Violence, or no violence?

15 years ago

As the regime of Bashar al Assad continues its bloody crackdown in Syria, at least some protesters are tempted to…

Better done well than quickly

15 years ago

Sunday's Tunisian elections for 217 members of a constituent assembly (that's one that will write a constitution) went off well,…

Or else what?

15 years ago

On Twitter, I mocked the Administration's renewed effort to get Pakistan to act against the Taliban, suggesting that it amounted…

Next week’s “peace picks”

15 years ago

Relatively slim pickings this week, at least in numbers.  Not sure why. 1. In the Eye of the Storm:  Turkish…

Washington Journal today

15 years ago

I did C Span's Washington Journal this morning.  They don't seem to allow embedding, so you'll have to go to…

Stop! in the name of what?

15 years ago

Serbs are continuing to block roads in northern Kosovo, while several Serbs have been killed in the Albanian-majority area south…

Mr. Dodik came to Washington too

15 years ago

The President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, is careful.  Unlike Slobodan Petrovic, the Kosovo Serb deputy prime minister who spoke…

The witch is dead

15 years ago

Reuters published this piece today, under the heading "Libya's Democracy Has a Real Chance": Libyans will be getting up late…

Mr. Petrović comes to Washington

15 years ago

Slobodan Petrović, the leader of the largest Serb political bloc in the Kosovo parliament and a deputy prime minister in…

Tehran’s options

15 years ago

While the world debates the significance of the Hamas/Israel prisoner exchange, let me turn back to something that really counts…