Juan Cole helpfully provides a map of the Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923, under the heading "the real background of the modern…
This is from a BBC interview, as reported by Foreign Policy: Hillary Clinton says We've told them that they are…
Conditionality is easier said than done. It is not good strategy when your own vital interests are at stake, and…
Simon Henderson at the Washington Institute has a sharper eye than I do, as he detected this from SecState Clinton…
ICG would have done better to go where its analysis points: drawdown, presumably on the currently agreed NATO schedule.
The only thing worse for U.S. foreign and security policy than the cuts contemplated in the Commission's report is not…
if Pakistan can't respond more responsibly on HEU, it makes me worry even more about their nukes.
Sure others will continue to deal with us, but they will do so with enthusiasm if they feel we are…
Pressure and engagement go together in dealing with Tehran