Thomas Goltz wins first Osman Mirzayev Prize in 1993… finds out in 2018
The article (in Russian) announces that I am the winner of the (first ever) 1993 Osman Mirzayev Prize "...for breaking the informational blockade against Azerbaijan...." and thus the recipient of 10,000 Roubles (then about the price of a new Lada car).
Thomas Goltz attends March For Our Lives
They say some 2,000 folks showed up for the Bozeman chapter of the March for Our Lives rally; I think that is a little high. My sign was the AK-47 case gifted to me by Hugh Pope after a trip to Lebanon; my statement was to put 'NO!!' on the two banana clip pockets.
Jean-Benoit Nadeau meets Emmanuel Macron
The selfie was take by me on February 15 at the Elysée palace. I was in France at the invitation of the Institut français, which was conducting a large consultation regarding the French government’s policy on the French language.
Brookings: Cheng Li on China’s constitutional conundrum
Xi Jinping's power grab reflects one of his leadership's greatest paradoxes.
The Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Israeli-Palestinian cooperation
Coordination has grown since the White House's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
The Daily Beast: Neri Zilber compares Netanyahu and Trump
The Israeli president is copying his US counterpart's playbook to salvage his political career.
The Guardian: Hannah Rae Armstrong on sheep fighting in Algeria
It's a means of subverting the surveillance state.
The New Yorker: Nicholas Schmidle on Pakistan and the CIA
The CIA's relationship with Pakistan is defined by frustration.
WAMU: Tyrone Turner braves the cold
Maryland students plunge into the frigid Chesapeake Bay waters for a Special Olympics fundraiser.
The New Yorker: Nicholas Schmidle on the war on terror
The Pentagon is setting its sights on Russia.