Archive
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Argument
After Mandela
There will never be another Nelson Mandela, but maybe that’s just what South Africa needs to save itself from ruin.
March 29
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Feature
Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
March 29
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David Barno
Loss Leader
The Army needs to admit it has a problem -- or things will only get worse.
March 29
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Argument
Can Francis Bring the Church Back From the Dead?
The pope's foot baths were not just a masterstroke of public relations -- they were the opening salvo of a serious campaign to revive the Catholic Church.
March 29
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Argument
Slow Apology
Why did it take so long for Israel to say sorry for the flotilla raid?
March 29
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Argument
March Madness
The top sports cinderella stories vs. the best from world history.
March 29
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Terms of Engagement
The African Century
The unlucky continent finally seems to be on a real path to growth, but is democracy essential to sustain Africa’s rise?
March 29
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Rebuttal
GAO Stands by Its F-35 Report
A response to Winslow Wheeler.
March 29
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Argument
Losing the Senate
Carl Levin's retirement is the latest blow to a smart foreign policy.
March 29
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Slide Show
The World in Photos This Week
Aung San Suu Kyi reviews the troops, Kim Jong Un plots his next move, and Barack Obama bounces a ball on his head.
March 29
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Situation Report
Hagel, Dempsey talk DPRK; Budget frustration; Obama vs. NSC; U.S. mum on U.K.; Jon Stewart vs. the VA; the Troubles, and more.
March 29
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Slide Show
Combat Camera
The best military photography of 2012.
March 28
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Argument
Fringe Following
What does Big Data tell us about white supremacists?
March 28
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Argument
Metro Diplomacy
The State Department is engaging the world’s growing cities like never before. A top U.S. diplomat explains why.
March 28
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Dispatch
Rubles in the Sun
Is Vladimir Putin the big winner of the Cypriot banking crisis?
March 28
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By Other Means
Let Them Go
Why John Brennan should give a passport and $10K to every Gitmo prisoner.
March 28
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Argument
China’s Glass Ceiling
Sure, the Middle Kingdom is becoming a superpower, but it's always going to be No. 2.
March 28
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Argument
Beyond Business: Rethinking Microfinance
Banking can do more good for the poor than only helping entrepreneurs.
March 28
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Situation Report
Attention Africa; Troops wavering on war; Warning from Mali; What Army brain drain?; Amnesty on GTMO, and more.
March 28
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Rebuttal
Army Strong
Actually, Lt. Gen. Barno, the best and the brightest are staying in uniform.
March 27
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Profile
Who's the Most Powerful Woman in the World?
Hint: It's not Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg. She lives in Berlin and is key to solving the euro crisis.
March 27
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Dispatch
Welcome to Cocainebougou
Amid the drug palaces of northern Mali, it's easy to see why this war will be hard to win.
March 27
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Slide Show
Knitting Sweaters While Burma Burns
The angry cartoons of Harn Lay.
March 27
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Argument
Walking the Talk
How Pope Francis can really help the poor -- and why he'll help the Catholic Church, too, in the process.
March 27
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Argument
'Face' and Something 'Delicious'
What Mao and Stalin’s first awkward meeting tells us about Xi Jinping’s confident trip to see Vladimir Putin.
March 27
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Amy Zegart
Wait, Did the System Just Work?
Congress performs oversight on drones -- and gets results.
March 27
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Dispatch
The Arab League Actually Does Something
Once a laughingstock, the Arab world’s political body is closing ranks against Bashar al-Assad.
March 27
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Situation Report
Petraeus is sorry; Why the Marines; British invasion; African visitors; China’s J-20 weaps; Civilian subjugation, and more.
March 27
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Argument
Can the Marines Survive?
If America's amphibious force doesn't adapt, it'll be dead in the water.
March 26
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Dispatch
One of These BRICS Is Not Like the Other
South Africa is a mess. So why does it get to sit at the BRICS big boy table?
March 26
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Feature
Gay in the USSR
The forgotten history of gay cruising in Moscow.
March 26
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Argument
The Final Frontier
For savvy investors looking to diversify their portfolios, there’s only one place left to go: sub-Saharan Africa.
March 26
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Dispatch
China’s Michelle Obama
Peng Liyuan is the first prominent Chinese first lady in decades. But does she matter?
March 26
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Slide Show
China's Better Halves
Photos of the Chinese first ladies who paved the way for Peng Liyuan.
