Not surprisingly, the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court decided yesterday that Ahmed Shafiq, a former Air Force general and prime minister…
Newly arrived Middle East Institute summer intern Ilona Gerbakher writes: While the world is significantly more democratic today than it…
Michelle Dunne and Dimitri Simes got it wrong in yesterday's discussion on the PBS Newshour of Russia's role in Syria.…
Yesterday UN peacekeeping under secretary general Herve Ladsous suggested that Syria is indeed in a civil war: Yes, I think…
The UN Supervision Mission in Syria has started posting its own Youtube videos (apologies if this is old news--it has…
It is hard for me to know what to make of the Global Peace Index (GPI), the 2012 version of…
Tomislav Nikolic's inauguration as President of Serbia went well: he pledged Serbia to a European future, committed himself to resolving…
I won't even try to link to the multitudes who have declared the Annan plan for Syria a failure and…
Not a slow week, but one with a bit longer term focus than some: 1. Persian subversion: Can America withstand…
Gregor Nazarian writes: We are used to bad news from Africa. The antidote was Wednesday's discussion at Johns Hopkins/SAIS of…