How do you know when the revolutionaries are losing? When the world starts lining up to arm them. The latest…
A Kosovar friend sent me this triumphalist claim of Serbian victory in the recent agreement between Belgrade and Pristina on…
Today's news from Syria is bad, really bad for those of us who hope to see a more open and…
There are things wrong with the U.S./North Korea nuclear deal announced in parallel by both sides (but not published) today:…
Chalk up one more for arming Syria's rebels and creating safe corridors. To his credit, Roger Cohen also cites the…
The military also uses the term "goat rope," which might be more appropriate to Afghan conditions. Whichever. This war has…
Too much this week, and most of it happening Wednesday: 1. Are economic sanctions the key to resolving the nuclear…
Huffington Post has just published my latest on Syria: With Kofi Annan chosen to be the joint UN/Arab League Special…
1244 is the UN Security Council resolution that ended the NATO/Yugoslavia war over Kosovo in 1999. Today in Brussels, Pristina…
The Irmgard Coninx Stiftung at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung is circulating this notice for scholars, activists and journalists: 16th…