The Washington Times reports that Mike McFaul and Undersecretary William Burns are off to Moscow to talk Kyrgyz basing with the Russians. Via Spencer Ackerman, an earlier version of the...
Having posted as I did last night, I’ve been having second thoughts. I’ve met Christian Brose a few times, spoken with him, and I certainly have a high opinion of...
Chris Brose, reporting on/from the Munich security conference, writes a long post on Afghanistan. This part caught my eye: What I heard again and again is that we may have...
Will Inboden writes a long screed on Obama and the prospects for democracy promotion during his administration. Like pretty much everything on Shadow Government, it’s very much worth reading. He...
I was going to respond to David Adesnik’s post directly when Christian Brose went ahead and did part of it for me—sort of: Now, don’t get me wrong: The two...
For those of you who don’t have today’s date memorized and/or set as a repeating event in your Google Calendar, today is Ronald Reagan’s birthday. Over on the main page,...