March 26
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Argument
Springtime for Salafists
Rampaging Islamist vigilantes are cracking down on free expression -- and ruining Tunisia's Arab Spring.
March 26
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Situation Report
North Korea targets U.S. bases; U.S. intel botching Asia?; Russia wants talks; Drone art; Prince Harry and more.
March 26
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Reality Check
Been There, Done That
Let's hold the applause. Obama's trip to Israel was nothing new.
March 25
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Rational Security
Use an Axe, Not a Scalpel
There's no such thing as a surgical strike on a terrorist network.
March 25
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Think Again
Think Again: North Korea
North Korea is a lot more dangerous than you think, but that doesn't mean that Kim Jong Un is insane.
March 25
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Backstory
Saving Hugo Chávez
The United States never tried to kill the late Venezuelan leader. In fact, we may have even saved his life.
March 25
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Argument
The Appeal of the Courts
Actually, we've already figured out how to win the legal war on terrorism.
March 25
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Daniel Altman
The Euro Is Killing Europe
From Cyprus to Portugal, the common currency has been a disaster.
March 25
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Argument
Beggaring Thy Neighbors
Poorer countries no longer have rich ones to blame for inequalities in trade. Now they're the ones pulling the strings.
March 25
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Argument
The Disease Next Door
How the world’s nastiest and least-known outbreaks are afflicting some of the world’s wealthiest countries.
March 25
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Obit Desk
The Wheeler-Dealer
Boris Berezovsky and Russia’s roaring 1990s.
March 25
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Situation Report
Kerry in Afghanistan; “Right time” for USARPAC’s four-star; Bagram be gone; WTF, Iraq? What happens in Syria; F-35 meta-conspiracy; and more.
March 25
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Argument
Demonstration Effect
Obama shows Netanyahu and Abbas -- and their people -- how it's done.
March 22
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Feature
Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
March 22
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Argument
Cowboys vs. Kippot
The awesome sci-fi novel about U.S. relations with Israel -- in an alternate acid-trip universe.
March 22
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Dispatch
Why Pro Wrestling Is Perfect for the Modern Middle East
It’s safer than sex.
March 22
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Putinology
The Dead Man's Trial
The posthumous trial of an anti-corruption crusader.
March 22
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Feature
The Jihadist from Phoenix
Eric Harroun claims to have joined up with an al Qaeda-linked group fighting in Syria’s brutal civil war. We tracked him down, but getting the truth was more difficult.
March 22
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Argument
Rabid Response
Is the Pentagon crazy enough to bring nukes to a cyberfight?
March 22
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The Spendagon
Error Report
Is there a government conspiracy to save the F-35?
March 22
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Slide Show
The World in Photos This Week
Obama makes a long-awaited pilgrimage; Cyprus's ATMs get popular; and Valencia goes up in flames.
March 22
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Terms of Engagement
How to Pick a Secular Pope
Could the U.N. benefit from a little white smoke?
March 22
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Dispatch
The Long Shadow
Venezuela’s upcoming election features a young challenger against Hugo Chávez’s appointed successor -- who’s doing everything in his power to make the race about his dead boss.
March 22
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Dispatch
How the Catholic Church Lost Argentina
Was it the dirty war, the social conservatism, or both?
March 22
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Dispatch
Can Yemen Talk Its Way to Peace?
As the country's National Dialogue kicks off this week, hope is in short supply.
March 22
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Situation Report
Civilians in Afghanistan: last in, first out; Afghanistan: “no longer the sexy place to go”; A bad week for Marines; Ash is back; $50 million more for GITMO? A reprieve for DOD civilians, and a little more.
March 22
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Argument
Crowdsourcing Peace
By going over the heads of Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Obama is demanding that their people step up.
March 21
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Argument
Who Is "Whois"?
Was North Korea behind the cyberattack on the South?
March 21
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Argument
Zero Problems in a New Era
Realpolitik is no answer to the challenges posed by the Arab Spring.
March 21
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Argument
Nice Speech, Mr. President
Obama said all the right things in Jerusalem. Now what?
March 21
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By Other Means
A Drone of One's Own
Predators could be useful, but I've settled for a Roomba.
March 21
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Christian Caryl
The Tip of the Democracy Spear
The U.S. military doesn’t exactly have an unblemished record when it comes to promoting democracy. Is there a way to change that?
March 21
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Case Studies
Policing Electoral Violence in India
How India's elections administration used “vulnerability mapping” to stop trouble before it happened.
