Bush's Legacy

The $2 Trillion Man

How Obama saved Brand America.

BY SIMON ANHOLT | DECEMBER 17, 2009

The Danger KSM Still Poses in Washington

The architect of the 9/11 attacks is headed to a criminal trial in New York -- but Obama's made a muddle of the rest of the legal picture.

BY JUAN CARLOS ZARATE | DECEMBER 4, 2009

My Nights With Hamid

The world is hounding the Afghan president to crack down on corruption and kick out entrenched warlords. I don't think he's going to do it, and I should know: I’m the man who wrote his autobiography.

BY NICK B. MILLS | NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Please Send More Than Troops

If the window closes to fix Afghanistan's government, more boots on the ground won't matter.

BY ASHRAF GHANI | NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Europe's Obama Fatigue

Bush was better for Europe. No, seriously.

BY JAMES JOYNER | OCTOBER 29, 2009

Fighting Terror the Cold War Way

Books, art, and culture can help win the battle of ideas in the Middle East.

BY TODD HELMUS, DALIA DASSA KAYE | OCTOBER 14, 2009

Lessons in Disaster

Why is the Obama administration reading up on its Vietnam history?

BY GORDON M. GOLDSTEIN | OCTOBER 6, 2009

Think Again: America's Image

U.S. standing in the world matters, Americans care about it, and a weakened stature continues to hamper U.S. policy. Twenty prominent political scientists have recently completed a year-long study of the issue and clear away the underbrush of misunderstanding.

BY PETER KATZENSTEIN, JEFFREY LEGRO, THE APSA TASK FORCE ON U.S. STANDING IN WORLD AFFAIRS | OCTOBER 5, 2009

The Guantanamo Countdown

President Obama promised to close the facility within a year, but eight months later, the path is looking rockier. Here's what the administration needs to do to meet its deadline.

BY SARAH MENDELSON | OCTOBER 1, 2009

Strategic Communication: Getting Back to Basics

Writing in Joint Force Quarterly, Adm. Michael G. Mullen critiques the U.S. government's approach to winning hearts and minds.

BY MICHAEL G. MULLEN | AUGUST 28, 2009

A Bright Shining Slogan

How "hearts and minds" came to be.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | SEPT. / OCT. 2009

Not Enough?

Susan Rice's speech was a good start toward global re-engagement. But it was only that -- a start.

BY JOHN NORRIS | AUGUST 13, 2009

Seven Questions: Jay Garner

The man who first led reconstruction efforts in Iraq says that Arab-Kurd tensions are overblown and that "soft partition" would have been a good idea.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JULY 15, 2009

Do Targeted Killings Work?

Drone strikes are far from perfect -- but they're also far better than nothing.

BY DANIEL BYMAN | JULY 14, 2009

License to Kill

When I advised the Israel Defense Forces, here's how we decided if targeted kills were legal -- or not.

BY AMOS N. GUIORA | JULY 13, 2009

A Hollow Victory for Iraq

How the militants are celebrating the U.S. withdrawal.

BY RANJ ALAALDIN | JULY 9, 2009

Obama's Shallow Realism

Why the U.S. president shouldn't react to one bad foreign policy with another.

BY DAVID GARDNER | JULY 8, 2009

Cut Bibi Some Slack

Why Obama's hard line on Israeli settlements is counterproductive.

BY STEVEN J. ROSEN | JULY 1, 2009

A Road Map to Nowhere

Obama's refusal to dub Israeli settlements illegal is undermining any hope of Middle East peace.

BY FLYNT LEVERETT, HILLARY MANN LEVERETT | JULY 1, 2009

Iraq's Real Deadline

The true test for Iraq will come from its next round of elections -- and the real U.S. troop withdrawal.

BY JOOST HILTERMANN | JUNE 29, 2009

The Making of George W. Obama

The 2008 U.S. election was all about change. But that's not what we're going to get on foreign policy, says the longtime speechwriter for Condoleezza Rice. Instead of a radical departure from Bush, we're likely to end up with a lot more of the same. And that may be just what we need.

BY CHRISTIAN BROSE | JANUARY 5, 2009

A Legacy of Failure

David Frum defends Bush's legacy from attacks by Anatol Lieven, Sharon Squassoni, and Laura Garces.

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Think Again: Bush's Legacy

He may be the most unpopular president in modern times: a reckless, unilateralist cowboy. But history will be kinder to George W. Bush than contemporary caricatures. After eight years, he leaves behind much more than a defeated dictator in Iraq. Closer ties to India, a pragmatic relationship with China, and the pressure he applied to Iran will pay dividends for years to come.

BY DAVID FRUM | AUGUST 12, 2008

Bush Throws a Party

How does U.S. President George W. Bush's preelection spending binge stack up against history?

BY KENNETH ROGOFF | MARCH 1, 2004

Grading the President: A View From Western Europe

BY CHRISTOPH BERTRAM | JULY 1, 2003

Grading the President: A View From Southeast Asia

BY KARIM RASLAN | JULY 1, 2003

Grading the President: A View From South Asia

BY PRATAP BHANU MEHTA | JULY 1, 2003

Grading the President: A View From Russia

BY DIMITRI K. SIMES | JULY 1, 2003

Grading the President: A View From The Middle East

BY MOHAMMED AL-JASSEM | JULY 1, 2003

Grading the President: A View From Latin America

BY JORGE I. DOMÍNGUEZ | JULY 1, 2003