Obama Administration

Scared Tactics

Why America will be paying for decades for a foreign policy based on fear.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JUNE 18, 2013

The Road to Nowhere Good

When Syria's rebels need more than just weapons, America may well find itself in the middle of a civil war.

BY DAVID W. BARNO | JUNE 18, 2013

Time to Pull Our Troops from Europe

It'll help solve the Eurozone crisis. Seriously.

BY SEAN KAY | JUNE 18, 2013

Comey Don't Play That

How Obama's pick to lead the FBI tried to put the brakes on the NSA's surveillance dragnet.

BY MARC AMBINDER | JUNE 18, 2013

Is Doing Something in Syria Better than Nothing?

Why Obama’s small plan to send small arms to the Syrian rebels might fail on all counts.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 14, 2013

The New Problem From Hell

Obama's options in Syria are awful. But the United States is headed for intervention anyway.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JUNE 11, 2013

To Protect and Defend...

No, Mr. President, your top job is not to 'keep the American people safe.'

BY MICAH ZENKO | JUNE 11, 2013

Hoovered

How J. Edgar laid the groundwork for the NSA's surveillance state.

BY DAVID GOMEZ | JUNE 11, 2013

In Defense of PRISM

How else can we smoke terrorists out of their hidey holes?

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JUNE 7, 2013

Obama’s Surveillance State

The war on terror has taken over not just U.S. foreign policy, but also our inboxes, smartphones, and Facebook pages. And we're only beginning to understand how much harm that's caused.

BY SUZANNE NOSSEL | JUNE 7, 2013

Transnational Security Advisors

Susan Rice and Samantha Power will finally move U.S. foreign policy into the 21st century.

BY ROSA BROOKS | JUNE 6, 2013

Let's Not Be Friends

Obama and Xi will work better together if they both acknowledge they don't trust each other.

BY YAN XUETONG | JUNE 6, 2013

Rice, Power, and Hope

Did Obama just change Washington from the inside?

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JUNE 6, 2013

Why the NSA Needs Your Phone Calls…

… and why you (probably) shouldn't worry about it.

BY STEWART BAKER | JUNE 6, 2013

The 7 Deadly Sins of Defense Spending

How the Pentagon can cut costs -- and come out stronger.

BY DAVID BARNO, NORA BENSAHEL, ET AL. | JUNE 6, 2013

It Ain't About the Hardware

Will the wars of the future be won by management consultants?

BY GORDON ADAMS | JUNE 5, 2013

Peace Offensive

Obama thinks he can solve the world’s most intractable conflicts. What if he’s wrong?

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JUNE 5, 2013

The No-Plan Zone

Modest measures to aid the Syrian rebels won't topple Assad. And despite protestations, even Washington's hawks don't want to go further.

BY MICAH ZENKO | JUNE 5, 2013

Donilon's Legacy

Obama's outgoing national security advisor leaves behind a U.S. foreign policy in much better shape than he found it. Can Susan Rice build on his success?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JUNE 5, 2013

Xi's Not Ready

Why Obama should skip the shirt-sleeves summit with China's new leader.

BY MICHAEL AUSLIN | JUNE 4, 2013

Drones Are Too Slow to Kill Terrorists

President Obama's magical thinking about how to defeat al Qaeda.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JUNE 3, 2013

Spies Like Them

How Robert Mueller transformed -- for better and for worse -- the FBI into a counterterrorism agency.

BY DAVID GOMEZ | MAY 31, 2013

Arms Twisting

Why won't Obama sign his own weapons treaty next week?

BY RACHEL STOHL | MAY 30, 2013

Automatic for the People

How to end Obama's culture of secrecy in just a few lines of code.

BY ROSA BROOKS | MAY 30, 2013

An Honest Broker

The national security advisor of James Mann's profile bears little resemblance to the Tom Donilon I know.

BY JEREMY BASH | MAY 28, 2013

Speak No Evil

Why Obama shouldn't have given that big drone speech.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 28, 2013

Ready, Fire, Aim

Why the U.S. should have launched an ICBM during the North Korean crisis.

BY ANDREA BERGER | MAY 28, 2013

Confront and Confuse

Did Obama's speech actually say anything new about drones?

BY MICAH ZENKO | MAY 28, 2013

Obama's Gray Man

Tom Donilon has amassed enormous behind-the-scenes power as the president’s national security advisor. But now, as the White House shuffles its foreign-policy team, his critics are sharpening their knives.

BY JAMES MANN | MAY 28, 2013

The Other War on Terror

Limiting drone strikes and closing Gitmo won't stop homegrown radicals.

BY JANE HARMAN | MAY 24, 2013