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United Nations Mission in Kosovo

Conflict Conundrums

For the United States, mediating territorial crises must involve geopolitical juggling.

Kofi's Rule

Kofi Annan has promulgated a new rule for the conduct of international affairs. But there were difficulties in applying it, in the case if the weak as well as the strong.

Commentary

Nobel Peace Prize for War

On his blog Subjective Evaluation, Dimitri K. Simes notes that Martti Ahtisaari, latest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, hardly deserves it. As an architect of Kosovo’s independence, he helped cause a war.

Revenge of the Balkans

Our adventurism in the Balkans is having serious consequences for American regional interests, even a decade later.

The Kouchner Gambit

What to make of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner’s recent statements on Iran and missile defense?

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May 27, 2012