Archive
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Argument
Measure for Measure
We can make dramatic progress in lowering maternal mortality -- but we need better data, and more of it.
January 30
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Argument
Atomic Bond
Does Hagel’s nomination mean Obama will cut the nuclear arsenal?
January 30
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Slide Show
Secretary of Schlep
Hillary Clinton traveled to 112 countries -- we made an awesome slide show.
January 30
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Argument
Not Just Another Movie
Zero Dark Thirty lies. End of story.
January 30
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Argument
Why Combat Matters
Are you kidding me? Of course it's important that Hagel fought in Vietnam.
January 30
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Dispatch
Saying UnSorry
Will Japan's new prime minister really take back his country's apology for World War II?
January 30
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Dispatch
The Republic of Port Said
An insurrection along the Suez Canal represents the greatest threat yet to the Muslim Brotherhood's rule in Egypt.
January 30
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Argument
Mali Is Not a Stan
When it comes to covering Africa's latest conflict, it's suddenly amateur hour.
January 30
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Argument
A Maritime Balkans of the 21st Century?
East Asia is a tinderbox on water.
January 30
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Argument
The League of Authoritarian Gentlemen
It used to be that it was mainly the liberal democracies who banded together in defense of their values. No longer.
January 30
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Situation Report
What Chuck Hagel will say; Eighty Hagelians sign letter; The Navy’s new Special Warfare Group; Why “pirouette” was the word of the day at the Pentagon, and a little more.
January 30
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Think Again
Think Again: Immigration
After Republicans' election-year drubbing, the United States has an historic opportunity to fix its broken immigration system. And the arguments against reform simply don't hold up anymore.
January 29
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Slide Show
La Libération
French-led forces recapture the ancient town of Timbuktu.
January 29
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David Rothkopf
The Next Appointments
Obama is about to name a new international economic team. Will he use this opportunity wisely?
January 29
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Micah Zenko
Investigate This
The U.N. will pry America's drones out of our cold, dead hands.
January 29
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Argument
Hands Across the Atlantic
It's high time for a free trade agreement between the United States and Europe. In fact, it's exactly what our economies need.
January 29
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Dispatch
Israel's New Kingmaker
Yair Lapid's critics have dismissed the former TV personality as vapid and uninformed. They couldn't be more wrong.
January 29
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Dispatch
Saving Syrians, One Blanket at a Time
How I became a one-man aid worker in the world's deadliest war zone.
January 29
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Situation Report
Navy warns of ‘Tier Bravo’ cuts; The U.S. signs drone deal with Niger; The internal Marine memo to GOs on W-i-C; HRC’s guest list, and more.
January 29
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Slide Show
Space Monkeys
Iran's new astronaut is going where many primates have gone before.
January 28
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Think Again
Think Again: The Muslim Brotherhood
How did so many Western analysts get Egypt's Islamist movement so wrong?
January 28
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Argument
Is America Training Too Many Foreign Armies?
Events in Mali show why it’s time to take a fresh look at the Pentagon’s military assistance programs.
January 28
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Case Studies
Paving the Way for Mandela's Election
Organizing the first post-apartheid election in 1994 took a lot of logistical planning and political inclusion. But it also took a lot of creativity in finding solutions to the numerous problems that arose.
January 28
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Argument
Final Draft
Forty years after the end of conscription, can we fix the all-volunteer force?
January 28
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Argument
Sometimes They Come Back
How this zombie game explains our failure in Afghanistan.
January 28
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Argument
Cameron's Au Revoir
In threatening to pull Britain out of the EU, has the prime minister inadvertently opened Pandora's Box?
January 28
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Argument
We Have No Idea if Africa Is Rising
Recent FP contributors have said that Africa is and is not rising. They're both wrong because they don't have the numbers to back it up.
January 28
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Rational Security
America in Recline
Obama's foreign policy leans back from the world.
January 28
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Daniel Altman
Why Can't Europe Save Itself?
The eurozone will be forever crippled unless it becomes a real currency union -- like the United States.
January 28
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Argument
Mali's 2.5 Percent Problem
The real reason the Sahel is awash with terrorists? Rapid population growth.
January 28
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Slide Show
Qin City
Photos of a Macau transformed.
January 28
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Dispatch
Broken Tooth and New Macau
How China crushed the triad gangs and created the world's new gambling Mecca.
