Editors' Picks
Can Obama finally make the legalcase for his war on terror?
Daniel Fried was the perfect man for the hardest job in Washington, but even he couldn’t close Guantanamo.
Why Americans are to blame for thePentagon's outrageous sex scandals.
What the Hell Was That All About?
After scaring the world witless, has North Korea slunk back into its cave?
The 4 key points of Barack Obama's counterterrorism speech

BY JOHN HUDSON
Forget the Sunni-Shiite divide. It's the inter-Sunni conflicts you should watch.

Can Haiti's president lead his fractured country out of crisis?

BY RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL
High-ranking Chinese official asks: Why are Jews so smart?

BY ISAAC STONE FISH
The Pentagon is wriggling its way out of sequestration

America's natural gas boom is bad news for China
BY CHARLES R. MORRIS
On suicide, sexual harassment, and command: A Naval officer's experience
BY 'A. NAVAL OFFICER'
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The EMPire Strikes Back - By Jeffrey Lewis
Electromagnetic pulse is the conservative fetish that just won't die.
05/23/2013
Flexible Spending Account - By Gordon Adams
How the Pentagon is wriggling its way through sequestration.
05/23/2013
Japan's Own Worst Enemy? - By Tobias Harris
Shinzo Abe is at the height of his popularity. But is he too much of a right-wing nut to save the country's economy?
05/23/2013
Chief of the Band - By Rashmee Roshan Lall
From showman to president, Haiti's Michel Martelly insists he's in charge. But can he lead his fractured country out of crisis?
05/23/2013
Freedom Begins at Home - By Suzanne Nossel
How can the Obama administration credibly promote freedom of speech abroad while restricting it in the United States?
05/23/2013
Authorize This - By Rosa Brooks
Can Obama put the war on terror on a new legal footing?
05/23/2013
The War for the Arab World - By Marc Lynch
Sunni-Shiite hatreds are the least of the Middle East's problems -- it's the struggle within the Sunni world that will define the region for years to come.
05/23/2013
Pulp Liberation Army - By Isaac Stone Fish and Helen Gao
Welcome to the strange -- and terrifying -- underground world of Chinese military fantasy novels.
05/23/2013
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