In the box can be good too

8 years ago

I enjoyed 90 minutes today with SAIS's Mike Lampton and CSIS's Michael Green commenting on Amitai Etzioni's Foreign Policy: Thinking Outside…

Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence prospects

8 years ago

Yesterday, the Woodrow Wilson Center convened three experts to discuss the viability of a Kurdish state in Northern Iraq and…

Syria and the next president

8 years ago

Secretary of State Kerry asked the key question about the Syria ceasefire on NPR this morning: "What's The Alternative?" He had none,…

After Mosul: military victory won’t suffice

8 years ago

As the Iraqi military and its allies prepare for a campaign to take back Mosul from ISIS, it is important…

Ain’t happening

8 years ago

Bill Burns, Michele Flournoy, and Nancy Lindborg unveiled this morning a report on U.S. Leadership and the Challenge of State Fragility.…

Success in an unlikely place

8 years ago

Three years ago, peacefare.net published Patricia Powers Thomson's A call to action from South Sudan, which advocated founding of a…

Faute de mieux

8 years ago

I've been hesitating to comment on the Russian/American agreement on Syria. So far as I know no text is available…

Peace picks September 12-16

8 years ago

US Leadership and the Challenge of State Fragility | Monday, September 12th | 9:00am – 12:00pm | US Institute of…

More White Helmets

8 years ago

For today, just the trailer for a forthcoming documentary on the White Helmets, about whom I've already written:

This protest is not enough

8 years ago

I co-signed an "open letter" that protests media treatment in Turkey of Henri Barkey as well as other intimidation of…