Chaos into Fourteen Lines

Here is a photo of the new Egyptian parliament in their first session. Obviously, the future is unsure, but that this moment has even occur...

PJ Crowley has stepped down now. The whole thing over Manning has been making my gorge rise in a general way, but this is really the cherry...

I haven't been posting lately because a) I'm stupid busy and b) there's so much happening so fast that I can't keep up with ...

I've said many times (though perhaps not here) that no communicative technology is instrumental to a political revolution in and of itse...

I know we're all supposed to hate Iran, yada yada yada. But this Danger Room post really crosses a line for me: Iranian President Mahmo...

Steven Cook has a wonderfully illuminating and relevant post on why the military didn't step in to shore up Tunisia's existing powe...

The Big Picture has photos from Tunisia. Glorious and evocative, as always:

I never understand what people whose worst fear is Sharia law--wherever it may arise--really mean when they say something could lead to ...

In the proud tradition of violent Islamic extremism being mostly counterproductive, a suicide bomber who seems to have been supporting Tehri...

RIP, Richard Holbrooke.