Obama Administration

The Answer Man

A Washington power-read on John Brennan.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 7, 2013

Will Chuck Hagel Stand Up to the Drone Lobby?

Or will he be yet another victim of Pentagon operators?

BY WINSLOW WHEELER | JANUARY 7, 2013

The Disengagers

Kerry, Hagel, and the end of American military adventurism?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JANUARY 7, 2013

Chuck Hagel's Biggest Task

Obama's new defense secretary will first and foremost need to get the Asia pivot right.

BY JAMES HOLMES | JANUARY 7, 2013

Bench Press

It doesn't matter that Chuck Hagel is a Republican -- or even a defense expert.

BY LAWRENCE J. KORB | JANUARY 7, 2013

The Fiscal Cliff Sequel

Why the Pentagon will only make a cameo appearance.

BY GORDON ADAMS | JANUARY 2, 2013

Does the GOP Need a New Foreign Policy?

Can the Republican Party survive without coming to terms with the Bush-Cheney years? FP's Shadow Government team weighs in.

JANUARY 2, 2013

Dear John

John Kerry can be a great secretary of state. Here's how.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JANUARY 2, 2013

Getting Down to Business

The bad news is Washington hasn't seen the last of its bickering, dithering, and gridlock. The good news is Obama can change that in his first 100 days. 

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | JANUARY 2, 2013

Is It Over Yet?

Haunting photos of a year in the life of the war America is still fighting.

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Wanted: A Few Good Leaders

Fewer veterans are serving in high office in the United States. It's no coincidence that America is going off the rails.

BY PAUL V. KANE | DECEMBER 27, 2012

New Year, Same Awful Congress

Will lawmakers trade political paralysis for compromise and bipartisanship in 2013? Don't bet on it.

BY NORMAN ORNSTEIN | DECEMBER 26, 2012

Flournoy for SecDef

Ten reasons the president should ditch Chuck for Michèle.

BY ROSA BROOKS | DECEMBER 26, 2012

The Top 10 National Security Stories of the Year

From Obama and the generals to women in combat, here are the big issues that mattered in 2012.

BY KEVIN BARON | DECEMBER 26, 2012

The Other Pivot

America rediscovers diplomacy.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 24, 2012

Is Chuck Hagel Toast?

The attacks on Obama’s would-be Pentagon chief are scurrilous. And yes, Virginia, there is an Israel lobby -- but it’s neither Jewish nor invincible.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | DECEMBER 24, 2012

Lingering Questions on Benghazi

This week's report on the Obama administration's actions in Libya was credible but incomplete.

BY DARRELL ISSA | DECEMBER 21, 2012

Running Hills

Why senators shouldn't head the Pentagon or Foggy Bottom.

BY GORDON ADAMS | DECEMBER 20, 2012

Zero Farce Thirty

The man who nearly stopped 9/11 tells FP why Kathryn Bigelow's movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden gets it wrong.  

INTERVIEW BY TY MCCORMICK | DECEMBER 19, 2012

Syria's Time Is Running Out

The country tears itself further apart with each passing day. This is the moment to do something about it.

BY FREDERIC HOF | DECEMBER 19, 2012

Untouchable

Why Hillary Clinton is the Teflon secretary.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | DECEMBER 18, 2012

Fiscal Cliff: A Short History

How did the phrase become shorthand for Washington's embrace of budget brinkmanship?

BY URI FRIEDMAN | DECEMBER 18, 2012

Nudging the President

Splitting the difference is no way to win a war.

BY MICAH ZENKO | DECEMBER 18, 2012

A President We Can Believe In

Newtown changed Obama. Can it change the world?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 17, 2012

Closed Book

Why won't the Obama administration back a treaty to make reading more accessible for the visually impaired?

BY JINA MOORE | DECEMBER 17, 2012

Don't Blame Obama for Syria

What's happening in Syria is a tragedy. But John Hannah needs to recognize that the civil war was never ours to win or lose.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | DECEMBER 14, 2012

Elephant Man

Four reasons why Obama should not send Hagel to the Pentagon.

BY ROSA BROOKS | DECEMBER 14, 2012

Hagel Unchained

Why do neocon Republicans hate Chuck Hagel so much? Because of what he would do as secretary of defense.

BY JACOB HEILBRUNN | DECEMBER 14, 2012

Secretaries of Safe

Obama’s likely national security picks are going to reinforce his innate caution -- for better and for worse.

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 14, 2012

Chuck Hagel Wants to Be Dwight Eisenhower

We read the senator's 2008 book on defense so that you don't have to.

BY J. DANA STUSTER | DECEMBER 14, 2012