An aging peacehawk

14 years ago

Not everyone will like this interview with Israeli President Shimon Peres, but I find it remarkable.  He declares Palestinian Authority…

Red card

14 years ago

The High Representative for Dayton peace agreement implementation in Bosnia has submitted two reports to the Secretary General, one more…

Obama laps to the wrong side of history

14 years ago

While he is wisely not spiking the football, President Obama is still taking a few victory laps.  The problem is…

Tangible progress meets lack of capacity

14 years ago

The April "1230" Department of Defense progress report on Security and Stability in Afghanistan summarizes its findings this way: ...International…

Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong

14 years ago

I am reluctant to turn www.peacefare.net into a boxing ring, with International Crisis Group (ICG) in one corner and an…

Two state shuffle

14 years ago

Following on the signing of a "unity" agreement between Fatah (which controls the West Bank) and Hamas (which controls Gaza),…

Better to jaw-jaw than to war-war

14 years ago

This could be said of many places of course, but it occurred to me today after a discussion with Sudan's…

ICG gets it wrong

14 years ago

Another of my Balkans friends has sent me a long missive about a recent ICG letter to the EU's Political…

While we weren’t watching

14 years ago

I admit it is hard to shift attention away from the consequences of Osama bin Laden's death.  America and Pakistan…

Slippery slope, moral hazard and tall order

14 years ago

The big questions for me in the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death are how it will affect America's relations…