Making the land whole means war

13 years ago

In a New York Times op-ed today, Knesset deputy speaker Danny Danon (Likud) offers this advice to Israel's prime minister…

Endgame

13 years ago

Suddenly, it's all about endgame in AfPak.  The death of Osama bin Laden has precipitated a small avalanche of writing…

The Yugo-second is over

13 years ago

A friend in the Balkans, whose perspective is not far from mine, writes: Richard Holbrooke often referred to the "Yugo-second,"…

Why no partition of Kosovo?

13 years ago

Tanjug, Belgrade's government press agency, asked me this morning to comment on the possibility of dividing Kosovo.  The reason for…

The Palestine question needs answers

13 years ago

I am perfectly willing to believe that today's pro-Palestinian demonstrations on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza, in which…

Rebel leader big hit in wonk world

13 years ago

I confess I was distracted during the visit to DC this week of Mahmoud Gebril ElWarfally, interim prime minister of…

A really bad idea

13 years ago

I imagine in Brussels they are congratulating themselves today for Republika Srpska (RS) President Dodik agreeing to postpone the referendum…

Another good idea

13 years ago

This good idea is to improve relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan:  a Kabul statement acknowledging that it regards Afghanistan's borders…

Here are some bright ideas

13 years ago

This is OPI (other people's ideas) day: Reinventing the Palestinian struggle as a nonviolent protest movement has been a good…

Sometimes at odds, sometimes not

13 years ago

I owe a debt of gratitude for this piece to Dennis Kux, author of The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000,…