The coming week’s peace picks

14 years ago

Too  much this week, and most of it happening Wednesday: 1.  Are economic sanctions the key to resolving the nuclear…

Kofi time

14 years ago

Huffington Post has just published my latest on Syria: With Kofi Annan chosen to be the joint UN/Arab League Special…

Serbia, Kosovo and 1244

14 years ago

1244 is the UN Security Council resolution that ended the NATO/Yugoslavia war over Kosovo in 1999.  Today in Brussels, Pristina…

From rebellion to revolution

14 years ago

The Irmgard Coninx Stiftung at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung is circulating this notice for scholars, activists and journalists: 16th…

A year on in North Africa

14 years ago

I enjoyed a fine event yesterday at an undisclosed location discussing north Africa from the Mediterranean littoral to northern Nigeria. …

Bear apparent

14 years ago

The Russian role in the Balkans has long been of great concern to some of my Western-oriented friends there, even…

A bridge too far

14 years ago

Marc Lynch, in an otherwise convincing report advocating vigorous diplomatic rather than military means in dealing with Syria, goes a…

Pyramid scheme

14 years ago

I am indebted for this post to a Facebook note from Tamara Wittes pointing out her optimistic testimony on Egypt,…

This week’s peace picks

14 years ago

I somehow managed to commit myself to three events this week, one off-the-record and two public:  on Syria with Mona…

Wising up

14 years ago

Two weeks ago, I was getting ready to write a post suggesting that Bashar al Assad would likely win his…