Getting my signals straight

14 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

14 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

14 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

14 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

14 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

14 years ago

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

Destiny or chance

14 years ago

It is still dry in Northwest DC, where I am ensconced, but NASA has provided a clear picture of our…

This week’s peace picks

14 years ago

Peacebuilding and corruption get a lot of attention this week.  I hope “Frankenstorm” won’t affect too many of the events. …

Levant maelstrom

14 years ago

"Truce" - A caricture by world-renowned Syrian cartoonest Ali Farzat who once had his fingers crushed by Syrian security forces…

Peace requires sacrifice

14 years ago

Eid al Adha, the feast that commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Ishmael (and Ishmael's acceptance) in the Koranic version of…