Afghanistan is a Vietnam that matters

15 years ago

Expectations are low for this week's "regional" meeting in Turkey on Afghanistan.  Until Pakistan is convinced to reign in the…

Game changer

15 years ago

Politics and Policy in the New Middle East:  that's what they are calling the Middle East Institute 2011 Annual Conference…

They’ll miss it once it’s gone

15 years ago

Tim Wirth argues that UNESCO admission of Palestine as a member will initiate a cascade of U.S. withdrawals from UN…

Arresting developments

15 years ago

Ali Hawar, a friendly Kurdish journalist for Al Rudaw weekly published in Erbil, writes: A few Days ago Iraqi security…

This week’s “peace picks”

15 years ago

A few recommended events for those interested in the world beyond our borders: 1.  The National Conversation--Afghanistan:  Is There A…

There are worse fates

15 years ago

The annual EU Forum, a confab sponsored by the Paris-based European Union Institute for Strategic Studies and SAIS's Center for…

Blasé is not what Bosnia needs

15 years ago

Amar Causevic, a young Bosniak friend studying at Johns Hopkins SAIS in Bologna, writes US Embassy in Sarajevo has been…

Turkey is playing with fire

15 years ago

The emergence under Turkish protection of the Free Syrian Army raises again the question of whether the protesters against President…

IREX short term research travel grants

15 years ago

2012-2013 FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO) Short Term Travel Grants Program (STG)  IREX is pleased to announce…

Elections in conflict zones

15 years ago

Post-conflict zones are prone to violent outbreaks. Competition for power in any form, elections included, runs the risk of reigniting…