My piece, as published this morning at theatlantic.com: The U.S. wants a negotiated peace with the Taliban. Here are the…
Winner of the 3-minute, six-line film competition, Tell It Your Way, and worth every second:
From one perspective, the news this morning seems all about Serbia: Novak Đoković won Wimbledon, Ratko Mladić got tossed out…
Yes, that's what I said: over-rated. Despite the inspirational words, the declaration of July 4, 1776 didn't change much. Seven…
This is from Idlib, in northwestern Syria, today. Al Jazeera says: The first large sign in Arabic reads: "Yes for…
Usually I don't comment on an agreement or the like until it is published, or at least reliably leaked. But…
One question plagues every discussion of Bosnia: do Bosnians want to live in the same country? Nationalist leaders of two…
Balkans fans will know that Brčko, a northeast Bosnian town, became the knot that couldn't be untied at Dayton and…
I'm still studying it, but I thought the "framework" agreement reached yesterday in Addis Ababa between the Government of Sudan…
Doom and gloom over at Woodrow Wilson this morning: Shai Feldman and Aaron David Miller in particular foresee no prospect…