The new US House of Representatives that was elected November 6 met for the first time yesterday. The Democratic majority…
My Smithsonian employed spouse is headed home on furlough. I know whom to blame: The inanity of furloughing the US…
Srdja Popovic starts the New Year with a four-minute version of what to do to bring down a dictator: https://twitter.com/i/status/1080300683071549440…
I've had several requests from Balkan publications for my end-of-year views on the situation in the region. I've so far…
I dare not go past that to the spring. While the US remains safer and more prosperous than ever before,…
A presidency that has known few happy days is at a nadir, though it may well go lower. Russia…
Avoiding long-term commitments of this sort is understandable, especially if the maneuver is done with adequate preparation, without undermining friends…
Donald Trump's unanticipated (at this particular moment) but still not surprising (because we all knew he wanted to do it)…
Kosovo Prime Minister Haradinaj has circulated a 30-page draft comprehensive agreement between his own Republic and Serbia. It contains a lot…
President Trump has apparently decided to withdraw US troops within 30 days from the one-third of the country they control…