Forget the downgrade

14 years ago

Forget the downgrade. It really is a non-event given the decline in U.S. government bond rates.  If the world is…

Is Macedonia better off with Ohrid?

14 years ago

I am hoping to be in Ohrid Saturday.  Here is an interview I did with Slobodanka Jovanovska of Utrinski Vesnik,…

Making Bashar al Assad history

14 years ago

As Marc Lynch points out in a tweet this morning, the region is belatedly beginning to react to regime violence…

Back to Pristina

14 years ago

I'm headed again to Pristina this week, where I'll focus mainly on northern Kosovo issues. That's the 11% of its…

Half a loaf isn’t really enough

14 years ago

OK, this isn't the most stirring announcement this month from the White House, but Michael Abramowitz is right to call…

His pants are still on fire

14 years ago

May this be the last time I post this lying bastard's nonsense: Already in March his pants were on fire.…

Roadblocks with more than one significance

14 years ago

Herewith an interview I did for Bekim Greicevci of Kosovo's Daily Express on the situation in northern Kosovo (you can…

Crouching tiger, hidden dragon

14 years ago

Now that the UN Security Council has at least condemned the regime violence in Syria, everybody is looking for President…

Past the twelfth hour

14 years ago

So Iraq has finally, in the 11th hour (actually the 12th, since it happened after midnight Baghdad time) told the…

When all you have is a hammer

14 years ago

Josh Rogin over at Foreign Policy does a nice, quick job explaining why it is unclear how much defense will…