It is hard for me to know what to make of the Global Peace Index (GPI), the 2012 version of…
Tomislav Nikolic's inauguration as President of Serbia went well: he pledged Serbia to a European future, committed himself to resolving…
I won't even try to link to the multitudes who have declared the Annan plan for Syria a failure and…
Not a slow week, but one with a bit longer term focus than some: 1. Persian subversion: Can America withstand…
Gregor Nazarian writes: We are used to bad news from Africa. The antidote was Wednesday's discussion at Johns Hopkins/SAIS of…
Kofi Annan complains: Some say that the plan may be dead. Is the problem the plan or is the problem…
If you don't want to be live-tweeted, don't speak to a group in their 20s! My 5-7 minutes or so…
I know I'll get lots of flak for this post, which Al-Monitor.com published yesterday under the headline "Vote Shafiq: Warts…
Gregor Nazarian, who has joined me for the summer as a Middle East Institute intern, writes: Syria said yesterday that…
No, in a word. Not yet. While the press waxes alarmist, what is happening resembles nothing more than the usual…