Campaigning has stopped in the presidential election in Iran — and voting begins in a few minutes. I have no idea who will win, but if Ahmadenijad falls to former Prime Minister and reformist challenger Moussavi, then this is huge in a domestic context.
Finally, after five years, I was able to purchase the website, WashingtonNote.com, from a site squatter. It wasn’t cheap — but those who have donated to the site through PayPal really helped make this happen. THANK YOU. So, now you can go to either TheWashingtonNote.com or WashingtonNote.com — and both will work.
A Facebook buddy of mine sent this to me, and I have to say that I didn’t quite know what to do with it. I’ve watched it four times and really like it. I have a lot of friends in Saudi Arabia who read this blog, and I’m grateful to them for doing so.
My colleague Patrick Doherty decided to push back on the comments made by Cuba’s Ambassador in Geneva today that Human Rights Watch was somehow a tool of the U.S. government.
Prof. Harvey Sapolsky, legendary former director of the MIT Security Studies program, has taken the plunge into the big bad world of the blogosphere via the British online publication e-International Relations.
(Photo Credit: Army.mil’s Photostream) I am sitting in an overflow room at the Center for a New American Security‘s third annual conference, “Striking A Balance: A New American Security.” Two quick thoughts on the Afghanistan/Pakistan panel: 1.
This is a brief clip of a discussion I had day before yesterday with Ken Ballen, President of Terror Free Tomorrow, and Flynt Leverett, Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Initiative at the New America Foundation.
I really love going to London. David Miliband, the UK foreign minister, has been a long time, excellent, committed blogger — and this is one of many things that draws me to London.
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy (This is the video clip of my discussion with Keith Olbermann about the possible and likely impact President Obama’s speech is having on Middle East politics.
(Credit: Siavush’s photostream) TERROR FREE TOMORROW/NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION IRAN PRE-ELECTION POLL RESULTS REPORT CLICK HERE FOR pdf OF REPORT. EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:15 PM EST Ahmadinejad Front Runner in Upcoming Presidential Elections Iranians Continue to Back Compromise and Better Relations with US and West.