March 21
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Gordon Adams
Contingency Operations
Are the Pentagon and the GOP finally embracing defense cuts?
March 21
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Marc Lynch
What's Missing from the Iraq Debate
Iraqis.
March 21
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Argument
Egypt's Financial High Noon
Cairo needs to tackle its subsidy addiction. And yes, it’s not going to be easy.
March 21
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Dispatch
In Power, But Not in Control
The Muslim Brotherhood may have the votes -- for now -- but Egypt is a ship without a rudder.
March 21
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Situation Report
Hagel meets 20 veterans groups today; How North Korea will resort to cyber-attacks; The fate of the DWM; Such a waist: why an AF colonel was relieved; and a little more.
March 21
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EXCERPT
Lies, Damned Lies, and Chinese Statistics
Who’s cooking Beijing’s books?
March 20
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Argument
Syria Is Already More Violent Than Iraq
And its destruction will define the Middle East for years to come.
March 20
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Dispatch
Leaning Out
How the United States is abandoning Afghanistan's women.
March 20
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Slide Show
Liberated in the Hindu Kush
Don't tell these women nothing's changed in Afghanistan.
March 20
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Argument
Going Clear
Drone critics wanted greater transparency. Careful what you wish for.
March 20
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Dispatch
The Clown Prince Across the Water
Could Boris Johnson actually end up as Britain's prime minister?
March 20
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Jeffrey Lewis
Billion Dollar Baby
Kim Jong Un scares the Pentagon into blowing a ton of money on its failed missile defense.
March 20
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Dispatch
A Government in Search of a Country
Can the newly appointed opposition prime minister form an interim government that Syrians can get behind?
March 20
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Argument
Seoul Mates?
How North Korea’s threats of brimstone and fire are driving a wedge between the United States and its South Korean ally.
March 20
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Dispatch
The Kenyatta Affair
What Kenya and its allies can learn from Austria’s Nazi legacy.
March 20
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Situation Report
Dunford, Karzai agree on Wardak; Amazon works for the CIA; Carter reaffirms the pivot; Levin backs no-fly zone; Kelly talks Iran in Southcom; and a little more.
March 20
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David Barno
Silicon, Iron, and Shadow
Three wars that will define America's future.
March 19
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Dispatch
If a Tree Falls in Baghdad…
Ten years after the Iraq war, almost everything in this country -- from security to its place in the region -- is still in play.
March 19
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Transcript
The Iraq Syndrome
A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?
March 19
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Argument
The First Step
Why America needs to beat itself up a little more over the Iraq War.
March 19
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Micah Zenko
This Is Not the Drone Debate We're Looking For
How Rand Paul and company are totally missing the point.
March 19
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The List
The 10 Commandments of Visiting Israel
The old commandments helped the Israelites survive the desert. A set of new ones may help Obama survive the Israelis.
March 19
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Dispatch
The Jihadi from the Block
In the war for the heart of northern Mali, the real fear isn’t al Qaeda, it’s the criminals and fundamentalists lurking just around the corner.
March 19
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Argument
What Obama Must Do in Israel
It’s time to stop focusing on personalities and get down to the more important business of identifying common interests.
March 19
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Argument
Unilateral Peace
It's time for Israel to move toward a two-state solution, alone if necessary.
March 19
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Reality Check
So You Want to Be a Peacemaker?
Here are 11 lessons to keep in mind if you want to have any hope of solving the Middle East's most intractable conflict.
March 19
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Argument
Lessons Learned from Kenya’s Election
Kenya’s general election wasn’t perfect -- but it was peaceful. Here’s why.
March 19
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Situation Report
Condi had her doubts about the surge; Whither the pivot?; Budgets and nukes: Low-hanging fruit? Dempsey to China; Furloughs to be in full-swing; and a little more.
March 19
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Argument
Turdblossom to the Rescue?
When Karl Rove is your white knight in shining armor, your party has a serious problem.
March 18
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Argument
The Best of All Possible Bailouts
Don’t listen to Paul Krugman (and definitely don’t listen to Vladimir Putin). The European plan is Cyprus’s best chance for recovery.
March 18
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Transcript
The Secret Surge Debate
Behind closed doors, a newly revealed transcript shows, the Bush administration was much more deeply divided about the way forward in Iraq than it let on in public.
March 18
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Slide Show
The 10 Most Iconic Images from Iraq
Some of the most unforgettable photographs from a decade of war.
