In weakness strength

15 years ago

On reflection a day after the fact, I'd like to reiterate what Kurt Bassuener has already eloquently asserted: the arrest…

Afghanistan matters

15 years ago

I find it hard to give full credit to what David Ignatius perceives as "positive signs" in Afghanistan.  There have…

At last!

15 years ago

Ratko Mladic has been arrested, in Serbia, details still unknown. President Tadic is quoted by the New York Times: Extradition…

Not if but when

15 years ago

A May 25 first-rate panel on Syria at the Carnegie Endowment had a clear bottom line:  Bashar al Assad might…

May 25 Yugo-nostalgia, not

15 years ago

A former Yugoslav friend writes: May 25th was celebrated as Tito's birthday, and was known as Youth Day. They used…

Own goal

15 years ago

Serbian President Boris Tadic is apparently prepared to skip a summit of Central and Southeastern European leaders in Warsaw Friday…

Veh is mir!

15 years ago

The issue is not the 1967 border--President Obama did not ask the Israelis to accept it, but to use it…

Netanyahu channels Jefferson

15 years ago

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke last night at AIPAC. The speech was notable for three things: No vision of what…

Driving the Saudis crazy

15 years ago

The Saudi authorities are cracking down on the spreading women's protest, which intends to flood the streets June 17 with…

Gaddafi won’t stop or go

15 years ago

While Bashar al Assad won't stop the repression in Syria and Ali Abdullah Saleh won't leave office in Yemen, Muammar…