January 28
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Situation Report
Panetta expands cyber force; The secretive campaigns against Hagel; The wrong runway for Mattis; Why piracy is down in Somalia, and a little more.
January 28
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Dispatch
Paranoid Plots and Empty Aisles
Paralyzed by Chávez's absence, Venezuela's shaky government is inventing threats from abroad. But the hungry masses aren't buying it.
January 25
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Jeffrey Lewis
Buzz Bomb
Why everyone's wrong about Assad's zombie gas.
January 25
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Gordon Adams
Continental Shift
Why the Pentagon should pay less attention to Africa.
January 25
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Feature
Longform's Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
January 25
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Dept Of Secrets
Our Man in Havana
Was USAID planning to overthrow Castro?
January 25
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Slide Show
The World in Photos This Week
The United States celebrates an inauguration; Egyptians return to Tahrir Square; and a fire at a Chicago warehouse turns icy.
January 25
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Terms of Engagement
Nation-Building in the Classroom
Has President Obama given up too soon on hopes for fixing Afghanistan?
January 25
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Dispatch
Ski Camp
Does Davos still matter?
January 25
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Argument
The Silence in Delhi
The trial of India's vicious gang-rapists is under way, but don't think for a second the government is really committed to reform of women's rights.
January 25
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Christian Caryl
Why the Killing in Syria Is Just the Beginning
The international community’s failure on Syria limits its power to act against the even bigger bloodletting that’s likely to happen down the road.
January 25
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Argument
Covering the Syrian Catastrophe
The 22-month civil war is even worse than the headlines make it seem.
January 25
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Argument
The Revolution Continues
Egypt is witnessing the slow-motion collapse of a stagnant and brutal political order.
January 25
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Situation Report
Is Kim Jong Un for real? Why the guys-are-gross argument won’t work against integrating women; Old School: Barrow on women-in-combat; Mattis didn’t have a heads up he was out; Pizzas to Kabul; And a little more.
January 25
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The List
Combat Roles
Women have been fighting and dying in America’s wars for years. Here are eight who were killed in action last year.
January 24
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Slide Show
Combat Ready
Photos of the women who've been moving closer and closer to the front lines for years.
January 24
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Argument
The French Connection
Why is the United States paying for its ally's adventures in Africa?
January 24
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Argument
India's Missing Ingredients
Indian growth is slowing. But there are two key reforms that will help.
January 24
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Dispatch
The Egyptian Revolution Through Mubarak's Eyes
Insider accounts are shedding new light on the 18 days that brought down a pharaoh.
January 24
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Argument
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
It's not just Obama -- the entire world is ready to get serious about climate change.
January 24
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Argument
Rainbow Coalition
A gay rights revolution is sweeping across the Americas. It's time for Washington to catch up.
January 24
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Marc Lynch
America's Saudi Problem
Obama can't get it right on the Arab Spring unless he holds Saudi Arabia to account.
January 24
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Argument
You Can't Change the Climate from Inside Washington
If Obama wants to make good on his inaugural promise, he’ll need to remember the lessons he learned as a community organizer.
January 24
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Argument
Happy 10th Birthday, DHS
Are we any safer now?
January 24
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Situation Report
Flournoy on women in combat: it’s the right thing to do; Why Chuck Hagel could teach Girl Scouts a thing or two; Military intelligence to get more House oversight; John Allen is breathing again, and more.
January 24
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Dispatch
Brexit Blackmail
Has David Cameron gone too far in threatening to pull Britain from the EU?
January 23
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Argument
Israel's January Surprise
The pundits were wrong: Israeli voters aren't lurching to the right.
January 23
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By Other Means
Drones in Our Time
Why Obama was fibbing about America's wars coming to an end.
January 23
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Argument
The Political Afterlife of Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chávez has left a profound mark on Venezuela. But how much of his legacy will remain when he’s gone?
January 23
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Reality Check
Learning to Live with Bibi
Netanyahu's back, and Barack Obama needs to find a way to work with him this time around.
January 23
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Rebuttal
Fund Syria’s Moderates
We can’t say that helping the Syrian rebels didn’t work, because it has never really been tried.
January 23
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Dispatch
The Man Who Brought Down Bibi
Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself besieged by a resurgent Israeli left and an old ally-turned-rival on the right.
