The joke is on us

14 years ago

The temptation to do an April Fool's post is great, but the barriers are greater:  how can anyone joke about…

Missive offense and defense

14 years ago

America's patriots were hard at work this week, not attacking the nation's enemies but each other.  First the Romney brigade…

Maliki wins another bet

14 years ago

Nouri al Maliki, the prime minister orginally chosen in 2006 because he and his Dawa party were regarded as too…

Here’s the rub

14 years ago

We are coming to a critical and delicate moment in the diplomacy about Syria.  The Annan peace plan, which does…

Dumb and dumber

14 years ago

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić yesterday announced the arrest of two Kosovo Albanians in retaliation for the arrest of four…

Geography and oil are fate

14 years ago

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki seems for the moment to be winning his high stakes bet on hosting the…

U.S. policy on the Western Balkans

14 years ago

The Johns Hopkins/SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations today published Unfinished Business - The Western Balkans and the International Community.  Editors…

This week’s peace picks

14 years ago

Maybe I'm getting more exigent.  Just four events this week, though the first first one lasts three days: 1. Southeast…

The long shadow of European shoppers

14 years ago

If there is one thing I've learned in Rome over the past week, it's that this morning's headlines are correct: …

Arms and the man

14 years ago

My friends and colleagues are all over the lot on Syria.  One suggests we consider going to war against Bashar…