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…

Own goal

14 years ago

I wrote a few weeks ago from Belgrade that "nationalism has the edge."  Milan Marinković, who lives in Niš, Serbia,…

The state of Iraq

14 years ago

Corey Gannon, one of my Johns Hopkins/SAIS master's students this term, offers the following account of a Carnegie Endowment discussion…

A not so luminary 57

14 years ago

Colleagues over at the Foreign Policy Initiative and the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies have lined up 57 luminaries…

More thunder, no lightning

14 years ago

The UN General Assembly today passed a resolution supporting the Arab League plan for Syria, which would have Bashar al…