How should Iraq deal with its neighbors?

16 years ago

Once the new government is fully formed and approved in the Council of Representatives (parliament), the Prime Minister would do…

Both protest too much, methinks

16 years ago

Chas Freeman argues in the New York Times this morning that leaked Arab appeals to the U.S. for military action…

No waste of Lady Ashton’s time

16 years ago

the popular struggle against the regime seems to be quiescent for the moment: best we use this time to make…

The Sudan negotiators need to hurry

16 years ago

There is talk of a negotiated settlement of Abyei's fate, to be reached in talks led by former South African…

A helpful reminder of the Ottoman Empire

16 years ago

Juan Cole helpfully provides a map of the Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923, under the heading "the real background of the modern…

The Iranian enrichment gambit gets more explicit

16 years ago

This is from a BBC interview, as reported by Foreign Policy:  Hillary Clinton says We've told them that they are…

Conditionality is easier said than done

16 years ago

Conditionality is easier said than done. It is not good strategy when your own vital interests are at stake, and…

Can the Lady deliver?

16 years ago

Simon Henderson at the Washington Institute has a sharper eye than I do, as he detected this from SecState Clinton…

One more for withdrawal from Afghanistan

16 years ago

ceasefire, negotiate, withdraw.

Another moment of truth

16 years ago

ICG would have done better to go where its analysis points: drawdown, presumably on the currently agreed NATO schedule.