The full transcript of the Barbara Walters interview with Bashar al Assad is worth a read, if only because it…
American Ambassador Robert Ford is returning to Damascus, where violence continues. Security forces and pro-regime militias killed dozens yesterday while…
Here are the agreed conclusions on Integrated B(oundary/order) Management (IBM) reached between Pristina and Belgrade. No question but that these…
Yesterday's Bonn conference on Afghanistan reflected all too starkly the war. Lots of countries showed up, but Pakistan--certainly among the…
Is Greece in the Balkans? Of course the answer geographically is yes. But its leaders now have to decide whether…
That is, of course, super-hyperbole: Montenegro is a tiny country of fewer than 620,000 people whose virtues include a beautiful…
1. Looking to the Future of Pakistan With each passing day, Pakistan becomes an even more crucial player in world…
One more interesting session at the Achebe Colloquium today at Brown. The original subtitle was "Prospects for a Stable Democracy…
There was a second session on Africa at the Achebe Colloquium this morning. Here is my effort to capture main…
I'm at the Chinua Achebe Colloquium on Africa at Brown this weekend. I thought this session on "China and the…