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Dispatch
The Strong Man at His Weakest
Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has never had more support -- or a bigger challenge to his rule.
June 19
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Argument
Death by Cuts to a Thousand
Obama's plan to reduce nuclear weapons does too little and will take too long.
June 19
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Rational Security
Could Killer Robots Bring World Peace?
We're breaking Isaac Asimov's First Law -- and it could be good for humanity.
June 19
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Dispatch
The Struggle for Power in Saudi Arabia
As the gerontocratic rulers of the House of Saud plot to appoint successors, the inside fight to lead the kingdom is heating up.
June 19
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Feature
Total Recall
If the NSA's massive spying operation sounds a lot like a Bush-era program ... that's because it is.
June 19
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Dispatch
Aleppo Evil
Meet the flesh-eating parasite that's sweeping across Syria.
June 19
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Argument
Navy Responds to Crunch Scandal
Confirms that 'captain' is an imposter.
June 19
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Argument
The Case for Overkill
Obama's wrong: America does need thousands of nukes.
June 19
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Argument
Rebel Whimper
Obama's Syria policy is a riddle wrapped in an enigma surrounding nothing.
June 19
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Christian Caryl
Why Iran Can't Reform
Many commentators are hailing the results of the Iranian presidential election as a victory for popular choice. But that feel-good narrative misses the bigger story.
June 19
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Situation Report
Obama to outline big nuke cuts today; DOD civilian owes $500k – to DOD; Petraeus to Team Rubicon; Hastings, dead; Say goodbye, Rambo; Tara Sonenshine on “bottom line diplomacy;” and a bit more.
June 19
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Photo Essay
The Handover
Photos of U.S. forces training the men now responsible for winning America's longest war.
June 18
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David Rothkopf
Scared Tactics
Why America will be paying for decades for a foreign policy based on fear.
June 18
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Dispatch
Is Obama a Berliner?
The U.S. president arrives in Germany with chill hanging over relations.
June 18
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Argument
Turkish Tailspin
After weeks of domestic turmoil, is Ankara losing control of the economy?
June 18
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David Barno
The Road to Nowhere Good
When Syria's rebels need more than just weapons, America may well find itself in the middle of a civil war.
June 18
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Argument
Time to Pull Our Troops from Europe
It'll help solve the Eurozone crisis. Seriously.
June 18
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In Box
After Bernanke
Yes, he saved the global economy. But will he leave behind a ticking time bomb?
June 18
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Argument
Light Up the West Bank
Want to reinvigorate the Middle East peace process? Start with 3G.
June 18
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Argument
Europe's Dirty Little Secret
Europe prides itself on its democratic credentials. So why is a tiny band of underdog dissidents having such a hard time fighting the continent’s last dictator?
June 18
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EXCERPT
A User's Guide to Democratic Transitions
A how-to guide for reformers around the world.
June 18
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Reality Check
Present Throughout the Creation
Turning 90, Shimon Peres talks peace, politics, and the limits of leadership.
June 18
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Situation Report
Afghans take over, peace office opens: a ridiculous mouse? Syria aid M.I.A.; Iran's shady plans to go nuclear; Middies charged with rape; The services are “acting like children;” And a bit more.
June 18
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Feature
Comey Don't Play That
How Obama's pick to lead the FBI tried to put the brakes on the NSA's surveillance dragnet.
June 17
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Argument
Evil in a Haystack
How do you find a terrorist hidden in millions of gigabytes of metadata?
June 17
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Argument
The Case Against Socially Responsible Business
Want companies to invest in a better future for society? Keep them focused on their bottom lines.
June 17
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Dispatch
G Is for Grab Bag
On the march with the motley crew of G-8 protesters in Belfast.
June 17
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Argument
Trade Secrets
The U.S.-EU free trade agreement could be a boon for the global economy, but confidential negotiations are a dangerous threat to democracy.
June 17
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The List
5 Rules for Arming Rebels
Before going to war in Syria, the Obama administration should heed the lessons of history.
