Small beans, big potatoes and one more thing

15 years ago

Usually I don't comment on an agreement or the like until it is published, or at least reliably leaked.  But…

Here’s another idea for Bosnia

15 years ago

One question plagues every discussion of Bosnia:  do Bosnians want to live in the same country?  Nationalist leaders of two…

Here’s an idea for Bosnia

15 years ago

Balkans fans will know that Brčko, a northeast Bosnian town, became the knot that couldn't be untied at Dayton and…

Two areas agreement

15 years ago

I'm still studying it, but I thought the "framework" agreement reached yesterday in Addis Ababa between the Government of Sudan…

Avoiding a September Israel/Palestine train wreck

15 years ago

Doom and gloom over at Woodrow Wilson this morning:  Shai Feldman and Aaron David Miller in particular foresee no prospect…

An Arabic student and Middle East scholar

15 years ago

The Middle East Institute, where I studied Arabic through several levels to little avail, has kindly taken me on as…

Serbia visits Sarajevo

15 years ago

Yesterday Danas, a Belgrade daily, published this interview with me by Matja Stojanovic and Snezana Congradin: 1. [Serbian] President Tadic…

Has Obama done right on Afghanistan?

15 years ago

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

Part 3: can Iraq become and remain a democracy?

15 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?

15 years ago

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