March 18
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Photo Essay
Once Upon a Time in Baghdad
71 years before the war that nearly destroyed it.
March 18
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David Rothkopf
The Deliverable-in-Chief
Is Obama’s light-footprint diplomacy inviting tomorrow’s problems?
March 18
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Daniel Altman
Trade Coalitions of the Willing
Forget about the WTO. Here's how Obama is about to change the game on free trade.
March 18
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Argument
Alaskan Folly
We've doubled down on a defense that doesn't work against missiles that don't exist.
March 18
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Argument
No Books Were Cooked
Mistakes were made in the lead-up to war in Iraq ten years ago. But fabricating intelligence on weapons of mass destruction to serve policy wasn’t one of them.
March 18
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Argument
Awakening the Demons
There is no Arab Spring coming to Iraq. But sectarian protests could tear this fragile country apart.
March 18
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Rational Security
The Illogic of Iraq
Explaining one of history's most egregious strategic non sequiturs.
March 18
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Argument
Why the Color Revolutions Failed
Toppling dictators isn't enough. Successful revolutions also embrace the rule of law.
March 18
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Document
Defeating Extreme Poverty
An exclusive excerpt of USAID's 2013 Annual Letter.
March 18
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Transcript
To COIN or Not?
A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?
March 18
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Situation Report
Carter in Asia; The Navy fights alcohol abuse; Jeh Johnson: “we must be realistic” on a drone court; MC Times’ cover boy: Jim Mattis; and a little more.
March 18
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Terms of Engagement
Lost in the Desert
What does the Obama administration make of Egypt's Mohamed Morsy? Not much. But they've still got to figure out how to work with him.
March 15
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Argument
Preserve the Reserves
Why America needs its citizen-soldiers now more than ever.
March 15
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Feature
Iraq Roundtable Participants
March 15
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Transcript
Ends and Means
A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?
March 15
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Feature
Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
March 15
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Dispatch
Mali's Bad Trip
Field notes from the West African drug trade.
March 15
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Argument
Will South Korea Go Nuclear?
What the North's provocations mean for Washington's relations with Seoul.
March 15
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Dispatch
The Beatified Game
How the new pope has blessed the long suffering soccer fans of Argentina’s Club Atlético San Lorenzo.
March 15
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Argument
America Needs a Coast Guard That Can Fight
As the Arctic becomes an arena for conflict, the United States’ forgotten naval force will need to cowboy up.
March 15
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Slide Show
The World in Photos This Week
Habemus papam; Japan's in bloom; and kissing teenagers in Bali.
March 15
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Argument
Social Warfare
Budget hawks' plans to cut funding for political and social science aren't just short-sighted and simple-minded -- they'll actually hurt national security.
March 15
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Argument
Wayward in Waziristan
How the United States is blowing the war on terror in the most dangerous place in the world.
March 15
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Argument
The Execution of the Saudi Seven
Saudi Arabia's farcical justice system condemned seven young men to death this week, and the world remained silent.
March 15
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Situation Report
Petraeus’ Act II; A Marine lieutenant remembers Iraq; Does Hagel need a Robert Rangel?; Cyber chief: civil agencies should lead after a cyber attack; and a little more.
March 15
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Dispatch
Xi Pivots to Moscow
What message is China's new leader sending with his first overseas trip?
March 14
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Argument
Phasing Out
Time for Obama to scuttle the plan to shoot down non-existent Iranian ICBMs.
March 14
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Special Report
The Iraq War Diaries
March 14
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By Other Means
Mission Creep in the War on Terror
The case against giving the president even more power to use force.
March 14
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Slide Show
Inside the Pentagon on 9/11
McLaughlin's minute-by-minute account of the terrorist attack in Washington.
March 14
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Backstory
A Personal History, An American History
How one Marine's diary helps us understand the Iraq war.
March 14
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Feature
The Toppling
How the media inflated a minor moment in a long war.
March 14
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Feature
The Rough Guide to Iraq
A journalist's strange journey on the road to Baghdad.
March 14
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Dispatch
Pressed
The propaganda war in Kuwait.
March 14
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Feature
‘Good Kills’
The bloody battle for the Diyala bridge.
March 14
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Feature
Order's Out
Tim McLaughlin writes to Victoria's Secret and readies for battle in Kuwait.
March 14
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Feature
Rolling Into Baghdad
Tim McLaughlin recalls the taking of the Diyala bridge and the toppling of Saddam's statue in Firdos Square.
