I'd like to revive an idea that I put forward more than a month ago: diplomatic observers for Syria. I…
Matja Stojanovic of Danas asked a few questions again. I understand my replies were published today. Here is the interview…
The commentariat is rarely as unanimous as it has been on the assassination of Barhanuddin Rabbani: Dexter Filkins, Marvin Weinbaum,…
I finished jury duty yesterday, acquitting a guy who was observed by an undercover policeman conducting a drug transaction. The…
Three different concepts are often confounded: statehood, sovereignty and independence. There is good reason for this: most states are also…
As I prepare to head home to DC from Cairo today, my two weeks in Egypt and Libya seem enormously…
Free Libya seems to me headed in the right direction. It could still be diverted, in particular if Qaddafi manages…
My stake-out of a Tripoli mosque during noon-time prayers yesterday led to a conversation with a professor of forensic science. …
I arrived in Tripoli yesterday. Things here are much less "normal" than in Benghazi: there are lots of young men…
If life seems normal in Benghazi these days, it is still far from ideal. Having previously discussed the positive developments,…