January 23
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Argument
Lawsuit: Kabul Embassy Guards Told To Lie About Long Hours
The saga of U.S. diplomatic security in Afghanistan continues.
January 23
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Situation Report
Panetta never read the Allen e-mails; The U.S. military begins Mali airlift; Hagelians push back on nuke critics; CSIS gets some love; Kaplan at Politics and Prose tonight, and a little more.
January 23
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Situation Report
Panetta never read the Allen e-mails; The U.S. military begins Mali airlift; Hagelians push back on nuke critics; CSIS gets some love; Kaplan at Politics and Prose tonight, and a little more.
January 23
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Micah Zenko
Flyover Country
Why the United States can't just drone Algeria.
January 22
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Argument
Obama's Moment of Truth on Iran
Congratulations, Mr. President. Now it's time to make good on your promise to engage Iran.
January 22
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Rational Security
Deconstructing Afghanistan
What would Jacques do?
January 22
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Argument
Building Blocks
The obsession that is preventing a nuclear deal with Iran.
January 22
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Slide Show
In Sudan, the Front Line Is Everywhere
In the battle for South Kordofan, civilians pay the biggest price.
January 22
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Dispatch
The Battle for South Kordofan
Will total war in Sudan ever cease?
January 22
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Argument
Seizing the Moment
The world’s leading nations are convening a meeting on the fight against corruption. Here’s what they ought to be discussing.
January 22
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Slide Show
When Tibet Loved China
Rare photos of the Cultural Revolution in the Land of Snows.
January 22
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Situation Report
Obama to troops: you’ll have gear and strategy; Was Mattis pushed out? Drones get extended discussion; Sinclair to enter plea today, and more.
January 22
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Argument
Missing Peace
Israelis aren't rejecting the peace process this election season. They're acknowledging that a solution is impossible without a credible Palestinian partner.
January 21
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The List
101 Things People Want Obama to Do in Term 2
From the merely ambitious to the sublimely ridiculous, here's an exhaustive list of all the things people want Obama to do in his second term.
January 21
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The List
Sashes, Swords, and Swearing In
Inaugurations around the world.
January 21
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Slide Show
Obama's Biggest Global Moments
The images that defined Obama's first four years on the world stage, with reflections from those who were intimately involved in shaping them.
January 21
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The List
Unclenched Fists
When it comes to foreign policy, these are the six most significant inaugural addresses in U.S. history.
January 21
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Daniel Altman
The Magic Number
South America's experience suggests a tantalizing possibility: that reaching $8,500 in income is the secret to sustainable growth.
January 21
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Slide Show
Once Upon a Time in la Françafrique
Postcards from France's first intervention in Mali -- more than a century ago.
January 18
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Slide Show
Shaking Hands, Kissing Tinokot
Israeli pols hit the trail from Haifa to Hebron in search of votes ahead of next Tuesday's election.
January 18
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Feature
Longform's Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
January 18
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The List
Over the Horizon
Five unlikely but extremely destabilizing global crises that Obama must prepare for now.
January 18
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Feature
Beyond Al Qaeda
As Western countries rush into Africa's troubled Sahel region, are we once again forgetting history?
January 18
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Slide Show
The World in Photos This Week
French boots hit Malian soil; smog covers Beijing; and a nonchalant horse trots through a bonfire.
January 18
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Argument
Chemical Reaction
How the United States should deal with Assad.
January 18
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Terms of Engagement
Second-Term Heat
What will be the legacy of Obama's next four years?
January 18
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Feature
Obama's First Inaugural -- Revised
What if America's new president had told us what would really happen in his first four years?
January 18
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Argument
Turing Test
Can you beat the father of artificial intelligence at Monopoly?
January 18
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Argument
The Eradicateurs
Why Algeria doesn't talk to terrorists -- even if that means killing hostages.
January 18
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Dispatch
Rise of the Annexers
In Israel's heated electoral politics, peace is becoming a fringe position.
January 18
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Situation Report
FP NatSec Exclusive: Mutiny among guards at the Kabul embassy; Panetta just met with David Cameron on Algeria; How Mike Vickers delivered for “Zero Dark Thirty”; Was Petraeus the last smart Army general? Dempsey meets with the Russians, and more.
January 18
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Dispatch
France vs. Lance
The French aren't surprised by the fall of America's cycling hero. They knew he was cheating all along.
