Obama Administration

This Week At War: Enough Talk, Obama

Failures in Syria and Iran show the limits of diplomatic negotiation.

BY ROBERT HADDICK | JUNE 1, 2012

Kill the Kill List

The Obama administration is grossly misreading international law when it comes to targeting terrorists.

BY DAPHNE EVIATAR , GABOR RONA | MAY 31, 2012

The Curious Case of Benjamin Netanyahu

Will Israel’s prime minister turn out to be a great man, or just a great maneuverer?

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 30, 2012

Romney: Year One

What would happen if you took Mitt Romney's foreign-policy promises extremely literally?

BY DANIEL DREZNER | MAY 25, 2012

Power Ballad

What happens when you mix a trashy Europop spectacle with an oil-soaked Caspian dictator?

BY HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS | MAY 24, 2012

Damned if You Do

Obama hasn't made a peep about cutting U.S. support to NATO -- though everyone agrees it's necessary to get Europeans to pay their fair share. And yet, Romney attacks him for it.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MAY 23, 2012

Barack O'Romney

Ignore what the candidates say they'll do differently on foreign policy. They're basically the same man.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 23, 2012

In the Crosshairs

Why controlling the international arms trade can help to build stable societies.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 22, 2012

Dereliction of Duty

Despite the rhetoric, the NATO summit offers no concrete plan to protect Afghan rights.

BY KENNETH ROTH | MAY 22, 2012

Obama's Debacle

The president has protected his right flank for now, but history won’t be so kind.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MAY 21, 2012

The Government We Deserve

Americans are sick and tired of Washington's dysfunctional politics. But it's not Congress they should be angry at -- Americans got exactly the system of government they asked for.

BY ALASDAIR ROBERTS | MAY 21, 2012

How to Avoid a War With Iran

It won’t be easy -- but it sure beats the alternative.

BY MATTHEW BUNN, ABBAS MALEKI | MAY 21, 2012

Unmanned and Dangerous

Why NATO's expanding use of drones is a disturbing trend.

BY LOUISE ARBOUR | MAY 18, 2012

Sonnets for the Mujahideen

The militant movement has a little-examined sensitive side.

MAY 18, 2012

Blame Canada

Why did Canada and the EU abandon Chen Guangcheng? (Hint: Pandas ain't free.)

BY MARK MACKINNON | MAY 16, 2012

Accounts and Accountability and Sea Monsters

How The Avengers explains the world.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MAY 16, 2012

Kick Russia Out of the G-8

If Putin doesn't want to come to Camp David, fine. He doesn't belong there anyway.

BY ANDERS ÅSLUND | MAY 15, 2012

The Value Proposition

Candidates like to preach the preeminence of American values on the campaign trail, but it's interests that dominate inside the White House.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MAY 14, 2012

Say It Ain't So, Joe

Ten things Joe Biden really should apologize for.

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL, JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 11, 2012

Terrorist Fishing in the Yemen

The Obama administration has doubled down on the use of drones to go after bad guys. How long until the blowback comes?

BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 11, 2012

The Debacle That Wasn't

What if the Chen episode was actually a U.S.-China breakthrough?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MAY 7, 2012

Prison Island

Bahrain has badly botched its local version of the Arab Spring. And there seems to be no way out.

BY TOM MALINOWSKI | MAY 7, 2012

Friends Like These

This week's tensions aside, China and the United States still need each other more than they admit.

BY DAN BLUMENTHAL, LARA CROUCH | MAY 4, 2012

The bin Laden Files

What the al Qaeda leader's final correspondence tells us about his legacy.

BY DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS | MAY 3, 2012

Interview: A Business-Like Approach to Foreign Aid

A conversation with USAID administrator Rajiv Shah on expanding public-private partnerships and integrating development and emergency intervention.

BY SAMUEL LOEWENBERG | MAY 3, 2012

The Next War

Americans are fooling themselves if they think the era of adventures abroad is over. In fact, another big international intervention is just around the corner. And we're not nearly ready for it.

BY DOUGLAS A. OLLIVANT, RADHA IYENGAR | MAY 3, 2012

The OBL Blowback

Is Obama's chest thumping a turnoff?

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | MAY 2, 2012

Japan Awakens

The Japanese military is emerging from decades of pacifism. But do the country's political leaders have the vision and the will to make the country strong again?

BY MICHAEL AUSLIN | MAY 2, 2012

Out of the Embassy and Into the Fire

U.S. officials cut a dramatic deal for the freedom of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, but the agreement appears to contain few hard assurances that China will keep its end of the bargain.

BY SUSAN GLASSER | MAY 2, 2012

Hi, I Killed Osama bin Laden and I Approve This Message

Can Barack Obama ride the OBL raid to victory in November?

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MAY 1, 2012