Decoding What Human Rights Groups Said About Syria
By Sarah Bush During the past month, political pundits have not been the only people disagreeing vociferously about…
Month: September 2013
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Peace Overtures from Iran?
By Barbara F. Walter This past Tuesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made a somewhat surprising speech in which…
The Strength of al-Shabab
By Joe Young The recent attack by al-Shabab on an up-scale shopping mall in Nairobi, which has claimed…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin An ongoing terrorist attack on a Nairobi, Kenya shopping mall frequented by foreigners by the Somali militant…
The Logic Behind Assad’s Use of Chemical Weapons
By Barbara F. Walter Last week I asked why Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons even after Obama had drawn…
Oslo’s Enduring Commitment Problem
By Allison Beth Hodgkins Why would anyone want to read another analysis of the commitment problems lurking in…
Social Media, News, and Rights Advocacy
By Will H. Moore Back in 2010 an Irish journalist, Mark Little, left his post as presenter on Irish…
Weekly Links
By Taylor Marvin The US and Russia reached a deal Saturday aimed at disposing of Syria’s chemical arms by mid-2014. The…
Why the CW Inspection Plan Doesn’t Have to be Perfect, or Even Close, to Succeed
By Page Fortna As the Obama administration and the world contemplate a plan to secure Syria’s chemical weapons,…
Friday Puzzler: The Logic of Chemical Weapons
By Barbara F. Walter Over the last two weeks, the policy world and the media have fixated on…