As regular readers will have noticed, I've avoided writing about the Balkans lately. There are a lot more interesting things…
I might wish that were the name of William Dobson's book about how dictators are adjusting to contemporary pro-democracy rebellions,…
Ilona Gerbakher wasn't entirely happy with the earlier draft of her piece, which I posted prematurely. So I am posting…
Russia is not America's "number one geopolitical foe," as Governor Romney suggested in March, but newly reelected President Putin is…
The significance of today's joint Obama/Putin call for democratic transition in Syria is, as usual, in what is not mentioned. …
The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has conducted an autocoup (that's a coup conducted by people already…
We are down to four-day weeks, but lots of interesting events anyway: 1. Egypt’s Elections: The End of the Revolution, …
Uncertainty is breaking out all over the Greater Middle East. With Crown Prince Nayef's death in Saudi Arabia, the House…
Gregor Nazarian reports from Friday afternoon's discussion of the QDDR at USIP (I've already offered some general reflections on what…
USIP yesterday morning hosted a meeting on the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR). I heard a lot of good…