It is always difficult to get a fix on negotiations that necessarily occur behind the scenes, even if "secret" is…
Sudan's two referenda--in the South and in Abyei--on January 9 are in the Rift Valley Institute's words "the most critical…
Scott Atran may think even the Haqqani network can be turned against al Qaeda, but Jeffrey Kressler over at the…
The Baghdad rumor mill today is putting the Kurds in Maliki's camp, which would put him over the top arithmetically. …
His piece on contractors is first-rate: http://www.ndu.edu/inss/news.cfm?action=view&id=52
Our friends at the Washington Institute are certainly sounding worried about Iraq: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=3262
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University invites you to a Forum: “What Are America’s Real Commitments in…
Scott Atran thinks so, but only if we stop killing them and accept "separation of men and women in the…
ICG is feeling more positive about the capabilities of the Iraq security forces, but not about their cohesion. Gotta wonder…