March 14
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Feature
Living with PTSD
Tim McLaughlin discusses the Iraq war's personal toll, 10 years after the taking of Baghdad.
March 14
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Slide Show
The Invasion Timeline
Lt. Tim McLaughlin's chronology of the march from Kuwait to the heart of Baghdad.
March 14
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Slide Show
Kill Lists and Victoria's Secret
A Marine's candid, and often funny, reflections on life during wartime. — The Iraq War Diaries of Lt. Tim McLaughlin
March 14
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Slide Show
Tearing Down Saddam
'This place is pandemonium.' — The Iraq War Diaries of Lt. Tim McLaughlin
March 14
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Slide Show
Assault on Baghdad
'Completely destroy everything on the other side of the canal.' — The Iraq War Diaries of Lt. Tim McLaughlin
March 14
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Feature
My Handwritten War
An eyewitness to history, from the 9/11 attacks to the toppling of Saddam.
March 14
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Dispatch
Hot Pants
A visit to ousted Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh’s new presidential museum.
March 14
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Marc Lynch
America’s March Madness Problem
We're Duke.
March 14
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Slide Show
'His Horse Was Named Death'
Ten years after the invasion of Iraq, Tim McLaughlin's remarkable diary of the war reveals a personal, untold history of America's fraught adventure in the Middle East.
March 14
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Argument
Pakistan’s Wildcard
The mysterious Pakistani-Canadian cleric is back, and he’s shaking up the country’s politics.
March 14
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Situation Report
Steve Hadley at FP: “I should have asked that question”; John Allen: No boots on the ground for 20 years; “Who is Alex Trebek?” The QDR is not a “new start.”; Mike Mount, out; and a little more.
March 14
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Feature
The Geopolitics of 'Girls'
How Lena Dunham explains the world.
March 13
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Argument
Learning Curve
'Never Again' is the wrong lesson to draw from the Iraq war.
March 13
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Amy Zegart
No One Saw This Coming
How we've been surprised by our growing ability to predict things.
March 13
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Argument
The Great Cyberscare
Why the Pentagon is razzmatazzing you about those big bad Chinese hackers.
March 13
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Reality Check
Israel's Demographic Destiny
Israel can be Jewish, democratic, or a state in control of the Palestinian territories. Choose two.
March 13
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Christian Caryl
The Tangled Tale of Malaysia's Dirty Battleground State
How an ex-British prime minister’s sister-in-law, a headhunter’s grandson, dodgy PR firms, and a Malaysian kingpin are colliding in a fight over the future of democracy.
March 13
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Case Studies
Cooling Ethnic Conflict in Guyana's Elections
Guyana's 2001 presidential election left the country deeply divided along ethnic lines. In 2006, they decided to try something new.
March 13
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Argument
The Case for Just-in-Time Immigration
Why America needs a personnel system built for the 21st century.
March 13
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Argument
How the Muslim Brotherhood Hijacked Syria's Revolution
The shadowy Islamist group that was all but destroyed in the 1980s is ruining the uprising against Bashar al-Assad.
March 13
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Situation Report
Cyber worries bubbling to the top; Hagel has a second thought on DWM; Karzai turns up the heat, again; Sarah Chayes: Vali Nasr was wrong, and a little more.
March 13
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Argument
Kenya's Most Wanted
The United States must find a way to work with its East African ally, even if it's run by an accused perpetrator of crimes against humanity.
March 12
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Photo Essay
The One Thing
The one item Syrian refugees made sure to grab before leaving home.
March 12
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Rebuttal
What Vali Nasr Gets Wrong
A former State Department insider has written a blistering account of the Obama administration’s missteps in Afghanistan. But is he right?
March 12
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Argument
The Hate List
Is America really being overrun by right-wing militants?
March 12
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Micah Zenko
God Bless Bob Woodward
In praise of investigative reporting.
March 12
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Rebuttal
What Bill Gates Got Wrong About Why Nations Fail
Did the Microsoft founder even read our book before he criticized it?
March 12
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Feature
The Iraq War That Might Have Been
Ten years on, newly published secret documents shed new light on potential turning points the United States missed.
March 12
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Situation Report
Hagel to meet with Shinseki: VA claims under Obama slow; Hagel to review sexual assault case; Whither the QDR? and a little more.
March 12
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Slide Show
Pulp Non-Fiction
How to explain Washington dysfunction in 10 pulp-fiction posters.
