Algeria: is stability stable?

12 years ago

Thursday's discussion at SAIS's Center for Transatlantic Relations of Algeria After the Elections:  Now What? left the audience wondering whether…

Syria: what now?

12 years ago

This is a piece of mine Reuters published this afternoon under the headline "Here’s how to handle Syria":   Bashar…

Block that kick!

12 years ago

A correspondent sent me this English translation of the transcript of Greek political leaders meeting on May 16, published on the…

Iraq watchers, watch this

12 years ago

The National Democratic Institute (NDI) April 2012 Iraq polling sheds expected but clear light on the political situation there:  especially…

Is the Arab awakening marginalizing women?

12 years ago

The short answer is "yes," judging from Monday's discussion at the Woodrow Wilson Center.  I missed the beginning but watched…

Never again?

12 years ago

Emir Suljagić, who survived the Srebrenica massacre at the age of 19, writes from Sarajevo: Here is what's happening in…

MEK, yech

12 years ago

This morning's report that the State Department is close to a decision expected to de-list the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) as a…

Time for Athens to export stability

12 years ago

I spent a good part of yesterday on one of my least favorite topics:  the name of the country whose…

Chicago holds a key to the Balkans

12 years ago

Soren Jessen-Petersen* and I drafted this piece as an op/ed but it didn't sell.  Sign of our times--the Balkans are…

This week’s peace picks

12 years ago

Are things slowing down, or is it just me?  Still some excellent events: 1. Is the Arab Awakening Marginalizing Women? …