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On the Importance of Relationships -- The Artie Fufkin Doctrine 13 Aug 2013 | 04:53 am
The current rough patch between Presidents Obama and Putin sent me back to a figure who placed a lot of stock in relationships: Artie Fufkin (Polymer Records). When no fans showed up for an in-store a...
Chemical weapons or not, more arms in Syria fan the flames 31 Jul 2013 | 02:25 am
Russia and the U.S. need to take first conflict resolution steps—then Syria can Exactly one year fro m now will mark the 100th anniversary of World War I. A war of firsts in many respects, it was als...
Getting Ready to Ratchet Iran Sanctions Down [UPDATED] 14 Jul 2013 | 10:22 pm
I wanted to circle back to a recent piece by Carnegie Endowment President Jessica Mathews on Obama foreign policy. Ostensibly writing from a sympathetic perspective, I see her falling into the same tr...
The G-20 Agenda -- A View From the White House Sherpa 14 Jul 2013 | 08:46 pm
The other day I moderated a discussion of the G-20's agenda for St. Petersburg in September at a CSIS summit preview event organized by Matt Goodman's political economy program at the center. But the ...
Zero Nuclear Weapons -- Maybe / Maybe Not in My Lifetime 17 Jun 2013 | 05:06 am
One way to see the path to zero nuclear weapons is to think about the key milestones along the way.
Breaking Down the Wonk/Pundit Stovepipes 13 Jun 2013 | 11:49 pm
When you segregate different kinds of policy wonks, it undermines constructive policy debate.
Revisiting Benghazi 9 May 2013 | 01:49 am
Today’s House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa raised more questions than it answered. These are ...
Country See, Country Do - Nonproliferation Edition 26 Apr 2013 | 11:34 pm
Many of our debates about America's role in the world are merely different ways of asking how goody-goody we should be when faced with others' unruliness? This question is at the heart of a Jim Traub ...
Questions on the Brothers Tsarnaev 19 Apr 2013 | 08:50 pm
This post was written by James Lamond and Bill French Events and reports are coming out of Boston rapidly. Much of what we hear in the next few hours will be refined and corrected. This week’s media c...
Progress and Warnings On U.S.-Africa Security Cooperation 29 Mar 2013 | 01:46 am
This morning Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with a delegation of leaders from Africa to discuss security and democracy in Africa. The event with presidents and prime ministers from Malawi, Seneg...
