Peace Picks September 29-October 3

10 years ago

 A busy Monday and Tuesday over at USIP, as Washington focuses on extremism and what to do about it: MENA…

I hope the Senate listens to these guys

10 years ago

I've been negligent in not calling attention to the truly sterling testimony of my cousin Ben Connable and my colleague…

Repeating Bush’s real mistake

10 years ago

Anyone still under the impression that the Obama Administration has laid out an adequate strategy to defeat what it prefers…

Defeating ISIS

10 years ago

Monday the Washington Institute for Near East Policy hosted Jean-Pierre Filiu, professor of Middle East studies at Sciences Po, Ambassador…

Forewarned is forearmed

10 years ago

Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, so (courtesy of Buzzfeed): That's just in case you get invited for…

Tunisia’s progress and peril

10 years ago

Next month Tunisia will hold parliamentary elections, with presidential elections following in November. These will be the first national elections…

Peace picks, September 23-26

10 years ago

Religious Peacebuilding: The Approach of the U.S. Institute of Peace Tuesday, September 23 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Rumi…

Why now and what next

10 years ago

Today's big story is the American-led air attack on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) installations, mainly in…

Yemen and Afghanistan

10 years ago

What do Yemen and Afghanistan have in common? They have both reached power sharing agreements in the last couple of…

Where strong men rule

10 years ago

I spent most of last week in Moscow talking with Russian Middle East experts. It was a deeply saddening experience.…