What’s Undermining Obama’s Camp David Summit
The last time there was really good news from a Camp David summit was 1978, when Jimmy Carter brought together Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin and laid the basis for the Egypt-Israel peace treaty. The...
View ArticleHow an Iran nuclear deal means cheaper oil and why Tehran is OK with that
The nuclear framework agreement reached with Iran in Lausanne, Switzerland, was an important milestone. Now detailed negotiations will focus on crucial details relating to safeguards and lifting...
View ArticleThe Iran Nuclear Deal and the Role of the US Congress
As progress continues toward finalizing a deal on Iran’s nuclear program, the United States Congress is moving forward with legislation that will further define and assert its role in the negotiations....
View ArticleNo Simple Answers to Questions About U.S. Leadership
Jeb Bush was justifiably taken to task for his waffling over the Iraq war; and he isn’t the only one who was for the war before he was against it. Two months ago, Marco Rubio thought invading Iraq was...
View ArticleObama's Arab Security Strategy: An Old Doctrine Gets Put to the Test in Yemen
Twenty-five years ago, in the wake of the Gulf War, the first Bush administration sketched out a plan for the security of its Arab partners. The original had Iraq in mind as the aggressor. Today, a...
View ArticleMiddle East Realities That Challenge Obama’s Nuclear Deal With Iran
The emerging Iran deal that the Obama administration contends is comprehensive and definitive contains so many uncertainties, including those regarding Iran’s future nuclear weapons aspirations, that...
View ArticleGoverning the Ungovernable: Frontier Rule along the Afghanistan-Pakistan...
The Afghanistan-Pakistan border region is a large, ungoverned space and a constant source of instability. Both countries have long grappled with the question of how to rule this rugged frontier, which...
View ArticleWill Putin Gamble All On A Broader Ukraine Invasion?
Westerners strain to predict Moscow's next moves in Ukraine, and elsewhere.President Vladimir Putin may think that Russia can weather Western reactions if he decides to move beyond the occupied part of...
View ArticleColombia’s Peace Process: Measuring Public Opinion and Expectations for...
FARC negotiator Pablo Catatumbo said that the recent deadly army raid represented a “step back,” but that the progress made since Colombia’s peace process talks began in 2012 should not be “thrown...
View ArticleHow Supplying Sunni Tribes Could Backfire on the U.S.
The possibility that the Obama administration is considering supplying military assistance directly to Sunni tribes in Anbar underscores a central challenge in Washington’s approach to Iraq, Syria,...
View ArticleGrupo de congresistas demócratas apoyan suspensión de glifosato en el país
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View ArticleAmerica's Shocking Ignorance of Afghanistan
In 1815, Mountstuart Elphinstone, the first British ambassador dispatched to the court of the Afghan shah in 1809, published an abridged version of his eighty-eight volumes of notes from the mission....
View ArticleThe Hillary Doctrine: Sex & American Foreign Policy (Book Launch)
“The subjugation of women is a direct threat to the security of the United States,” declared Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2010. The Hillary Doctrine, as it’s come to be known, was...
View ArticleVictim’s Justice in the Aftermath of Genocide: Lessons from Efforts in the...
With the rise of transitional justice globally, the role of reparations in war has changed. "Victor's justice" in the form of punishment through reparations as fines between states has expanded to...
View ArticleFinding Its Way to the West? Ukraine and Its Challenges
The Maidan revolution was launched to ensure that Ukraine could make its European choice. Political rhetoric aside, what are Ukraine’s true prospects for success and how much assistance is the West...
View ArticleSouthern Voices Network: Security and Stability Through Africa-US Relations
The Southern Voices Network, a consortium of 15 research and policy organizations from across Africa, recently met at the Wilson Center to discuss a range of issues that included peace building and...
View ArticleThe War that Haunts Iran’s Negotiators
The historic nuclear diplomacy taking place in Vienna’s elegant Coburg Palace has roots in a gritty war between Iran and Iraq that ended more than a quarter of a century ago. Iran suffered more than a...
View ArticleOn Knife’s Edge: The International Criminal Tribunal for the former...
The post-Cold War era has witnessed horrific violence against non-combatants. In the Bosnian War alone, tens of thousands of civilians died. The founders of the International Criminal Tribunal for the...
View ArticleFrom War to Peace: In Search of Transitional Justice
When a country moves from conflict to peace, the transitional period includes a desire for justice that can take many forms. Arnaud Kurze’s research project explores the creation of “alternative...
View ArticleThe Role of Humanitarian NGOs in Turkey’s Peacebuilding
Recent years have seen Turkish humanitarian non-governmental organizations play a growing role in international peacebuilding. The rapid growth in their number and the scope of their work has garnered...
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