Coalition as the Syrian Kurds’ air force

9 years ago

My friends at peopledemandchange.org have put together the data to show it (and I've made a few minor editorial changes):…

Peace picks July 6-10

9 years ago

1. A Conversation with French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian| Monday, July 6th | 4:00 | German Marshall Fund | REGISTER TO…

Hangover coming

9 years ago

The folks celebrating the referendum "no" vote in Syntagma Square tonight in Athens are going to have a bad hangover.…

Is there still independent media in Russia?

9 years ago

On Wednesday, the Carnegie Endowment for international peace hosted A Conversation with Alexei Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of Echo of Moscow, often…

Independence and interdependence

9 years ago

It is Independence Day in the US, which marks 239 years since the representatives of the thirteen colonies declared in…

The devil is in the details

9 years ago

My current Middle East Institute interns Maithili Bagaria and Eddie Grove have combed through the many publications asking questions about…

Unfuck Greece

9 years ago

It is difficult to write anything about Greece in the current confused course of events, but I thought this Guardian…

Kurdish advances, Turkish concerns

9 years ago

Last week, the Syrian Kurdish fighters of the YPG (People's Protection Units, the paramilitary wing of the Democratic Union of…

The slough of despair

9 years ago

The Wilson Center Tuesday hosted a panel on Ukraine and its challenges. Speakers included former Ambassador to Lithuania John Cloud,…

Grexit is no exit

9 years ago

Here is Greek Prime Minister Tsipras announcing Sunday his intention to default on the country's International Monetary Fund obligations: What?…