With David Petraeus in Paris vaunting the necessity of success in Afghanistan, the Pentagon has issued a nuanced account of…
There is no justification for what North Korea has done, but its motives need to be understood more fully if…
The New York Times reports this morning that the supposed Taliban commander reported to have been in talks with the…
it is well worth reading Siegfried Hecker's original report, which is cautiously judicious, while raising many important questions.
You'll all notice the Vice President's piece in the New York Times this morning, which is a fine summary of…
More than 10 years managing programs at USIP have left me well behind in the bookreading category. This week's efforts…
Iran is already enriching, why imagine you can stop it altogether?
how the world looks in the eyes of President Karzai: he sees in the West mixed messages, inability to get…
It is hard to believe that we can't figure out a way to make a dispassionate and reasoned decision to…
is Karzai worth it? This should be a focus of the December policy review, if it is going to be…