The audience for the President's speech last night on the Strategic Partnership agreement with Afghanistan was the American electorate, but…
President Obama flew in secret today to Kabul, where he signed with President Karzai the strategic partnership agreement that will…
Mona Makram-Ebeid, a determined human and women's rights advocate and Egyptian politician, returned to the Middle East Institute today, just…
I had a visit today from Iraqis concerned about Prime Minister Maliki's growing closeness to Iran and his push to…
It's a quieter week on the international front than in the recent past. But some good events nevertheless: 1. A…
With U.S. officials saying--malgre' moi--that the Annan plan is already failing, the White House is pledging to ramp up pressure…
The conviction of former Liberian president Charles Taylor more than a decade after the war crimes he aided and abetted…
Here is a piece I did for Al-Monitor.com, which they posted yesterday, under the title "UN Just Getting Started in…
How much time is required to decide if the UN observers in Syria are failing? If you are the New…
The United States and Afghanistan today initialed a strategic partnership agreement that reportedly commits Washington to support Kabul for ten…