Qaddafi’s last misdeed

15 years ago

Muammar Qaddafi and his sons have apparently failed to arrange an orderly transition, leaving at least some of their loyalists…

Step aside

15 years ago

I discussed current events in Syria and the Obama Administration call for Bashar al Assad to step aside, along with…

Still another Balkans interview?

15 years ago

I did this one for Dejan Kozul of the Croatian weekly Novosti: Q.  You have been in Kosovo.  Can you…

Good show, now what?

15 years ago

While my twitterfeed remains skeptical that the U.S. has any leverage to get Bashar al Assad to step aside, I…

The buck still stops with the Syrians

15 years ago

It has taken longer than Syria-watchers predicted, but President Obama today finally called on Bashar al Assad to "step aside"…

Planning for Libya 2.0

15 years ago

I continue to plug preparation for post-Qaddafi Libya, which I looked at in some detail in a Contingency Planning Memorandum…

Qaddafi near the end, Bashar still bumping along

15 years ago

It's only been a week or so since I published a Council on Foreign Relations paper on preparing for post-Qaddafi…

Diplomatic observers in Syria?

15 years ago

Reading the news from Latakia, it is hard for someone just coming out of Pristina not to note the similarity…

The rap, good and bad, from Iraq

15 years ago

The several dozen attacks across Iraq today that killed at least 68 people raise many questions:  is al Qaeda in…

Making unity attractive

15 years ago

I've just arrived back in Pristina from North Mitrovica, where things couldn't be calmer.  Adults in the shade drinking beer,…