Ivan Angelovski of the Belgrade weekly NIN did this excessively long interview with me last week. I gather it was…
Is America stronger after 11 months of Donald Trump or not? It is demonstrably weaker, mainly because of his diplomatic…
Serbia, State Department official Hoyt Yee warned in October, could not "sit on two chairs." He meant it has to…
I spent three days last week in Baghdad: two talking with people from all over the Middle East (with the…
I spent yesterday getting home from Baghdad, so missed the opportunity to say anything quick and trenchant about the Administration's…
The Middle East Through Gulf Eyes: Trip Report from Riyadh, Muscat, and Abu Dhabi | Monday, December 18 | 10:00…
It happened in Alabama last night. A favored candidate of the Republican revolt against its traditional establishment lost to a…
Trump’s Jerusalem Decision: Implications and Consequences | Monday, December 11 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Woodrow Wilson Center…
Three questions arise about President Trump's decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem: why did he do it? what…
At the US Institute of Peace’s November 29 event titled “Raqqa After the Islamic State: Governance Challenges in Post-ISIS Syria,”…