Talking Turkey

14 years ago

There were Turks in town this week.  Well-informed ones who spoke off the record at a meeting that included other…

Who is Ivica Dačić?

14 years ago

Milan Marinkovic writes from Niš: Perhaps Serbia still does not know who is going to be its next president, but…

Rebalancing should be the order of the day

14 years ago

Having spent some time earlier this week listening to people who think war is becoming obsolete, it is hard not…

Ineffective solutions to the wrong problem

14 years ago

John Kerry's renewed advocacy of safe zones and possible arming of the Syrian opposition provokes me to repeat what I've…

War on war

14 years ago

The newly established North America office of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute directed by Chantal de Jonge Oudraat yesterday…

Trouble in Balochistan

14 years ago

Eric Shu reports on the National Endowment on Democracy event May 2 on "Threats to Democracy in Balochistan": Malik Siraj…

This week’s peace picks

14 years ago

1. His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations:  Building and Sustaining Peace: The UN Role in Post-Conflict Situations,…

A bad election trifecta

14 years ago

There were three elections today conducted in the shadow of Europe's austerity measures and impending recession:  France, Greece and Serbia. …

Glass empty

14 years ago

Yesterday's Middle East Institute discussion of Hamas's shifting political calculations, moderated by Phil Wilcox of the Foundation for Middle East…

True courage

14 years ago

Just a Friday reminder from central Damascus that true courage is not lacking in Syria: