A friend in the Balkans, whose perspective is not far from mine, writes: Richard Holbrooke often referred to the "Yugo-second,"…
Tanjug, Belgrade's government press agency, asked me this morning to comment on the possibility of dividing Kosovo. The reason for…
I am perfectly willing to believe that today's pro-Palestinian demonstrations on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza, in which…
I confess I was distracted during the visit to DC this week of Mahmoud Gebril ElWarfally, interim prime minister of…
I imagine in Brussels they are congratulating themselves today for Republika Srpska (RS) President Dodik agreeing to postpone the referendum…
This good idea is to improve relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan: a Kabul statement acknowledging that it regards Afghanistan's borders…
This is OPI (other people's ideas) day: Reinventing the Palestinian struggle as a nonviolent protest movement has been a good…
I owe a debt of gratitude for this piece to Dennis Kux, author of The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000,…
Stanley Foundation provides a video briefing on Liberia in the leadup to October elections: Long live Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf!…
Here is an excerpt from Monday's statement by Serbia at the UN Security Council debate on Bosnia: We consider that…