Please, Athens, prove me wrong

15 years ago

Is Greece in the Balkans?  Of course the answer geographically is yes.  But its leaders now have to decide whether…

Montenegro, shield of the West

15 years ago

That is, of course, super-hyperbole:  Montenegro is a tiny country of fewer than 620,000 people whose virtues include a beautiful…

Next week’s “peace picks”

15 years ago

1. Looking to the Future of Pakistan With each passing day, Pakistan becomes an even more crucial player in world…

Zimbabwe: peaceful transition?

15 years ago

One more interesting session at the Achebe Colloquium today at Brown.  The original subtitle was "Prospects for a Stable Democracy…

More China in Africa: collaboration or colonialism?

15 years ago

There was a second session on Africa at the Achebe Colloquium this morning.  Here is my effort to capture main…

China and the U.S. in Africa

15 years ago

I'm at the Chinua Achebe Colloquium on Africa at Brown this weekend.  I thought this session on "China and the…

Responding to the Islamist wave

15 years ago

Islamists have now won pluralities in recent Tunisia, Morocco and the first round of the Egyptian elections.  There is every…

Say WHAT?

15 years ago

Across my desk yesterday came this policy brief, in which the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies in Belgrade appeals to the…

The Balkans in Europe whole and free

15 years ago

My colleague here at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, Kurt Volker, testified earlier this month in the…

Even bad elections may beat none at all

15 years ago

While some worry that an "undemocratic party" will win Egypt's parliamentary elections and others worry about violence and irregularities in…