Three of Iraq's leading politicians write in the New York Times this morning: Unless America acts rapidly to help create…
I made a bunch of predictions a year ago. Here is how they turned out: Iran: the biggest headache of…
My gut tells me I'm with Andrew Exum, who objects forcefully to allowing Yemen's former President Saleh into the U.S.,…
For those tempted to consider Syrian pleas to establish a "safe area" to protect civilians, Safe Area for Syria: an…
A Libyan e-penpal writes As you know the Russians proposed two days ago a project at the U.N. to investigate…
I was on C-Span this morning talking about Iraq. The program is now up on their website. A lot of…
I'm hoping it's true Yemen's President Saleh is coming to the U.S. As that eagle-eyed young journalist Adam Serwer tweeted: …
Judging from my Twitterfeed this morning, there are two versions of the bombings outside security service buildings in Damascus today:…
It isn't funny, but it is still hard to recount what is going on in Iraq with a straight face: …
Theatlantic.com published this piece of mine today, under the title 5 Ways the U.S. Can Help Syria: Dec 22 2011,…