It’s not only Libya

14 years ago

A lot of people seem to be surprised that Libyans have taken up the cudgels against the Benghazi militias thought…

Less bang, fewer bucks

14 years ago

“Violence is not the way to resolve political disputes,” declared GlobalSolutions.org President Bob Enholm at yesterday's event, co-sponsored with Partnership…

The closer

14 years ago

We hear a lot more about international intervention missions opening than we do about their closing.  This is not as…

Entitlement at home and abroad

14 years ago

The Mitt Romney video has set me thinking about entitlement.  I have sat at a lot of fancy dinner tables…

Who will make you safer?

14 years ago

The big news of the past two days is the Romney video that has him dissing 47% of the electorate…

שנה טובה! لله أكبر

14 years ago

It is Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the seventh month, when Jews celebrate the new year and creation of…

This week’s peace picks

14 years ago

A relatively light week as fall begins, with development, diplomacy and peacekeeping in the limelight: 1. Ambassador Ryan Crocker on…

GOP critique: trade and Iraq

14 years ago

This is the sixth installment in a series responding to the Romney campaign’s list of ten failures in Obama’s foreign…

A reader’s challenge

14 years ago

A reader challenges me: I was surprised at this statement: "Muslims lost people and respect in the West, where no…

A really bad day

14 years ago

The Muslim world has had a busy Friday trashing U.S. embassies and killing Muslims.  The latest death toll I've seen…