While Admiral Mullen has been raising questions about whose side Pakistan is on in the Afghanistan war, it is fair…
Several of the Arab protest movements look set to fail: Bahrain's already has, Yemen's is engulfed in civil war and…
Reuters published this piece of mine yesterday under the heading "What's Behind Libya's Fast March to Democracy?" It would not…
The European Union Institute for Strategic Studies asked "what's next and whose job is it?" for transformations in the Arab…
I'd like to revive an idea that I put forward more than a month ago: diplomatic observers for Syria. I…
Matja Stojanovic of Danas asked a few questions again. I understand my replies were published today. Here is the interview…
The commentariat is rarely as unanimous as it has been on the assassination of Barhanuddin Rabbani: Dexter Filkins, Marvin Weinbaum,…
I finished jury duty yesterday, acquitting a guy who was observed by an undercover policeman conducting a drug transaction. The…
Three different concepts are often confounded: statehood, sovereignty and independence. There is good reason for this: most states are also…
As I prepare to head home to DC from Cairo today, my two weeks in Egypt and Libya seem enormously…