It Is Not Just Libya, Arab Autocrats Fight Back By Paolo von Schirach March 21, 2011 WASHINGTON– America, like everybody, has been caught by surprise and...
The Arab World’s Glorious, Yet Uneasy, Steps Towards Democracy WASHINGTON – A recent US public TV documentary featured Gigi Ibrahim, one of the young stars of...
Not a Revolution; But Egypt Will Get its Reforms – Is Anybody Watching? “Those who cling to the status quo may be able to hold back the...
The Limits of Counter Terrorism WASHINGTON – The failure by US counter terrorism authorities to use the information they had in hand to prevent...
If Pakistan Fails WASHINGTON – Afghanistan is a big problem. But if Pakistan fails we have an even bigger problem. And what...
What We Can Learn From Mumbay WASHINGTON – According to reporting in The Wall Street Journal (“Sole Captured Suspect Offers Grims Insights into Massacre“, December...
April 4 is NATO’s Birthday The Europeans do very little for the common defense. Is there still a role for the Atlantic Alliance created in 1949? By Paolo von Schirach April 3, 2008 WASHINGTON – Tomorrow is April 4, another birthday for the North Atlantic Treaty...
Asia Rises, America Distracted WASHINGTON – Five years into the invasion of Iraq, defined by its proponents as an essential component of the...
Europe and World Threats WASHINGTON – “We must not –we cannot—become a two-tiered alliance of those willing to fight and those who are...