In the long term…

10 years ago

Proceedings kicked off at Thursday's Middle East Institute conference with a panel on A Middle East in Flux: Risks and Opportunities. Moderating…

End the Iranian occupation of Syria

10 years ago

Last week, the Middle East Institute hosted Faoud Hamdan, Founder and Executive Director, Rule of Law Foundation and the head…

Doubts about Putin’s credentials

10 years ago

American Ambassador John Tefft presented his credentials to President Putin today in Moscow. Putin's remarks were pointed: We are ready…

Yes, the time is ripe

10 years ago

Hamid  Bayati of the Iran Times published an article yesterday based in part on an interview with me. The article accurately…

The Ebola challenge

10 years ago

As the Senate considers President Obama’s request for $6.2 billion to combat Ebola, the questions of US leadership and the…

Peace picks November 17 – 21

10 years ago

Liberalism and Authoritarianism: Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia | Monday, November 17th | 12:00 - 1:45 | Georgetown University…

Lame duck flies

10 years ago

I'm no Asia expert, but President Obama's performance at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing last week, in…

Parties before people

10 years ago

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy hosted Adnan Kocher at a roundtable discussion on Thursday. Kocher is a senior…

Partition won’t work

10 years ago

Yesterday Tom Ricks published at foreignpolicy.com a brief piece I wrote for him a couple of weeks ago on why…

Recalibration

10 years ago

The Administration is finally having another look at its Syria strategy. A reexamination is overdue. While coalition forces have been…