NATO preparations for military intervention in Syria are again in the news. The Obama Administration is looking for Plan B. …
That was my title for a piece The Guardian published this morning as UN observers in Syria must show courage…
The Washington Post reports today that the CIA wants to expand drone attacks in Yemen: Securing permission to use these…
I spoke today at the World Bank on "Kosovo in 2012: Prospects for Turning Fragility into Long-Term Stability." Here are…
1. What’s Next? Mali in the Aftermath of the March 22 Coup d’Etat, SAIS, 12:30-2 pm April 16 Hosted By:…
The P5+1 (permanent five members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) finally met in Istanbul today with Iran and…
We got lucky Friday: the ceasefire in Syria mostly held. But luck is not a policy. Today things are falling…
I'm speaking at noon with Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman and former Iraqi UN Deputy Perm Rep Feisal Istrabadi…
While Andrew Tabler, surely one of the best Syria analysts in DC, already denounced the ceasefire as a failure yesterday,…
Tomorrow's P5 + 1 (that's the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China + Germany) talks in Istanbul with Iran promise to…