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…

Oil stock draw is not a good idea

15 years ago

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