Max Boot in the Washington Post today makes the case for U.S.-led military intervention in Syria. Zack Beauchamp at foreignpolicy.com…
Zara Bozinovska of the Skopje daily Dnevnik asked some questions. I replied. I've touched up the questions a little, just…
Here is the audio of Melissa Block's NPR piece on Syria from All Things Considered Yesterday. It features Anne-Marie Slaughter,…
I rarely write about Italy, where I spent 10 years (during three tours) at the U.S. embassy. We left via…
Is there anyone still out there who thinks we can achieve our goals in Afghanistan? Yes is the short answer. …
Quiet until Thursday, when there is a boom of interesting events: 1. Domestic Politics and Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations: A Perspective…
My friend in Niš, Milan Marinković, has been watching north Kosovo from a perch not far away. He writes: Last…
Bashar al Assad and his opponents have now both rejected Kofi Annan's mission impossible. On behalf of the UN and…
Libya's interim prime minister, Abdel-Rahim el Keib, at the Carnegie Endowment this morning laid out a clear and unequivocal vision…
A couple of birdies have flown into Washington from Iraq recently. They had interesting, but very different, things to say.…