Your Saturday videos

6 years ago

If, like me, you didn't stay up for the State of the Union and the Democratic reply, it is worth…

Keeping rigor in a shallow environment

6 years ago

The Middle East Institute hosted a discussion on Thursday 30 about the role of think tanks in shaping Middle East…

Insincerity and mendacity

6 years ago

Forty per cent of the American public is still fooled, even if the insincerity and mendacity are obvious. 

My State of the Union

6 years ago

My fellow Americans, The state of our union is confused and uncertain. Our economic recovery is aging and shaky. The…

The Balkan regatta

6 years ago

I'm not a handicapper, but it seem to me the race for EU membership in the Balkans is shifting. Serbia…

The not so Super Bowl

6 years ago

Today America consummates its love of football in a gigantic extravaganza called the Super Bowl. Unlike most of the country,…

Doha impressions

6 years ago

I've been slow to write my impressions of Doha, where I spent four days last week after four days in…

The Berlin Wall is falling in Venezuela

6 years ago

The Atlantic Council held a discussion on January 30 about supporting the new Venezuelan interim government (VIG) led by Juan…

Smart only if it succeeds

6 years ago

I've hesitated to write about Venezuela, a country I don't know, but perhaps a few words based on experience elsewhere…

Not the deep state

6 years ago

Yesterday's testimony in Congress by America's intelligence elite was dramatic: it contradicted President Trump's ill-founded opinions on Iran, ISIS, North…