June 17
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Argument
The Attribution Revolution
A five-point plan to cripple foreign cyberattacks on the United States.
June 17
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Situation Report
The Army’s $900 toilet seat?; Where's the love for Dempsey and Winnefeld?; A really awkward NSA leak; A behind-the-scenes look at Ya’alon’s Osprey ride; and a bit more.
June 17
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Argument
The Real Reason You're Mad at the NSA
Imagine the civil-military divide -- but much, much bigger.
June 16
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Argument
Regime Change Obama Can Believe In
Iran just opened itself to a nuclear deal -- but America has to make the first move.
June 16
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Argument
Dancing in the Streets
Iranians and Turks are voting with their feet, but are these countries moving in opposite directions?
June 15
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Feature
Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
June 14
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Interview
'Don't Try to Convince Yourself That You're in Control'
Afghan lessons for arming the Syrian rebels from the CIA's mujahideen point man.
June 14
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Slide Show
The World in Photos This Week
Iran heads to the polls; protests continue in Turkey; and horse shrimp fishermen get to work in Belgium.
June 14
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Argument
The Evolution of an Interventionist
How John McCain became America's unofficial ambassador of leading from the front.
June 14
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Argument
Regime Change in Qatar
Knee-deep in Syria's civil war and surrounded by family quarrels, Qatar's emir is looking to hand over the country to his 33-year-old son.
June 14
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Argument
MAD About You
It's time to turn mutually assured destruction into mutually assured stability.
June 14
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Terms of Engagement
Is Doing Something in Syria Better than Nothing?
Why Obama’s small plan to send small arms to the Syrian rebels might fail on all counts.
June 14
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Putinology
The Kremlin and the Octopus
The arrest of a leading politician has shaken up Russia's most turbulent republic. But will anything really change?
June 14
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Argument
Egyptians, the Army Is Not Your Quick Fix
Some Egyptians see military rule as a solution to their problems. Here's why it's a bad idea.
June 14
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Situation Report
Syria's red line, crossed; Top brass still skeptical of arming the rebels; Don’t get this Aussie angry; Why Obama will get an earful in Germany over the NSA; The Marines are pumped about the Israeli MOD’s arrival today; and just a bit more.
June 14
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Feature
Nate Silvering the Iranian Elections
Does 538 work when only one person runs the show in Tehran?
June 13
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Photo Essay
Tieless in Tehran
The best of Iranian political fashion.
June 13
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Argument
Exporting Terror in America's Backyard
Is the United States downplaying the threat from Iranian agents in Latin America?
June 13
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Christian Caryl
Secret Police State
What’s worse: the NSA or the East German Stasi?
June 13
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By Other Means
Big Brother Doesn't Scare Me
Amazon on the other hand...
June 13
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Marc Lynch
The Syria Strategy Vacuum
Forget about "how" to intervene in the Syrian civil war. The Obama administration needs to answer the bigger question: why?
June 13
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Situation Report
NSA chief wants even more data; Syrian rebels "starved for arms"; Lippert fired the “TSA;” CIA hires an outsider; Finding the next Snowden; A flag on the table: Seemed like a good idea at the time; and a bit more.
June 13
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Argument
The Washington Intervention War
With diplomatic options dead in the water, camps are forming in the administration about how to arm the Syrian rebels.
June 12
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Feature
Type 'S' for Suspicious
DARPA's far-out, high-tech plan to catch the next Edward Snowden.
June 12
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Argument
One Era's Traitor Is Another Era's Whistle-Blower
How the media covered national-security leaks in Daniel Ellsberg's day.
June 12
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Argument
Missing Mahmoud
Don’t snicker. Once President Ahmadinejad is gone, there’ll be no one left to stand up to Iran's mullahs.
June 12
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Argument
Intel Outside
Could the NSA just use foreign governments to spy on Americans?
June 12
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Dispatch
'Freedom' Island
Is Hong Kong free, or does Beijing really call the shots?
