Past the twelfth hour

13 years ago

So Iraq has finally, in the 11th hour (actually the 12th, since it happened after midnight Baghdad time) told the…

When all you have is a hammer

13 years ago

Josh Rogin over at Foreign Policy does a nice, quick job explaining why it is unclear how much defense will…

Change course, overhaul Dayton, fix Bosnia

13 years ago

Bruce Hitchner of Tufts and the Dayton Peace Accords Project writes: If there is one lesson that ethnic nationalists on…

Three blind mice

13 years ago

I first used this title 15 years ago in a piece for the Secretary of State's Morning Summary about Presidents…

Slashing budgets–and our global influence

13 years ago

The Washington Post published my op/ed this morning (and on the web): With debt talks at an impasse, foreign policy…

Have we got the Arab Spring right?

13 years ago

The Middle East Institute, which kindly lists me among its "scholars," asked me to address the question of whether President…

Where am I?

13 years ago

That's what a loyal reader asks:  she wants me to comment on recent events in Northern Kosovo, where the Pristina…

Bosnia kurtly

13 years ago

Yesterday's Helsinki Commission hearing on Bosnia is already up in video.  I thought Kurt Bassuener's statement so well crafted that…

My how large your challenges are!

13 years ago

I hope you've checked out the "constitutional charter" mentioned in yesterday's post.  It's worth a glance, if only to convince…

The new Libya, in draft

13 years ago

I had the privilege of spending a good part of today with Fathi Mohammed Baja, who represents Benghazi on the…