The Eleventh Hour

What we can learn from the Great War and the ‘Petty Peace that followed’

Conflict

Commentary: Many of the crises we face today follow from what was done — and not done — after ‘the eleventh hour’ ended World War I.

After a century of conflict, searching for peace in Bosnia

Politics

Kosovo’s ‘House of Cards,’ 15 years after liberation

Politics

Why World War I still matters, 100 years after it began

Conflict

Sarajevo struggles to process its history of war

Conflict

Returning to sites of Kosovo’s horrors, signs of healing and injustice

Conflict

The date June 28 has resonated across the Balkans for hundreds of years. Why this year’s observance is particularly poignant.

Mitrovica, a city divided

Conflict

A look at one of the most divided cities in Kosovo and how it is trying to move on 15 years after the Balkan War.

Why World War I is so often forgotten in America

Politics

Analysis: The “Great War” is often overshadowed by World War II and later wars.

The borders of the Middle East are being redrawn by force (VIDEO)

Conflict

The Islamic State is trying to change the map created after World War I. America’s Kurdish allies have a different outcome in mind.

How World War I made combat even more terrible

Politics

Analysis: The ‘Great War’ introduced mechanized technology and the soulless calculus of attrition into warfare.