PRISTINA, Kosovo — In the Balkans, the 28th of June has resonated on the calendar through centuries of...
Jun 26, 2014
Kosovo’s ‘House of Cards,’ 15 years after liberation
PRISTINA, Kosovo — There were no big parades, no visible celebrations and hardly a public mention of the...
Jun 14, 2014
After a century of conflict, searching for peace in Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — The footsteps of the assassin are marked near the bridge here where a...
Jun 12, 2014
Why Spain’s unemployed millennials are rushing to join the navy
By Tik Root and Juan Herrero FERROL, Spain — By the time Borja Bernardez got home it was nearly three...
Jun 12, 2014
What we can learn from the Great War and the ‘Petty Peace that followed’
H.G. Wells called it “The War That Will End War,” which it certainly wasn’t. Woodrow Wilson said it...
Feb 24, 2014
Assad’s divide-and-conquer strategy proving effective against Syrian rebels
BY REESE ERLICH DAMASCUS — Syria’s US-backed rebels are steadily losing ground to extremist Islamist groups, dealing a...
Dec 18, 2013
What it means to call the bombing of Iran’s embassy in Beirut ‘sectarian violence’
BY REESE ERLICH BEIRUT — In the aftermath of the horrific twin bombings of the Iranian Embassy here,...
Nov 21, 2013
Egypt’s ‘deep state’ never left
CAIRO — Egyptians call it the “deep state.” And it was there all along for anyone who wanted...
Sep 16, 2013
In Egypt 2013, democracy means military rule
By Louisa Loveluck CAIRO — On a backstreet on the east side of this sprawling city, a ragged crowd...
Sep 16, 2013
A divided Egyptian family reunites to break the Ramadan fast
CAIRO — A crescent moon appeared through a cloud of tear gas and offered thin light over a...
Sep 16, 2013