The Yugo-second is over

15 years ago

A friend in the Balkans, whose perspective is not far from mine, writes: Richard Holbrooke often referred to the "Yugo-second,"…

Why no partition of Kosovo?

15 years ago

Tanjug, Belgrade's government press agency, asked me this morning to comment on the possibility of dividing Kosovo.  The reason for…

The Palestine question needs answers

15 years ago

I am perfectly willing to believe that today's pro-Palestinian demonstrations on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza, in which…

Rebel leader big hit in wonk world

15 years ago

I confess I was distracted during the visit to DC this week of Mahmoud Gebril ElWarfally, interim prime minister of…

A really bad idea

15 years ago

I imagine in Brussels they are congratulating themselves today for Republika Srpska (RS) President Dodik agreeing to postpone the referendum…

Another good idea

15 years ago

This good idea is to improve relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan:  a Kabul statement acknowledging that it regards Afghanistan's borders…

Here are some bright ideas

15 years ago

This is OPI (other people's ideas) day: Reinventing the Palestinian struggle as a nonviolent protest movement has been a good…

Sometimes at odds, sometimes not

15 years ago

I owe a debt of gratitude for this piece to Dennis Kux, author of The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000,…

This is good

15 years ago

Stanley Foundation provides a video briefing on Liberia in the leadup to October elections:     Long live Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf!…

Compare these

15 years ago

Here is an excerpt from Monday's statement by Serbia at the UN Security Council debate on Bosnia: We consider that…