Has Obama done right on Afghanistan?

14 years ago

Michael Cohen and I had a go-round on Bloggingheads about Afghanistan:

Part 3: can Iraq become and remain a democracy?

14 years ago

Invited to speak to the U.S. intelligence community about the prospects for democracy in Iraq, I prepared a paper that…

Part 2: can Iraq become and remain a democracy?

14 years ago

Invited to speak to the U.S. intelligence community about the prospects for democracy in Iraq, I prepared a paper that…

Oil stock draw is not a good idea

14 years ago

President Obama today decided to draw down 30 million barrels of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), the White House claims…

Part 1: can Iraq become and remain a democracy?

14 years ago

Invited to speak to the U.S. intelligence community about the prospects for democracy in Iraq, I prepared a paper that…

Have your cake and eat it too

14 years ago

The President went for the bigger, faster drawdown option in his speech this evening.  I commented on The World. He…

It’s the mission, smarty

14 years ago

Foreign policy eyes and ears will be on the President's Afghanistan speech tonight.  But I fear the President will focus…

Confusing, and disturbing

14 years ago

Colum Lynch reports yesterday that Sudan seems to be pursuing peace in one province even as it opts for war…

Assad is sane but not secure

14 years ago

The headline writers are suggesting that Syria's Bashar al Assad has lost his mind, and others that his speech today…

Afghanistan decision time, again

14 years ago

Douglas Ollivant at foreignpolicy.com is asking the right questions: What are our national interests in Afghanistan? Which of those are…