Regardless of what does or doesn’t happen on the ground as a result of this week’s resolutions and deliberations, only Israel and the United States will lose out. It didn’t have to be this way.
Long-term success in Afghanistan requires a shift in focus from clearing the ground to domestic institution-building and regional relationship management.
The need for intervention in Somalia to halt the advances of al-Shabaab has become only clearer during the devastating famine destroying the Horn of Africa.
Coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina and thinking that Ratko Mladic's arrest was only important for peace and reconciliation in the region that suffered the most due to his crimes, the international frenzy around Mladic surprised me. Nevertheless, as much as his facing justice mattered to the public at home, it seems to have mattered greatly for the global public, as well.