January 17
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Argument
Al Qaeda Is Alive in Africa
A witches' brew of Islamic jihadists is stirring up trouble across the continent. But is that America's problem yet?
January 17
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Marc Lynch
Should Obama Have Intervened in Syria?
Or would U.S. military involvement merely have made a disaster worse?
January 17
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Argument
Crying for Argentina
From populism to liberalism and back again: Argentina's economic policy makers are still looking for a formula that works.
January 17
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By Other Means
Counter Intelligence
Was David Petraeus the last smart general in the U.S. military?
January 17
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Investigation
Mutiny in Kabul
An exclusive report on the troubled security team at America's most important embassy.
January 17
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Dept Of Secrets
The 'Dynamite' Pentagon Interview Behind 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Michael Vickers 'delivered' for the movie.
January 17
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Argument
A More Sacred Union
How two words -- forged nearly a century ago -- help explain France's military intervention in Mali.
January 17
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Situation Report
Some Algerian hostages may have escaped; Mr. Marlboro behind the attack; Panetta, on the “(gun) nuts;” The Corps’ Frank McKenzie, leaning forward on the QDR; Ray Mabus to talk boats and budgets this afternoon, and more.
January 17
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Argument
Suiting Up
What the United States is doing to prepare for chemical war in Syria.
January 17
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Slide Show
Is This Pakistan's Tahrir Square?
Images of the swelling protest movement behind the country's latest bout of political turmoil.
January 16
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Christian Caryl
What I Learned from Gérard Depardieu
The French actor's case is the exception that proves the rule: Citizenship still matters.
January 16
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Argument
Does the NRA Want to Turn America Into Afghanistan?
Because that's where we're headed.
January 16
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Amy Zegart
The Three Most Dangerous Things About Threat Lists
What the pundits and analysts don't tell you.
January 16
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Argument
Coup Season
Is Pakistan's meddlesome military up to its old tricks?
January 16
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The List
6 Things You Need to Know About Denis McDonough
Get up to speed on the man most likely to be the next White House chief of staff.
January 16
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Argument
Pop Goes the Nominee
Vetting by trial balloon is no way to run a White House.
January 16
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Argument
Mexico's False Dawn
Don't believe all the rosy news about Mexico's rise -- this emerging economy is still stuck emerging.
January 16
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Dispatch
Tight Times in the Grand Bazaar
Are Iranians really feeling the pinch of U.S. and international sanctions on their economy?
January 16
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Situation Report
FP Exclusive: Did Assad cross a red line by using chemical weapons? Israeli analyst: it’s more likely a form of tear gas; Hagel, on his way; Panetta to the Pope: “pray for me”; Jakes is back at Hack n’ Flack and a little more.
January 16
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Argument
Al Qaeda Country
Why Mali matters.
January 15
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Argument
Putting Freedom Back on the Agenda
Now is no time for America to go wobbly on democracy.
January 15
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Gordon Adams
Behind the Rhetoric
The Pentagon starts to manage the defense drawdown.
January 15
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Micah Zenko
The 3:00 AM Call
Why aren't we asking Hagel about the stuff the SecDef actually does?
January 15
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Argument
Lost Tribes
This Israeli election is not about Bibi. It's about nothing.
January 15
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Argument
Preparing for the New Syria
Sooner or later, the war will end, and Syrians will have to sit down and talk about the future of their state. Here's a roadmap.
January 15
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Argument
Has China Lost Myanmar?
As Myanmar’s messy democracy turns to the West, Beijing debates stirring up ethnic tensions to rile the government and maintain its leverage.
January 15
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Reality Check
What's Really Behind the Hagel Fight
Let's face it: This battle is about Obama, not his would-be secretary of defense.
January 15
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Argument
The Parent Trap
Do two-parent families help children get ahead in life? The surprising answer: not everywhere.
January 15
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Situation Report
U.S. watches French intervention in Mali warily; Hagel is no Luddite on cyber; Why the DOD IG feels ignored; Mil suicides exceed combat deaths; Wal-Mart to hire 100k veterans, and more.
January 15
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Argument
Haiti’s Recovery is Real
Three years after a devastating earthquake rocked the country, a chorus of critics has slammed the reconstruction effort. Here's why they're wrong.
January 14
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Argument
Rising Sun
What if Japan actually gets its economic act together?
