Where diplomats earn their pinstripes

14 years ago

Hillary Clinton's visit today to Egypt this weekend is one of those awkward diplomatic moments:  she has to convey to…

Milestone on a bumpy road

14 years ago

Ilona Gerbakher reports: Wednesday’s Atlantic Council discussion on the results of the Libyan election veered between exuberance and caution. Gregory…

Benghazi needs a hug

14 years ago

Foreignpolicy.com has published this piece, based on my personal experience observing the July 7 Libyan elections in Benghazi: Shouts of…

Hope does not erase scepticism

14 years ago

I was enjoying the pleasures of Benghazi ten days ago when the conference on Afghanistan adopted the Tokyo Mutual Accountability…

Iraq and its Arab neighbors: no port in the storm

14 years ago

Speakers painted a bleak picture of a lebanized Iraq, weakened by internal divisions and unable to craft coherent regional policies,…

At last

14 years ago

The defections in the last few days of a senior Syrian republican guard commander and Damascus' ambassador to Iraq could…

This week’s peace picks

14 years ago

1. Front Burner: Al Qaeda's Attack on the USS Cole, Heritage Foundation, 12-1 pm July 10   Event Details  …

Hang together

14 years ago

There is something special about celebrating July 4 in Tripoli.  This is a country that made a revolution only after…

Elections are the means, legitimacy the end

14 years ago

Again from Tripoli: Even in a country as small (6.4 million people) as Libya, an election is a complicated affair. …

Libyan bellwether

14 years ago

From Tripoli: It is hard not to share Libyans' affection for their revolution.  They are thrilled with themselves.  Qaddafi seemed…