March 11
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Rational Security
Smaller Is Smarter
Military drawdowns have driven innovation for millennia.
March 11
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Argument
The Global Swarm
Drones are not only spreading to other countries, they're becoming smaller and smarter.
March 11
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Argument
The Empire Makes Nice
Is it time for a Venezuela reset?
March 11
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Daniel Altman
Hugonomics
Was Chávez good for Venezuela?
March 11
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Situation Report
Karzai mixes it up in Kabul for Hagel; Another insider attack; What Harman thinks it all means; How the CR affects cyber; and just a little more.
March 11
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Slide Show
North Korean Pastoral
The Hermit Kingdom as you've never seen it.
March 11
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Dispatch
A Tale of Two Chávezes
For those who loved and reviled Venezuela's president in equal measure, El Comandante leaves behind two very different legacies.
March 8
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Argument
Wanted: Ph.D.s Who Can Win a Bar Fight
How to reform the Pentagon for "light footprint" interventions.
March 8
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Feature
Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
March 8
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Dispatch
Meet China’s New Foreign-Policy Team
Is Beijing using its latest appointments to send a message to Washington?
March 8
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Argument
Gray Matter
How to fight Chinese cyber attacks without starting a cold war.
March 8
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Argument
Political Tremors in the Caucasus
There’s a distinct whiff of desire for political change wafting through the Caucasus.
March 8
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Terms of Engagement
How Not to Repair a Broken Pot
The lesson of Iraq isn't that American intervention only makes things worse; it's that there's a smarter way to do it.
March 8
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Gordon Adams
Military Review
How Chuck Hagel can show the generals who's boss.
March 8
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Argument
Lean Forward
Why there's finally cause for celebration this International Women's Day
March 8
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Argument
Who's Winning the Great Energy Rat Race?
China just passed the United States as the world's leading oil importer. America should be happy to be No. 2.
March 8
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Slide Show
The World in Photos This Week
Hugo Chávez is laid to rest; Kenya goes to the polls; and locusts swarm the Middle East.
March 8
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Situation Report
Sgt. Hagel visits troops in Afghanistan; The remains of the day: civil war sailors to be buried; The Pentagon and the North’s rhetoric; Count ‘em: the total number of cyber warriors, and a little more.
March 8
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Argument
Why Is This Man Smiling?
How the Iranian regime used the Kazakhstan talks as pre-election propaganda.
March 8
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Jeffrey Lewis
It's Not You, It's Me
America's nukes are designed to comfort us, not scare the enemy.
March 7
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Argument
Round One Goes to the Budget Hawks
How the neocons lost the sequester battle -- but maybe not the war.
March 7
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Argument
Time Is Running Out on North Korea
Congress needs to make Pyongyang pay a price for its recklessness.
March 7
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Argument
A Player, but No Superpower
Why China's military is a threat to its neighbors, but shouldn't concern the United States on its home turf.
March 7
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Interview
Doctor in a Desperate Land
Why an American has chosen to bind his life to Sudan.
March 7
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Argument
A Very Special Envoy
Why Obama should make Dennis Rodman his man in Pyongyang. Seriously.
March 7
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Reality Check
Is Oslo Dead?
The peace process's two top negotiators reflect on the 20 years since their fleeting triumph.
March 7
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EXCERPT
Hugo's Banker
How China propped up Chávez.
March 7
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Marc Lynch
Tehran Tanking
Iran's popularity in the Arab world is way down, but sectarianism is on the rise.
March 7
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Lab Report
The House That Chavez Built
Hugo Chávez subordinated the needs of Venezuela’s economy to the imperative of keeping himself in power. Now the job of cleaning up falls to his successor.
March 7
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Photo Essay
Stopping a Madman
A year after the Kony 2012 campaign became a viral sensation, war correspondent David Axe and illustrator Tim Hamilton capture the long, dysfunctional crusade to take down Joseph Kony in graphic-journalism form.
March 7
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Situation Report
Filibuster ends, Brennan’s CIA confirmation closer; How Assad lost the COIN; A “disservice” to combat vets: the push to demote the DWM; What Congress is doing for the Pentagon; Arming cyber warriors, and a little more.
March 7
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Argument
Inside the Black Box
How the NSA is helping companies fight back against Chinese hackers.
March 6
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Argument
Why Being So Right Feels So Bad
Why did it take the State Department 10 years and billions of dollars to figure out that Iraq reconstruction was a massive failure?