January 14
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Dispatch
Party in the KSA
Behind high walls, the kingdom's restrictive Islamic laws don't apply.
January 14
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David Rothkopf
The Bidenization of America
The veep is no joke -- and he's making a serious play for 2016.
January 14
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Daniel Altman
Size Isn’t All That Matters
What's lost in all the talk about America's debt problem.
January 14
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Rational Security
For Defense, Less Beef, More Chuck
Why Hagel's critics need to turn down the heat.
January 14
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Dispatch
Syrian Purgatory
As winter clutches northern Syria, thousands displaced by the civil war take cold comfort in a temporary tent city.
January 14
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Situation Report
U.S. prepares to support French effort in Mali; Hagel wasn’t right 100 percent of the time, Panetta and crew are wheels up; Welsh cracks wise on sling, and more.
January 14
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Feature
Subsidizing Starvation
How American tax dollars are keeping Arkansas rice growers fat on the farm and starving millions of Haitians.
January 11
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Feature
Where Do Babies Come From?
The geopolitics of adoption after the Kremlin's bizarre ban.
January 11
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Slide Show
Riceland
Photos from the rice fields of Haiti's Central Plateau and northwest Arkansas -- two regions at the heart of the debate over U.S agricultural subsidies.
January 11
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Argument
Zero Dark Torture
Viewers and critics have been shocked by Zero Dark Thirty's depiction of enhanced interrogation techniques. But, if anything, the film goes way too easy on the CIA.
January 11
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Dispatch
Paris Murder Mystery
Who's behind the assassination of three Kurdish women in the heart of the French capital?
January 11
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Argument
There's No App for Syria
Why did Apple ban a game on the Syrian civil war?
January 11
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Case Studies
Avoiding War Number Two in Liberia
A war-torn country is not a broken country. How Liberia pulled off its 2005 election.
January 11
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Slide Show
The World in Photos This Week
Karzai is welcomed in style; Southern Weekend goes on strike; and an Italian cruise ship lies in wait.
January 11
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Terms of Engagement
Exit, Minus Strategy
Barack Obama has clearly decided to cut his losses in Afghanistan. Will all hell break lose when he does?
January 11
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Argument
China's Press Freedom Goes South
Will Southern Weekly's protest against censorship change the face of journalism in China?
January 11
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Feature
Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
January 11
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Argument
Turkey's Deal With the Devil
For decades, Turks have vilified Abdullah Ocalan as a terrorist. But he may be the only man who can bring an end to their country's bloody conflict with the Kurds.
January 11
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Dispatch
The Most Hated Woman in Israel
Haneen Zoabi has made her career speaking up for Israel's Arab minority. In Benjamin Netanyahu's Israel, that's becoming harder each day.
January 11
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Rebuttal
Sorry, but Africa's Rise Is Real
Africa growth skeptics have got it wrong. The continent's rise is very real.
January 11
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Situation Report
Ash to stay; Panetta’s perfect storm; The clock ticks for Allen; Did the Pentagon turn on the cyber-burglar alarm? Wheels up for Dempsey and a little more.
January 11
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Slide Show
CNC Music Factory
North Korea's leadership wants to sing the praises of its technological prowess -- but it's stuck in the 1980s.
January 10
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The List
A Binder for Obama
Has the U.S. administration become too much of a boys' club? Here are 10 women the president could appoint to top national security jobs.
January 10
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Argument
A Few Good Men
And how the U.S. military lost them.
January 10
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EXCERPT
An Army of None
Why the Pentagon is failing to keep its best and brightest.
January 10
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Argument
Through a Glass Darkly
The bin Laden film has something for everyone -- but not what we need most.
January 10
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Argument
In the Time of Cholera
How the U.N. created an epidemic -- then covered it up.
January 10
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Argument
Channeling Ike
The national security memo that Eisenhower would write Hagel.
January 10
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Argument
Talking to the Taliban
With Obama and Karzai meeting in Washington, and peace negotiations back on the table in Afghanistan, here's what to watch out for when sitting down with Islamic fundamentalists.
January 10
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The List
Why the U.S. Can't Abandon Afghanistan
These five principles should guide the U.S.-Afghan relationship after 2014.
January 10
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Slide Show
Snow in the Desert
From Turkey to Jordan, heavy overnight snowfall Thursday jammed transportation, closed businesses, and made life more difficult for thousands in refugee camps around the Middle East. The wacky weather provided a surreal backdrop for everything from snowball fights to clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers.
