This week’s peace picks

14 years ago

Quiet until Thursday, when there is a boom of interesting events: 1.  Domestic Politics and Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations: A Perspective…

Careful what you wish for

14 years ago

My friend in Niš, Milan Marinković, has been watching north Kosovo from a perch not far away.  He writes: Last…

What now?

14 years ago

Bashar al Assad and his opponents have now both rejected Kofi Annan's mission impossible.  On behalf of the UN and…

Right direction, long road ahead

14 years ago

Libya's interim prime minister, Abdel-Rahim el Keib, at the Carnegie Endowment this morning laid out a clear and unequivocal vision…

Iraq needs a shopping list

14 years ago

A couple of birdies have flown into Washington from Iraq recently.  They had interesting, but very different, things to say.…

Negotiation time

14 years ago

With all the jabber the last few days about the use of force against both Syria and Iran, media attention…

Counter-revolution lives, but not forever

14 years ago

The past few days have seen ample signs that counter-revolution is alive and well: Syrian troops have retaken Baba Amr…

Partial success or eventual failure?

14 years ago

Noah Pollak of the Emergency Committee for Israel tweeted today: Obama policy = preventing Iran from getting nuke. Israel policy…

This week’s “peace picks”

14 years ago

Frighteningly busy week in DC.  Experts bloom even before the cherry blossoms: 1. Chinese Heir Apparent, Xi Jinping and U.S.-China…

The choice is a deal or many attacks on Iran

14 years ago

Jeffrey Goldberg's interview with President Obama has attracted lots of attention, mainly for his threat to use military force to…