June 12
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Argument
Iran's Big Yawn
The challenge for Iran's supreme leader: How to make a sham presidential election look like a real one.
June 12
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Argument
The Ayatollah's Point Man
Meet Saeed Jalili, the holier-than-thou front-runner in Iran's presidential election.
June 12
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Situation Report
At the Pentagon, it’s all about brain injuries today; One veteran has waited 462 days for VA help; Levin strips anti-sexual assault measure from bill; NSA chief testifies today on the Hill; and a bit more.
June 12
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Reality Check
The New Problem From Hell
Obama's options in Syria are awful. But the United States is headed for intervention anyway.
June 11
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Argument
America: Choosing Security Over Liberty Since 1798
Sorry, Edward Snowden -- the United States has a long, dubious history of putting national security before people's freedoms.
June 11
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Micah Zenko
To Protect and Defend...
No, Mr. President, your top job is not to 'keep the American people safe.'
June 11
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Argument
Oversight Now
Why Congress needs to go big -- and restrict the power of a runaway executive branch.
June 11
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Dispatch
How the War in Syria Has Helped to Inspire Turkey's Protests
The anti-Erdogan protesters in Turkey have many grievances - but the prime minister's record of support for the Syrian rebels may turn out to be the most explosive.
June 11
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Slide Show
Is This China's New Design for a Stealth Bomber?
The model airplanes that could one day change the global balance of power.
June 11
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Argument
We're Not Building a 'Police State'
Why Egypt’s draft NGO law is transparent, fair, and a big step forward for democracy.
June 11
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Argument
Uncivil Society
Why Egypt's new law regulating NGOs is still criminal.
June 11
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Argument
Hoovered
How J. Edgar laid the groundwork for the NSA's surveillance state.
June 11
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Situation Report
A new Sedney for the Pentagon; Hagel to talk war costs, the need to cut troop bennies; 5,000 U.S. forces in Syria's backyard; Boozers like to dress nice; NSA leaker's Rubik's Cube; The Tom Tom bags Hagel; FP gets Dangerous; and a bit more.
June 11
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Daniel Altman
Calling Out the Austerians
Why starving the beast will kill the U.S. economy.
June 10
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David Rothkopf
Control+Freedom+Delete
Do Americans realize their privacy rights have been obliterated?
June 10
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Interview
'We Face a Very Serious Chinese Military Threat'
Japan's former defense minister talks to FP about cyberattacks, the East China Sea face-off, and whether North Korea's Kim Jong Un is a puppet dictator.
June 10
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Rational Security
How to Protect Yourself from the Online Axis of Evil
What has happened to the notion of cyberdefense?
June 10
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Argument
Inside the NSA's Ultra-Secret China Hacking Group
Deep within the National Security Agency, an elite, rarely discussed team of hackers and spies is targeting America's enemies abroad.
June 10
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Situation Report
The NSA leaks' big reveal; The scariest part of it all; Was China a good idea for Snowden? An Afghan attack, foiled; The Pentagon's pals in Russia; John Allen to Brookings; And a little bit more.
June 10
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Argument
How Dangerous Is a Terrorist with a Twitter Handle?
There's an effort afoot in Congress to kick terrorists off Twitter. But the government's spies aren't so sure.
June 7
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Argument
Rice and the Russians
Will Obama's new national security advisor play nice and get along with Moscow?
June 7
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Photo Essay
Once Upon a Time in Beijing
China's capital in the Age of Empire.
June 7
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Feature
Longform's Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
June 7
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Rational Security
In Defense of PRISM
How else can we smoke terrorists out of their hidey holes?
June 7
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Argument
Wings of Change
Which faction of Turkey's ruling party will emerge the strongest after the Istanbul protests?
June 7
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Argument
Do Two Dreams Equal a Nightmare?
Why Xi Jinping’s vision of a future China cannot coexist with the American Dream.
June 7
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Slide Show
The World in Photos This Week
France honors its heroes; Hong Kong commemorates a massacre; and London installs a tempting new statue.
