Now that Crimea is in Vladimir Putin’s pocket, Russian soldiers, jets, artillery, and trucks are arrayed all along the border with eastern Ukraine. What will the US and NATO do…

As I argued in the previous post (#13), the US approach to a Middle East peace is essentially flawed because it is one-sided and doesn’t effectively address the core obstacles…

At the close of an international gathering in November 2007, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed “to engage in vigorous, ongoing and continuous negotiations, and shall make every effort to conclude…

President Putin apparently called President Obama to propose talks on Ukraine, and as I write the two countries’ foreign ministers are meeting.  This is a welcome move in view of…

Remember Syria?  The civil war there is entering its fourth year.  While all eyes are on the Ukraine crisis, a far deadlier conflict goes on in Syria.  Like his partner…

As the Obama administration and the rest of us ponder what might happen next in Ukraine, here are some suggested thinking points: The crisis is in Russia’s backyard. Russia has…