You make peace with your enemies

16 years ago

News of Hamas/Fatah rapproachement--that's diplomatese for kissing and making up--has agitated Israel and the United States, which found it more…

Preventing political violence

16 years ago

My problem with the second of my lunch time events yesterday at Brookings, "Defusing the Bomb:  Reversing the Process of…

America the exceptional

16 years ago

Lunch today was another double header, but a somewhat disappointing one.  The Center for American Progress event on American exceptionalism…

Sweet Mickey comes to Washington

16 years ago

It is always a mistake to forget Haiti, which never forgets to pose big questions for the United States.  President-elect…

Overdue

16 years ago

Two things are overdue:  a forceful international community reaction to the violent repression in Syria, and an agreement for President…

Embracing Solomon’s baby

16 years ago

As the Americans prepare to leave Iraq, most of the journalistic focus--insofar as it exists at all--is on the security…

Peace, justice or both?

16 years ago

President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has reportedly accepted a Gulf Cooperation Council proposal that he step down within 30…

Syrians need even more courage

16 years ago

AJ English is doing what it can to cover events in Syria from nonprofessional footage, as journalists have been kept…

Not so Good Friday

16 years ago

I had originally said it was best in Syria, but as the news of dozens of deaths at the hands…

Has the time come for Syria?

16 years ago

It is hard to do better the day before a showdown in Syria than spending an hour with Joshua Landis…