January 10
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Argument
Changing of Lagarde
How the IMF's courageous new chief is saving Europe.
January 10
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Argument
Daniel Ortega's Reality Check
Nicaragua’s president is the latest Latin American populist to flirt with the market. But his political risks are high.
January 10
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Argument
Responsibility to Object
It's time for the U.N. Security Council to do something about war crimes in Syria.
January 10
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Marc Lynch
Does Obama Have a Middle East Strategy?
If not, what should it be?
January 10
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Situation Report
Panetta reassures Israel; Karzai to the Pentagon this morning; Hagel talks talking points on Iran; What Obama should ask him tomorrow; Scowcroft is who he is; Is Brennan good for the anti-drone crowd? And more.
January 10
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Argument
Why the Left Should Embrace John Brennan
The architect of the drone program is the only one who can fix it.
January 9
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Argument
The Greek Depression
Think Greece's failing economy has been saved from the abyss? Think again.
January 9
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Ebook
We Never Knew Exactly Where
Dispatches from the Lost Country of Mali
January 9
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Jeffrey Lewis
Back to the Future
Missile defense doesn't work, so of course Congress is doubling it.
January 9
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Argument
A New U.S. Grand Strategy
Why walkable communities, sustainable economics, and multilateral diplomacy are the future of American power.
January 9
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Argument
Indonesia: Stop Chopping, Start Learning
Indonesia has been coasting on its natural wealth for too long. Now it's time to start investing in the country's people.
January 9
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Dispatch
Life After Chávez
With Venezuela's president-for-life looking pretty close to death, the country's politicians are jostling to fill his shoes.
January 9
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Argument
Don't Engage Kim Jong Un -- Bankrupt Him
It's time to play hardball with North Korea's new leader.
January 9
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Argument
The 5 Most Important Questions About Afghanistan
Obama can't shirk the difficult issues when he meets with Karzai this week.
January 9
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Reality Check
The Three-State Solution
Are we witnessing a historic shift toward Palestinian unity? Don't bet on it.
January 9
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Situation Report
The Pentagon point men on transition; Hagel and the nuclear option; Jim Cartwright honored for arms control; Is the Zero Option a bluff? Truman and CNP: a meeting of the minds; Why Retired Marine James Howcroft likes Hagel, and more.
January 9
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Argument
Under Cover
Why are we giving visas to Chinese spies?
January 8
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Micah Zenko
Target Window
Time for President Obama to reform drone policy.
January 8
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By Other Means
No Girls Allowed
Why the Obama administration needs hormone therapy.
January 8
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Argument
Welcome to the Jungle
How Vietnam taught Chuck Hagel to hate war.
January 8
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Argument
Saving Afghanistan
It can be done, but only if the international community truly invests in democracy.
January 8
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Argument
Can India Defeat Poverty?
A bold new program may show the world the way.
January 8
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Situation Report
Former staff fights for Hagel; Why Vietnam won’t be enough; A student remembers Hagel’s class; Why Halloween may matter at the Pentagon; Jim Amos on Margaret Brewer, and more.
January 8
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Situation Report
Former staff fights for Hagel; Why Vietnam won’t be enough; A student remembers Hagel’s class; Why Halloween may matter at the Pentagon; Jim Amos on Margaret Brewer, and more.
January 8
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Feature
The Answer Man
A Washington power-read on John Brennan.
January 7
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Argument
Venezuelan Roulette
With Hugo Chávez's health uncertain, narcogenerals and Cuban-backed ideologues are vying for influence in Venezuela.
January 7
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The Spendagon
Will Chuck Hagel Stand Up to the Drone Lobby?
Or will he be yet another victim of Pentagon operators?
January 7
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Argument
Civil Savant
How Andrew Marshall has shaped our world.
January 7
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David Barno
A 'Zero Option' for Afghanistan
Yes, President Karzai, we might pull out completely.
January 7
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David Rothkopf
The Disengagers
Kerry, Hagel, and the end of American military adventurism?
January 7
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Argument
Reinventing China, Again
China made it big by saving money. Now it needs to spend it.
January 7
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Argument
Chuck Hagel's Biggest Task
Obama's new defense secretary will first and foremost need to get the Asia pivot right.
