Syria can get worse

12 years ago

NATO preparations for military intervention in Syria are again in the news.  The Obama Administration is looking for Plan B. …

What good are UN observers?

12 years ago

That was my title for a piece The Guardian published this morning as UN observers in Syria must show courage…

Droning on

12 years ago

The Washington Post reports today that the CIA wants to expand drone attacks in Yemen: Securing permission to use these…

Fragility to possible stability

12 years ago

I spoke today at the World Bank on "Kosovo in 2012:  Prospects for Turning Fragility into Long-Term Stability."  Here are…

Peace picks this week

12 years ago

1.  What’s Next? Mali in the Aftermath of the March 22 Coup d’Etat, SAIS, 12:30-2 pm April 16 Hosted By:…

Low expectations met

12 years ago

The P5+1 (permanent five members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) finally met in Istanbul today with Iran and…

Luck needs a policy

12 years ago

We got lucky Friday:  the ceasefire in Syria mostly held.  But luck is not a policy.  Today things are falling…

U.S.-Iraq relations after the withdrawal

12 years ago

I'm speaking at noon with Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman and former Iraqi UN Deputy Perm Rep Feisal Istrabadi…

Working or not?

12 years ago

While Andrew Tabler, surely one of the best Syria analysts in DC, already denounced the ceasefire as a failure yesterday,…

No nukes or war

12 years ago

Tomorrow's P5 + 1 (that's the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China + Germany) talks in Istanbul with Iran promise to…