Obama Administration
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
The White House's Benghazi Problem
Under pressure from the right, the Obama administration has declared the killing of its ambassador in Libya a "terrorist attack." The trouble is, its explanations just don't make sense.
BY LOUIS KLAREVAS | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
An Open Letter to the United States of America
Some unsolicited thoughts from an Egyptian revolutionary.
BY MAHMOUD SALEM | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Wait, You Still Don't Like Us?
Why the Muslim world hasn't warmed toward America over the past four years.
BY RICHARD WIKE | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
A Man with a Plan
Unlike Mitt Romney, Barack Obama not only has a plan to strengthen American statecraft, he's got four years of achievements to show for his efforts.
BY CHARLES A. KUPCHAN , BRUCE W. JENTLESON | SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
Left Behind
Obama has turned his back on us liberals. So why aren't we screaming about it?
BY TODD GITLIN | SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Sound and Sensible
Mitt Romney’s foreign policy would echo the best of America’s bipartisan traditions. But the desperate Obama caricature of it is just a sad indication of how much the president has failed.
BY PETER D. FEAVER | AUGUST 30, 2012
A Dangerous Mind
Mitt Romney’s foreign policy isn’t an afterthought, it’s a frightening return to a bullying neoconservative ideology -- and Americans should be worried.
BY BRUCE W. JENTLESON, CHARLES A. KUPCHAN | AUGUST 30, 2012
The Politically Incorrect Guide to U.S. Interests in the Middle East
Sorry, folks: America just doesn't care about freedom or Arab-Israeli peace all that much.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | AUGUST 15, 2012
Let Them Hunt
If President Obama is serious about wanting to apprehend Joseph Kony, he's got to unleash the dogs of war.
BY JOHN PRENDERGAST | AUGUST 13, 2012
Making Friends with Friends
Mitt Romney, Charles Krauthammer, and conservative pundits are plain wrong: Barack Obama hasn't lost Europe. That was his predecessor's doing.
BY SEAN KAY | AUGUST 7, 2012
It's Not as Easy as 1-2-3
The Obama team fights over how to promote nuclear energy without promoting nuclear weapons.
BY JEFFREY LEWIS | AUGUST 1, 2012
Why Syria's Rebels Can't Have It All
Don't listen to pundits who want to drag America into another Middle East quagmire. The Obama administration's strategy in Syria is already working.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | AUGUST 1, 2012
Our Brothers in Arms
Will the Pentagon continue to support Egypt's military under a new Islamist government?
BY KEVIN BARON | JULY 31, 2012
Kangaroo Court
The Obama administration has done much to clean up the legal mess in Guantánamo. But as the ongoing trial of a top al Qaeda suspects makes clear, it has not done nearly enough.
BY MARIA MCFARLAND SANCHEZ-MORENO | JULY 27, 2012
Word Is Bond
Has President Obama kept Candidate Obama's campaign promises?
BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JULY 23, 2012
Woman Up
Why Hillary Clinton needs to stand up for the women of Egypt.
BY ELISA MASSIMINO | JULY 13, 2012
The Romney-Cheney Doctrine
Mitt Romney's a big fan of George W. Bush's vice president. And that's a worrying sign for America's foreign policy.
BY ADAM SMITH | JULY 12, 2012
Talking a Great Game
So far, Washington's pivot to Asia has included a lot of work on security and trade. Democracy, not so much.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 11, 2012
The Sanctions Aren't Working
In its failing drive to stop Iran’s nuclear program, the West is only empowering hardliners and pushing the Iranian people to the brink of poverty.
BY ESKANDAR SADEGHI-BOROUJERDI, MUHAMMAD SAHIMI | JULY 5, 2012
U.S. admits droning four Americans (but just one deliberately)
BY J. DANA STUSTER
Charts: What inequality looks like around the world
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
Wait, there are riots in Sweden?
BY ELIAS GROLL
What is the U.S. really doing in Syria?
What we know so far about the brutal attack in London
BY ELIAS GROLL
The newspaper article that has shaken up Ugandan politics
BY JACKEE BATANDA
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