Best freebie next week

12 years ago

Game Changer: Policy and Politics   For a New Middle East   The Grand Hyatt Hotel  1000 H Street NW…

Addio, addio

12 years ago

It has taken far too long for Italy to say goodbye to Silvio Berlusconi. It will take a bit longer…

IAEA suggests Iran going nuclear

12 years ago

This IAEA report sounds pretty tame in bureaucratese, but it in effect says the UN agency can't confirm that Iran…

Arab spring needs economic reform

12 years ago

Economic factors cannot entirely explain the Arab Spring, though they certainly played an important role. Whether positive change ultimately prevails…

Crooks, fools and optimists

12 years ago

Discussions of Bosnia tend to rehash a relatively few themes:  how the Dayton agreements are flawed, whether the High Representative…

Nuclear cabal

12 years ago

The big news today is Iran's progress towards nuclear weapons.  The reports are based on information reported to have been…

Patriotism, not treason

12 years ago

I surprised a Kosovar visitor this morning with an idea I thought I had published long ago but now can't…

Boren graduate fellowships

12 years ago

Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 to U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their…

This week’s “peace picks”

12 years ago

Very busy calendar the first part of the week.  Remember there may be registration and RSVP requirements not cited here. …

Eid Mubarak!

12 years ago

Tomorrow evening begins Eid al-Adha, the Muslim feast of the sacrifice, commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, as commanded…