Monthly Archives: October, 2013

The Hagia Sophia Mosque

How does the name sound? Pretty much like Saint Paul’s Mosque in London, or the…

The code to Damascus

“What’s going to happen in Syria?” I asked Fawaz, an exiled Syrian musician whom I…

Syria: Russia’s Choice

President Barack Obama’s preferred end-state for the Syrian crisis begins with the creation of a…

Trust, but Clarify

Foreign Policy In relations between states, symbols can be a sign of change — but…