March 6
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Micah Zenko
A First Draft of the Third War
Why President Obama should commission a history of targeted killing.
March 6
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Dispatch
Camelot in Tokyo
Can Caroline Kennedy shake up Japan’s sexist politics?
March 6
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Argument
Gentle Giant
Why isn’t India spending more on its military?
March 6
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Situation Report
The Pentagon spends $1 billion a year on unemployment for service members; Mattis’ parting shot; Pentagon strictly enforcing CODEL travel; What happened in Wardak?; What happened to $60 billion in Iraq?; and a little more.
March 6
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Situation Report
The Pentagon spends $1 billion a year to pay unemployment to service members; Mattis’ parting shot: Afghanistan needs 20k post 2014; Pentagon, strictly enforcing CODEL travel; Where did $60 billon go in Iraq; What happened in Wardak; and a little more.
March 6
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Argument
Syria's House of Cards
After two years, 1 million refugees, and more than 70,000 dead, some Syrians -- and one American president -- are still looking to protect their own interests rather than save a country.
March 6
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Christian Caryl
The Democracy Boondoggle in Iraq
The U.S. spent billions promoting democracy in Iraq. Now the official verdict is in: It was all for nothing.
March 6
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Argument
Speak Softly and Let Others Carry the Big Stick
The problem with the 'light footprint' approach to U.S. military policy.
March 5
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Dispatch
The End of an Icon
Venezuelans react to the death of their larger-than-life president.
March 5
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Dept Of Secrets
A Clear View from Foggy Bottom
How State Department analysts -- and no one else -- foresaw the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
March 5
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Argument
What Have We Learned About Xi Jinping?
China’s new leader has consolidated his power. So what is he going to do with it?
March 5
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Slide Show
Adiós, Presidente
The outsized life of Venezuela's celebrity president.
March 5
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Rational Security
Caveat Preemptor
How Obama has adopted the Bush doctrine.
March 5
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Dispatch
Mad Money
Why foreign aid is at the heart of civil war in Congo.
March 5
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Rebuttal
Our Experience in Luvungi
International Medical Corps responds to Laura Heaton's investigation of mass rape in a small Congolese town.
March 5
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Argument
Alone in the Desert
How Camus explains France's troubling intervention in Mali.
March 5
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Situation Report
The Army will leave $6 billion worth of gear in Afghanistan; Hagel’s first foreign defense minister visit is Israel’s Barak, today; DHS goes commando; How will Hagel be with the press? And a little more.
March 5
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Feature
Armenia's California Dream
The unlikely candidate shaking up the country's political establishment.
March 4
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Argument
Missing in Action
Extremists are destroying the fabric of Pakistani society. Where is the government?
March 4
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Daniel Altman
The Doomsayers Are Wrong Again
Wall Street isn't worried about the U.S. debt. Too bad Washington's budget hawks aren't listening.
March 4
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Argument
Preventing the Next Mali
Why Washington can’t just sit by and let another full-fledged war break out in Sudan.
March 4
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Putinology
Russia's New Vigilantes
How anti-immigrant passions are shaping Russia's political scene.
March 4
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Situation Report
Vali Nasr: How Obama let diplomacy fail in Afghanistan; Johnson on DOMA; The bumper sticker for the Hagel era; Why a Air Force general’s decision could animate reformers on sexual assault; Get your sequester T-shirt!; And more.
March 4
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Feature
The Inside Story of How the White House Let Diplomacy Fail in Afghanistan
"My time in the Obama administration turned out to be a deeply disillusioning experience."
March 3
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Argument
Battle-Tested
Insiders debate America's misfires in Iraq and Afghanistan.
March 3
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Argument
What Went Wrong in Afghanistan?
We asked everyone from an ex-president of Pakistan to a former Afghan spy chief to weigh in.
March 3
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Argument
What Went Right?
Critics of the war are missing the big picture: Afghanistan is much better off today.
March 3
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Photo Essay
Good News from the Hindu Kush
How Afghanistan has changed for the better after more than a decade of war.
March 3
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The List
The Prince of the White House
Eleven rules for how Barack Obama, or any U.S. president, can have his way on national security.
March 3
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Feature
State of War
FP surveyed more than 70 experts on today's global conflicts, with John Arquilla guiding us through the results.
March 3
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Feature
Mad Libs: War Edition
FP asked more than 70 top military thinkers to fill in the blanks on the world's global conflicts -- from the drone wars to the budget wars.
