Libya good, Egypt bad, Syria worse

15 years ago

Libyan militia fighters today captured and brought to their Zintan base Saif al Islam, Muammar Qaddafi's one-time heir apparent.  He…

The first law of holes

15 years ago

Belgrade daily Pravda asked for my views on Kosovo and Serbia's EU candidacy.  Here is how I responded: Belgrade has…

The places we’d like to forget

15 years ago

Busy morning:  conversations with people who know the situations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo really well.  What's the common…

The game is changing, but to what?

15 years ago

More than a little difficult to sum up today's Middle East Institute "game changer" conference in a few words, but…

Happy anniversary!

15 years ago

Today marks the first anniversary of www.peacefare.net, more or less.  Listen carefully to NPR, where a day sponsorship will mark…

Hold the line

15 years ago

Sonja Biserko, the courageous chair of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Belgrade, announces The End of the Kosovo…

Syria is not hopeless

15 years ago

Bashar al Assad continues to defy international pressure by cracking down violently on peaceful protesters in Syria.  The internationals are…

Waffling, weak-kneed, paltry stuff

15 years ago

Carl Bildt, Sweden's able foreign minister, today tweeted this "good conclusion" from the Euroepean Union meeting today: In the light…

This week’s peace picks

15 years ago

As the weekly "peace picks" post has been taking me too long to assemble, and this week I've let it…

Why I skipped Veterans’ Day

15 years ago

I skipped a Veterans' Day post, as I find it difficult to imagine what I could say in tribute to…