Bush's Legacy

How Lebanon Was Lost

A former U.S. ally under Bush's Freedom Agenda, the country is now being neglected in the name of "engagement" with Syria -- and the results could be disastrous.

BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 8, 2010

Wallowing in Decline

Americans have gone from gloating over their global influence to bemoaning the loss of it. They were wrong then, and they're wrong now.

BY JAMES TRAUB | SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Gitmo Forever

President Obama has found that it's easier to make high-minded pledges to close the notorious prison than to actually get it done.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

What Do Red Teams Really Do?

Mark Perry paints a misleading portrait of how the U.S. government thinks of Hezbollah and Hamas.

BY BILAL Y. SAAB | SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

How Different Is Obama from Bush on Terrorism?

The U.S. president has found himself caught in some old legal traps -- while creating new ones of his own.

BY NOAH FELDMAN | SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Yes, America Is Exporting Terrorism

Why the latest WikiLeaks revelations matter.

BY PAUL R. PILLAR | AUGUST 26, 2010

America's First Muslim President

Muslim Americans helped elect George W. Bush, but now they're leaving the Republican Party in droves. It didn't have to be this way.

BY SUHAIL A. KHAN | AUGUST 23, 2010

Imprisoned Beliefs

Forget re-education camps for terrorists. Jailed extremists in Pakistan are kept in isolation -- from anyone who might change their mind about waging jihad.

BY RANIA ABOUZEID | JULY 29, 2010

A Lack of Conviction

Prosecutors at the U.S. military tribunals in Guantánamo are proclaiming success for their stripped-down judicial model. But the abysmal trial record tells another story.

BY STACY SULLIVAN | JULY 27, 2010

Bury the Graveyard

If you want to figure out a way forward for Afghanistan, fake history is not the place to start.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 26, 2010

How Does the CIA Know If Its Intel Is Any Good?

Common sense, mostly.

BY CHARLES HOMANS | JULY 26, 2010

Bad Politics Is Better Than No Politics

Why Iraq's bloody democracy isn't so terrible.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JULY 9, 2010

The Long Emergency

Barack Obama's administration is taking an expansive, ambitious approach to global health. Does that mean giving up on combating HIV/AIDS?

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JUNE 25, 2010

The Oliver Stone Show

South of the Border is no portrait of Hugo Chávez or the Latin American left; it's about how one U.S. director views the world.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JUNE 24, 2010

Bank Shot

Nine years after 9/11, getting between extremist groups and their funding remains an uphill struggle.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 21, 2010

Bashir’s Campaign of Fear

The South Sudanese will probably re-elect their incumbent in this month’s elections. But it’s not because they like him.

BY MAGGIE FICK | APRIL 2, 2010

The Torture Commission We Really Need

It’s not enough just to understand what went wrong in the Justice Department. We need to start fixing it, too.

BY DAVID KAYE | MARCH 25, 2010

What the Neocons Got Right

Believe it or not, they made a few good calls.

BY STEVEN A. COOK | MARCH 11, 2010

Dancing for Their Lives

Making an undercover visit to an Iraqi expat nightclub in Syria, where the refugee crisis's illicit economy is on full display.

BY DEBORAH AMOS | MARCH 9, 2010

The Conventional Wisdom Isn't Always Wrong

Five things you think are true that are.

BY JOSHUA KEATING | MARCH 5, 2010

Obama's Middle East Democracy Problem

The Obama administration’s quiet approach to promoting freedom in the Arab world is about to meet its first major test.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | MARCH 5, 2010

Bipartisan Spring

Washington may be deeply polarized on domestic matters, but when it comes to foreign affairs, a remarkable consensus is taking shape.

BY ROBERT KAGAN | MARCH 3, 2010

Does Obama Have His Own Freedom Agenda Or Not?

Democracy promotion after Bush.

BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 24, 2010

This Week at War

What the four-stars are reading -- a weekly column from Small Wars Journal.

BY ROBERT HADDICK | FEBRUARY 5, 2010

The End of Diplomacy?

Once up a time, Americans achieved great things abroad. No longer.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | FEBRUARY 3, 2010

How to Read the QDR

What the Pentagon’s most highly anticipated planning document says about the gap between its aspirations and reality.

BY TRAVIS SHARP | FEBRUARY 2, 2010

CIA Man Retracts Claim on Waterboarding

A study in "enhanced reporting techniques."

BY JEFF STEIN | JANUARY 26, 2010

Groundhog Day in Afghanistan

Day after day, political crisis after political crisis, Afghanistan persists in going nowhere.

BY WHITNEY HARING-SMITH | JANUARY 26, 2010

Losing Cairo?

Since Barack Obama's speech six months ago, the Muslim world has begun to lose hope in the United States. But it's not too late ... yet.

BY ANDREW ALBERTSON | DECEMBER 24, 2009

The Other Nobel Controversy

What the recent uproar over the Nobel Committee chairman's lucrative new post says about Norway's peace prize complex.

BY KJETIL WIEDSWANG | DECEMBER 17, 2009