March 3
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Slide Show
The FP Survey: The Future of War
FP polls the world's top military thinkers on everything from cyberwar to shrinking budgets.
March 3
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David Rothkopf
Lessons Learned (and Not)
Seven things we've learned after a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
March 3
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Slide Show
The Evolution of Uncle Sam
How U.S. military recruitment posters have changed over the past 150 years.
March 3
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The List
Democracy’s Backward March
The six countries where freedom is fading fastest.
March 3
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Think Again
Think Again: The Pentagon
The military's Chicken Littles want you to think the sky is falling. Don't believe them: America has never been safer.
March 3
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In Box
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Democracy is in retreat. And there's a surprising culprit.
March 3
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The New New Normal
Going South
They've helped bail out southern weaklings. Now Europe's northern countries may be doomed too.
March 3
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In Box
Frontier Markets
How second-generation emerging markets became today's hottest investment story.
March 3
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Photo Essay
New Heights
What self-portraits atop skyscrapers can tell us about today's cities.
March 3
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In Box
Terror Management
Could a shared fear of climate change unite enemies?
March 3
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In Box
Life After Death
How the plague made modern Europe.
March 3
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Interview
Epiphanies from Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria's finance minister on resource curses, African growth, and why America shouldn't be so smug about corruption.
March 3
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The Optimist
The Case for Big Brother
A little government monitoring can be a good thing.
March 3
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In Box
The Things They Carried: The Congolese Rebel
Maj. John Imani Nzenze, an M23 rebel commander, reveals what's in his camouflage backpack.
March 3
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Dispatch
What Happened in Luvungi?
On rape and truth in Congo.
March 3
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FP Explainer
Why Is It So Hard to Identify the World’s Rape Capital?
How it's possible for Botswana and Sweden to top a global ranking of rape.
March 3
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In Other Words
'Homeland' in the Holy Land
A TV thriller taps into Israel's collective subconscious.
March 3
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In Other Words
Insecurity Camera
Homeland and the Israeli show that inspired it aren't the only thrillers that tackle their countries' deepest national security concerns. Here are five other programs that tap into national psyches.
March 3
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Letters
Obama's Grand Strategy
America's relative decline means that defense and social spending will have to compete head to head, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
March 3
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Letters
Republican Reincarnation
The GOP needs to let go of myths about its past to move forward.
March 3
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Letters
Mind the Gap
Charles Kenny is too quick to call off the clash of civilizations.
March 3
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Slide Show
On the Stump with Kenya's Leading Man
As Kenya's election nears its climax, an intimate look at candidate -- and prime minister -- Raila Odinga on the campaign trail.
March 2
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Dispatch
The Fall and Rise of Raila Odinga
In Kenya's contested election, the tortured past of family dynasty is alive but not quite well.
March 2
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The List
Innocents Abroad
When celebrities do diplomacy.
March 1
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Terms of Engagement
A Country Unto Itself
There’s no place like India. Which is precisely why its politics and economy are such a contradictory, beautiful mess.
March 1
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Feature
Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
March 1
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Argument
Pilgrims and Idiots
How celebrities should handle visits to authoritarian countries in today's world.
March 1
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Argument
Give Us the Weapons We Need to Beat Assad
The chief of staff of the opposition Syrian Military Joint Command calls on the United States to provide arms, not just non-lethal aid.
March 1
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Slide Show
The World in Photos This Week
Sand engulfs Beijing; scandal hits the Catholic church, again; and Dennis Rodman makes a new friend.
March 1
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Argument
Stalin Lives
The Soviet dictator died six decades ago. But Russians have yet to say farewell.
March 1
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Argument
Not All Elections Are Worthy of the Name
Sorry, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel. Just because Iran holds elections doesn’t mean that its government represents the people.
March 1
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Argument
Let Them Eat Subsidies
The Obama administration could revolutionize aid and save billions -- if only Congress would stand up to the farm lobby.
March 1
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Argument
What Is Egypt?
As America's new secretary of state arrives in Cairo, it's still not clear the United States knows what it's dealing with.
March 1
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Dispatch
The Brotherhood vs. the Free Press
Egypt's new rulers are determined to tighten their grip on the media scene in Cairo. I should know -- they had me fired.
March 1
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Situation Report
Sequester happens; The Pivot underway: first LCS sets sail today; Who at The Post took the call?; Being Steve Warren, and a little more.
March 1
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