plus

13 years ago

Salma Berrada, who has recently joined me as a Middle East Institute intern, makes her debut on peacefare with this…

Tidewater here I come

13 years ago

Most peacefare readers know me as a foreign policy person.  I've worked for the United Nations, the State Department and…

No magic wand

13 years ago

François Heisbourg advocates NATO-backed military intervention in Syria without a UN Security Council resolution, based on Turkey's right to self-defense…

My advice

13 years ago

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU High Representative Katherine Ashton will be in the Balkans together this week. Their…