This interview is too long

7 years ago

Ivan Angelovski of the Belgrade weekly NIN did this excessively long interview with me last week. I gather it was…

A weakened America

7 years ago

Is America stronger after 11 months of Donald Trump or not? It is demonstrably weaker, mainly because of his diplomatic…

The wrong chair

7 years ago

Serbia, State Department official Hoyt Yee warned in October, could not "sit on two chairs." He meant it has to…

It may not last

7 years ago

I spent three days last week in Baghdad: two talking with people from all over the Middle East (with the…

The longer he lasts, the weaker we get

7 years ago

I spent yesterday getting home from Baghdad, so missed the opportunity to say anything quick and trenchant about the Administration's…

Peace picks December 18 – 22

7 years ago

The Middle East Through Gulf Eyes: Trip Report from Riyadh, Muscat, and Abu Dhabi | Monday, December 18 | 10:00…

Reality bites

7 years ago

It happened in Alabama last night. A favored candidate of the Republican revolt against its traditional establishment lost to a…

Peace picks December 11 – 15

7 years ago

Trump’s Jerusalem Decision: Implications and Consequences | Monday, December 11 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Woodrow Wilson Center…

Will they build it?

7 years ago

Three questions arise about President Trump's decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem: why did he do it? what…

Why the US should remain in Raqqa

7 years ago

At the US Institute of Peace’s November 29 event titled “Raqqa After the Islamic State: Governance Challenges in Post-ISIS Syria,”…