Bosnia votes for unity and division

15 years ago

I'll be speaking twice this week about Bosnia, once this afternoon via Skype to the conference in Dayton commemorating the…

Where, oh where, is the QDDR?

15 years ago

Announced with fanfare in July 2009 (The Department of State's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review) and rumored for many dates…

Kurdish unity frays

15 years ago

The reform-minded Gorran (Change) movement has defected with its eight seats from the broader 58-seat Kurdish coalition in the Iraqi…

What does the R-tsunami mean for peace?

15 years ago

Hard to tell of course, but money is going to be tight.  Aaron David Miller has already argued on the…

Is anyone really talking with the Taliban?

15 years ago

It is always difficult to get a fix on negotiations that necessarily occur behind the scenes, even if "secret" is…

Sudan is losing its race against time

15 years ago

Sudan's two referenda--in the South and in Abyei--on January 9 are in the Rift Valley Institute's words "the most critical…

Taliban v. Al Qaeda II

15 years ago

Scott Atran may think even the Haqqani network can be turned against al Qaeda, but Jeffrey Kressler over at the…

Kurds leaning towards Maliki

15 years ago

The Baghdad rumor mill today is putting the Kurds in Maliki's camp, which would put him over the top arithmetically. …

T.X. makes you wince

15 years ago

His piece on contractors is first-rate:  http://www.ndu.edu/inss/news.cfm?action=view&id=52

Not so upbeat over on L street

15 years ago

Our friends at the Washington Institute are certainly sounding worried about Iraq:  http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=3262