Geopolitics of lower energy prices

10 years ago

Oil prices are down by about 20% from their recent peak (or 15% from their three-year plateau around $100 per…

Peace picks October 19-24

10 years ago

With apologies for the lateness: Operation Protective Edge: Legal and Political Implications of ICC Prosecution | Monday, October 20th |…

The peace process is dead, for now

10 years ago

The Israeli Conflict: Has the US Failed? The panel assembled Wednesday at the Middle East Council’s Capitol Hill Conference leaned…

Not a hopeless mess

10 years ago

I spent a week yesterday talking with well-informed, Syria opposition-sympathizing people in Istanbul. I heard some interesting things. While the…

Inane but serious

10 years ago

Tuesday saw a soccer brawl between the Serbian and Albanian teams, precipitated by a drone carrying a flag described as…

Not doing something is also doing something

10 years ago

Tuesday’s Bipartisan Policy Center event - ISIS, the Kurds and Turkey: A Messy Triangle - was a timely discussion of…

Peace picks October 14-17

10 years ago

I'll be in Istanbul, but the week in DC will be a busy one after a welcome but gray three-day…

How to beat the Islamic State

10 years ago

On Thursday, the Wilson Center hosted Volker Perthes, Executive Chairman and Director of German Institute for International and Security Affairs,…

Bosnia needs to get boring

10 years ago

Sead Numanovic of Dnevni Avaz asked me to comment on today's election in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  Here is how I…

Does size matter?

10 years ago

This week unexpectedly brought the inevitable news that China's GNP exceeds US GNP.  The sky did not fall. In fact,…