Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations is again warning of imminent famine in northern Gaza. A panel of the Integrated Food Security Phase […]
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The Problem is Statelessness
King Abdullah II of Jordan revealed to the Times of London that the Obama administration may attempt a comprehensive peace treaty between Israel and the […]
NYT Review of "Engaging the Muslim World"
David E. Sanger, writing in the New York Times Book Review, reviews my new book, Engaging the Muslim World. Sanger, chief Washington correspondent of the […]
Pakistan: 700 Militants Killed; Hundreds of Thousands Displaced
In Pakistan, a suicide bomber hit a checkpoint near Peshawar on Monday morning, killing 10 The Pakistani military is claiming it has killed hundreds of […]
Karzai Seeks Hikmatyar Alliance; Government’s Tie to Drug Trade President’s Brother Threatens Journalist
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government is pursuing talks with Gulbadin Hekmatyar, an old holy warrior of the 1980s and 1990s who helped destroy Afghanistan. Hekmatyar […]
Karzai Complains about US Air-Strikes
Afghan President Hamid Karzai demanded Friday that the US military cease its aerial bombing campaigns in Afghanistan, in the wake of a mistaken bombing alleged […]
Obama to Speak from Cairo
President Obama will fulfill his pledge to make a major address to the Muslim world from a Muslim capital from Cairo on June 4. Although […]
Pakistan PM Vows Victory Against Taliban
On Thursday in Pakistan, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani announced that the Pakistani government would seek no further peace deals with the Pakistani Taliban but […]
Cole at MPAC/ National Press Club
My appearance on Monday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. at an event of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in connection with the […]
Return to Unity Government in Pakistan?
Reuters suggests that one of the outcomes of Wednesday’s summit between Obama, Zardari and Karzai might be a US push for a national unity government […]