Obama Administration

Getting Rebalancing Right

Four key issues that will define President Obama's second-term pivot to Asia.

BY MICHELE A. FLOURNOY, ZIAD HAIDER | NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Silent but Deadly

How the State Department tried and failed to force Obama’s drone program into the open.

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Throwing Rice

Barack Obama was right to defend Susan Rice from the GOP attacks. She's got the chops to be secretary of state.

BY SEAN KAY | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Secretary Kerry

Would John Kerry do a good job of filling Hillary Clinton’s shoes?

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Forward!

Time for some foreign policy change we can believe in.

BY ROSA BROOKS | NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Relationship Advice

Don't believe the loose talk of Barack Obama exacting vengeance on Benjamin Netanyahu -- the two leaders need each other too much to let old grudges get in the way.

BY DAVID MAKOVSKY | NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Time for a Reset on Human Rights

Obama’s record has been a disappointment. Now he has a second chance to get it right.

BY SUZANNE NOSSEL | NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Peace Talks

How war disappeared from American campaign rhetoric.

BY MARY DUDZIAK | NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Rights and Responsibility

The candidates may disagree on some human rights issues, but the next president will face challenges that transcend partisan lines.

BY KENNETH ROTH | NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Back to Africa

If Barack Obama is reelected, he'll have to deliver on his promises to Africa -- and act more like Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush.

BY MVEMBA PHEZO DIZOLELE | NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Obama's Likeliest Flip-Flops

If the president wins again on Nov. 6, he might fire up an Etch-a-Sketch of his own.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 2, 2012

'Troubling' Surveillance Before Benghazi Attack

Sensitive documents found amid the wreckage of the U.S. consulate shine new light on the Sept. 11 assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

BY HARALD DOORNBOS, JENAN MOUSSA | NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The Amphibian

How Barack Obama learned to cover his right flank -- and his left.

BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 26, 2012

Rhetorical Questions

Tough talk couldn't have saved Ambassador Stevens.

BY JAMES DOBBINS | OCTOBER 25, 2012

Jerks vs. Waterboarders

The best reason to pick Obama over Romney.

BY ROSA BROOKS | OCTOBER 25, 2012

Tell Us the One About the Robots, Mr. President

Want to lead the free world? You'd better figure out what to do about the rise of the machines.

BY PETER W. SINGER | OCTOBER 24, 2012

In Praise of Apathy

It's time to stop deriding the Americans who refuse to vote. They're trying to tell us something.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 24, 2012

Please God, Not Another Blue-Ribbon Panel

Here's how to really fix the State Department.

BY JOHN NORRIS | OCTOBER 24, 2012

Hey, Big Spender

Republicans like to say that Obama's gone soft on nukes. In fact, he's spending $213 billion more on them.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | OCTOBER 22, 2012

The Pivot to Economics

The State Department is hard at work integrating economics into U.S. foreign policy.

BY HEIDI CREBO-REDIKER | OCTOBER 19, 2012

The Case for Intervention...

In Obama's dysfunctional foreign-policy team.

BY ROSA BROOKS | OCTOBER 18, 2012

Swiss Cheese

The EU's "strong" sanctions on Iran are full of holes, but might they be enough to prevent the U.S. going to war?

BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | OCTOBER 18, 2012

Where the Arab Spring Has Not Yet Sprung

The spirit of rebellion continues to simmer in the Middle East and North Africa. But you won’t see much about it in the headlines.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 17, 2012

What the Frack?!

How the 2012 election could come down to one thing: coal.

BY DAVID ROBERTS | OCTOBER 16, 2012

How the Russian 'Reset' Explains Obama's Foreign Policy

The president's naivete about Vladimir Putin is the root cause of his failure.

BY DOUGLAS J. FEITH, SETH CROPSEY | OCTOBER 16, 2012

Enough Already

When it comes to Israel, neither Obama nor Romney is as good or bad as American Jews think.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | OCTOBER 9, 2012

A Truly Credible Military Threat to Iran

The Israelis and the Americans are zeroing in on a strike option that has a real chance of deterring the mullahs -- and defusing Mitt Romney's attacks.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 8, 2012

The FP Survey: The Economy

If we're ever going to get out of this slump, what will it take? We asked more than 60 leading economists to tell us.

NOVEMBER 2012

Better Late than Never

How naive self-confidence led Barack Obama astray, before prudence brought him back.

BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 5, 2012

Battle in the Bazaar

It's no wonder protesters in Iran head for the marketplace.

OCTOBER 3, 2012