January 7
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Argument
Bench Press
It doesn't matter that Chuck Hagel is a Republican -- or even a defense expert.
January 7
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Argument
No Surrender
The Syrian president’s speech at the Damascus Opera House shows that he still thinks he can win this war.
January 7
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Daniel Altman
The New Monopolies
Have America's big Internet companies become too powerful?
January 7
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Situation Report
Hagel: always pleased, never satisfied; Brennan to CIA; Street cred: Hagel’s injuries in Vietnam; Doug Wilson on Sec-Def nom; McChrystal on trust, on ‘Today,’ and more.
January 7
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Argument
Cut out of the Conversation
The important talk we're not having about defense spending.
January 4
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Argument
For Shame
Wait, Pakistan is blasting India for treating women badly?
January 4
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Feature
Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
January 4
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Feature
Eve of Disaster
Why 2013 eerily looks like the world of 1913, on the cusp of the Great War.
January 4
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Christian Caryl
The Year in Unfreedom
An encouraging number of the world's people voted in 2012. But voting does not a democracy make.
January 4
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Rebuttal
Poor Choice
The International Finance Corporation responds to Cheryl Strauss Einhorn's investigation into the World Bank's investment arm.
January 4
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Slide Show
The World in Photos This Week
The United States retreats from the cliff; Chadian soldiers cross the border; a town in Spain has a flour fight.
January 4
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Argument
The Myth of Africa's Rise
Why the rumors of Africa's explosive growth have been greatly exaggerated.
January 4
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Terms of Engagement
Welcome, Know-Nothings
The new Congress is a bunch of ignoramuses when it comes to foreign policy. And, frankly, that's probably a good thing right now.
January 4
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Argument
Killing the 'Good Taliban'
The death of Mullah Nazir exposes why Pakistan's love affair with jihadis is likely to end in tears.
January 4
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Situation Report
Situation Report chats with McChrystal; Podesta Group lobbying for Hagel; Journalist Bill McMichael scores a win against the Pentagon; John Nagl has a staring role in Kaplan’s new book, and more.
January 4
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Rebuttal
Did Awlaki Really Help the 9/11 Hijackers?
What Judicial Watch and Fox News got wrong about al Qaeda's leading English-language ideologue.
January 3
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Slide Show
Sign Language
The brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus in December has resulted in swift charges against five men and angry protests across the country. Want a sense of just how outraged people are? Look no further than the signs they're waving at demonstrations.
January 3
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Argument
The Songs of Angry Men
Can Les Misérables help us understand why some revolutions succeed and others barely get off the ground?
January 3
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Dept Of Secrets
The Plan to Stop Green-on-Blue Violence
The Pentagon’s secret PowerPoint on Afghan insider attacks.
January 3
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Argument
The Palestinian Implosion
Salam Fayyad's bold effort to build Palestinian institutions could soon collapse -- unless Israel and the United States spring to action.
January 3
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Slide Show
The Candid Commander-in-Chief
The best behind-the-scenes photos of Barack Obama in 2012 from Pete Souza and the White House photographers.
January 3
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Review
Gorging on Investment, Choking on Red Tape
Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.
January 3
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Sidebar
A Cluster Bomb Killed My Father
It's time to outlaw these dangerous weapons once and for all.
January 3
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Dispatch
Unholy Alliances
Israel's election is bringing together some strange bedfellows.
January 3
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The List
Four Surprises That Could Rock Asia in 2013
Are we paying attention to the wrong crises?
January 3
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Situation Report
Dunford to take over Feb. 10; Why Wolfowitz likes Flournoy (it’s not just over Afghanistan); Death toll mounts in Syria; The fiscal cliff leaves the Pentagon sour; Kristin Lord to USIP and more.
January 3
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Argument
The Fiscal Cliff Sequel
Why the Pentagon will only make a cameo appearance.
January 2
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Argument
The Art of Snore
Can't we get some better defense ideas for $1.75 billion a day?
January 2
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Argument
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
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Argument
The Year in Intelligence
And the most important national security story you missed in 2012.
January 2
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Dispatch
Is This Any Way to Treat Your Banker?
China recoils in horror at America's fiscal dysfunction.
January 2
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Case Studies
Changing the Code on Corruption
How a Brazilian government commission tried to fight back against sleaze.
January 2
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Reality Check
Dear John
John Kerry can be a great secretary of state. Here's how.
