America first would be last

8 years ago

Donald Trump's foreign policy speech today has elicited little more than derision from my little corner of the foreign policy establishment,…

Resolve

8 years ago

With dozens of attacks on Aleppo Sunday and more yesterday, Syria's President Assad has made it perfectly clear he regards…

Peace Picks April 25-29

8 years ago

The security situation in Ethiopia and how it relates to the broader region | Monday, April 25th | 10:00-11:30 |…

Now comes the hard part

8 years ago

While it is still unclear how many seats he will have in parliament, Serbian Prime Minister Vucic has won a…

This doesn’t make sense

8 years ago

US Ambassador to NATO Lute said Friday: I think Russia plays an important part in the strategic environment...[which] will put a…

Fight and muddle

8 years ago

It took longer than anticipated, but it appears now that the cessation of hostilities in Syria is ending, mainly due…

A nation of laws

8 years ago

I wouldn't normally tout a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, but the US government shipped the head of Syria Civil…

Macedonia agonistes

8 years ago

My inbox continues to produce interesting material. Today it was this opposition perspective from Hristijan Gjorgievski, commenting on the situation in…

The ISIS war and Iraq’s politics

8 years ago

The Turkish Anadolou news agency asked me some questions about the war against the Islamic State in Iraq. Then the…

Macedonia needs to heal itself

8 years ago

Boris Georgievski of Deutsche Welle asked some questions about Macedonia. I replied:  Q: President Ivanov's decision to pardon over 50 corrupt politicians…