Shlomo Ben-Ami, as Israel’s Foreign Minister, led peace negotiations with the Palestinian Liberation Organization under Prime Minister Ehud Barak, culminating in the Camp David Summit. And ever since he’s maintained an active profile and is utilized as a source of fresh thinking on various informal security policy planning exercises.

This was an exchange last night on Lehrer News Hour between my friend and former colleague Nir Rosen and AEI scholar and “surge architect” Frederick Kagan: JIM LEHRER: And now, two very different views of the surge. They come from two frequent visitors to Iraq.

Neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama can publicly acknowledge that either would accept the 2nd slot on a Democratic ticket because it would spell the end of their campaign. But I have to take exception to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s comment that a joint ticket is impossible.

Here is The Nelson Report‘s take on CENTCOM Commander William Fallon’s resignation dismissal: The Nelson Report – 12 March 2008 FALLON FIRED…insubordination, not Iran war risk FALLON…the speed with which Adm. Fallon’s “retirement” was announced by DOD Secretary Gates tells you the real story: this came right from the White House.

Admiral William “Fox” Fallon — CentCom Commander — has been fired for insubordination, for not stewarding his own views about war and peace privately and in a way that did not embarrass his commander in chief.

The political tremors emanating from the news that Eliot Spitzer met a prostitute in Washington, DC at the Mayflower Hotel are obvious, but a friend of mine who is an expert on probability theory suggested to me that beneath the surface noise, this is really just a “dog bites man” story.

If this fundraising appeal from Louisiana Senator David Vitter for his campaign to defeat the Law of the Sea Convention weren’t so dishonest and misleading it would be hysterical. Ok, actually, it’s still amazingly funny. For starters, the note includes a header at the top that reads “Personal & Confidential.

For some time now, transatlantic analysts have warned that the NATO deployment of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and US troops in Afghanistan is on the precipice of unraveling, and with that will usher in grave questions and implications for the future of NATO and transatlantic ties.

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s acknowledged encounters with a prostitution ring probably hurt Hillary Clinton and help Barack Obama.

I had to laugh when I read this blog comment about my site redesign. I’m relieved that we are moving to a “new look” and owe a brilliant guy — named Andrew — a ton for making this come together.