Let your people go!

14 years ago

Tonight is the Jewish festival of Passover, when we celebrate liberation.  Last year, I called this season the Passover of…

Believe what they do

14 years ago

While Eric Trager over at the Washington Institute continues to warn that Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood seeks a monopoly on power,…

Empty threat?

14 years ago

Kurdistan Regional President Masoud Barzani in a soft-spoken but hard-hitting performance today at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy…

David Kanin responds

14 years ago

David Kanin writes, in response to my last:  Dan-- Thank you for sending me your twist on our discussion--it's your…

Serbia*

14 years ago

Yesterday's shoot out over the Kosovo asterisk surprised me.  David Kanin conceded the merits of my argument that legally UN…

*?

14 years ago

I debate David Kanin, my colleague here at SAIS, today on the question the asterisk* question.  Here are the notes…

Time to clean under the rug

14 years ago

Milan Marinković writes again from Niš, about 100 miles from the Serbia/Macedonia border: For years Macedonia has seemed a forgotten…

Tune in to state TV

14 years ago

With all the brouhaha this morning about Arab Gulf states agreeing to pay the Free Syria Army, the real news…

Peace picks this week

14 years ago

The big event is Carnegie's with Islamists on Thursday, but the week somehow starts on Wednesday with an event of…

The road to Damascus runs through Moscow

14 years ago

The Syrian National Council (SNC) issued its Covenant this week, while the Friends of Syria today issued the Chairman's conclusions…