January 2
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Dispatch
Midnight in Havana
Will the Cuban government fall in 2013?
January 2
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David Rothkopf
The Coming Year in Review
The headlines we'll be reading in 2013.
January 2
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Special Report
The Second Coming
What can the 44th president really achieve in his second term? Here are 10 ideas.
January 1
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Special Report
Borderlands
January 1
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Special Report
Edge of the World
For one journalist embarking on a seven-year journey to retrace the footsteps of early humans, the biggest obstacles are man-made.
January 1
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Special Report
Rebel Country
Waiting out the coup in Mali.
January 1
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Special Report
The War Before the Last War
A tiny southern peninsula still bears the wounds of Iran vs. Iraq.
January 1
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Special Report
Stowaway
A reporter travels the treacherous Pakistan-Afghanistan border by truck.
January 1
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Photo Essay
La Frontera
Weaving above, below, and across the U.S.-Mexico border over the course of a year, a photographer captures the violence and trauma of a deadly drug war and those caught in its crossfire.
January 1
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Investigation
Can You Fight Poverty With a Five-Star Hotel?
The story of how the World Bank's investment arm hands out billions in loans to wealthy tycoons and giant multinationals in some of the world's poorest places.
January 1
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David Rothkopf
Cursed With Plenty
America is on the verge of an energy boom. But will abundant shale gas create more problems than it fixes?
January 1
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Think Again
Think Again: The Republican Party
The future of the GOP -- after the debacle.
January 1
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In Box
Geek Squad
How behavioral scientists could make Obama's second term a success.
January 1
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The List
The Nudgy State
How five governments are using behavioral economics to encourage citizens to do the right thing.
January 1
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The New New Normal
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.
January 1
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In Box
The Baby Menace
Are we too worried about falling fertility rates?
January 1
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The List
Babies Wanted
A look at the 10 countries with the lowest fertility rates in the world.
January 1
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In Box
A New Law of Petropolitics
Sorry, Tom Friedman, higher oil prices don't always mean lower levels of democracy.
January 1
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In Box
The Law Still Stands
Why I stand by my arguments about oil and dictatorship.
January 1
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Interview
Epiphanies from Bernard-Henri Lévy
"Arab Winter" is a stupid slogan and the West needs to get over its China fixation, says France's most prominent intellectual.
January 1
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The Optimist
The Convergence of Civilizations
The oft-predicted "clash of civilizations" has not materialized. If anything, values are converging across cultures.
January 1
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In Box
The Things They Carried: The Third Amiga
What rising GOP star Kelly Ayotte takes with her to the Senate.
January 1
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Dispatch
Rough Cut
Nearly all the world's diamonds -- legal or not -- pass through this one Indian city.
January 1
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Slide Show
The Diamond Capital of the World
Photographs from Surat, India -- where blood diamonds get cleaned before they end up on your finger.
January 1
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In Other Words
The Disappeared
Even the Soviet Union eventually acknowledged Stalin's Great Famine. Why does China still hide evidence of its own mass starvation under Mao?
January 1
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Argument
Let Them Eat Grass
What do Weibots think about China's Great Famine?
January 1
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Slide Show
Propaganda from China's Great Famine
The posters and slogans that praised bumper crops as millions of Chinese starved.
January 1
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Photo Essay
My Enemy, Myself
Who's your enemy? Why fight? Over the course of three years, Belgian-Tunisian photojournalist Karim Ben Khelifa has traveled to both sides of the world's longest-simmering conflicts to ask these pointed questions. What he heard from combatants in the Gaza Strip, the disputed Kashmir region along the India-Pakistan border, and tribally divided South Sudan captures the futility of wars that never end -- and can't be won. Tragically, bitter rivals are often fighting for the very same reasons.
January 1
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Letters
We're All Declinist Pundits These Days; Recession-Proof
FP's "Who Won the Great Recession?" package elicits reflections on U.S.-China power dynamics and how to succeed in business during hard times.
January 1
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Letters
Currency War
Debating Robert Zoellick's vision for reintegrating economics into U.S. foreign policy.
January 1
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Letters
Security Studies
The Honduran ambassador to the United States responds to James Verini.
January 1
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Letters
Why Work?
Will working less really make America more productive?
January 1
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Letters
BRIC by BRIC
Can these very different countries really manage to work together?
January 1
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