June 7
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Argument
Obama’s Surveillance State
The war on terror has taken over not just U.S. foreign policy, but also our inboxes, smartphones, and Facebook pages. And we're only beginning to understand how much harm that's caused.
June 7
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Investigation
The Pentagon May Be Paying a Billion Dollars a Year to the Wrong People
But its accounting is so bad that it can't say for sure how much or to whom.
June 7
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Christian Caryl
Can Tunisia Save the Arab Spring?
Of all the Arab Spring countries, little Tunisia is the one that's making the most progress toward full-fledged democracy.
June 7
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Situation Report
The PRISM through which the WH views privacy; An award for Mabus; An “out member” gets a second star; Five vet charities termed “the worst”; Sonenshine on public diplomacy; and a bit more.
June 7
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Slide Show
The Man with the Million-Yuan Smile
Photos of China's new president gripping and grinning his way across the world (and kissing the occasional baby for good measure).
June 6
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Argument
Let's Not Be Friends
Obama and Xi will work better together if they both acknowledge they don't trust each other.
June 6
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Argument
Paranoid Republic
No summit can bridge the political gap between Washington and Beijing.
June 6
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Argument
Syria Is Now Saudi Arabia's Problem
The battle for a town on the Lebanese border marks the kingdom's first attempt to lead Syria's fractured opposition.
June 6
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By Other Means
Transnational Security Advisors
Susan Rice and Samantha Power will finally move U.S. foreign policy into the 21st century.
June 6
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Argument
China's New Backyard
Does Washington realize how deeply Beijing has planted a flag in Latin America?
June 6
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Argument
Rice, Power, and Hope
Did Obama just change Washington from the inside?
June 6
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Argument
Why the NSA Needs Your Phone Calls…
… and why you (probably) shouldn't worry about it.
June 6
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Argument
The Head of China's Petitioning Office
Why Barack Obama can't afford to take human rights off the agenda when he meets with Xi Jinping.
June 6
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Terms of Engagement
The Combative Consigliere
Will Susan Rice bring out a more muscular side of Barack Obama?
June 6
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Situation Report
Hagel’s briefings on strategic review started today; Tomatoes for the WaPo story on commissaries?; In Rice, Obama bought a sports car; McCain: an “inescapable reality” in Syria; Can SecDef declassify material? And a bit more.
June 6
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Marc Lynch
Welcome to the Syrian Jihad
The Arab world's most popular theologian stokes the flames of a Sunni-Shia war.
June 6
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Argument
The 7 Deadly Sins of Defense Spending
How the Pentagon can cut costs -- and come out stronger.
June 6
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Dept Of Secrets
Mission: Assassination
The CIA's a lot better at targeted killing now than it used to be.
June 5
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Gordon Adams
It Ain't About the Hardware
Will the wars of the future be won by management consultants?
June 5
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Argument
How Obama Tried and Failed to Make Friends with China
Don't expect much from the upcoming summit -- we've been down this road before.
June 5
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Reality Check
Peace Offensive
Obama thinks he can solve the world’s most intractable conflicts. What if he’s wrong?
June 5
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Argument
Turkey’s Secular Awakening
The protests across Istanbul aren’t about Islamism, the elite, or even religion writ large -- they're a call for a real liberal democracy.
June 5
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Micah Zenko
The No-Plan Zone
Modest measures to aid the Syrian rebels won't topple Assad. And despite protestations, even Washington's hawks don't want to go further.
June 5
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Situation Report
Donilon out, Rice in; POGO releases draft IG report on Panetta, ZD30; Well, that went well: chiefs exasperate senators during sexual assault hearing; Brett Holmgren is a TSA for Ash; PowerPoints gone wild; And a bit more.
June 5
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Slide Show
The Man Behind Obama's Foreign Policy
A look back at Tom Donilon's time in the White House, where he helped shape U.S. policy everywhere from Afghanistan to Aleppo.
June 5
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David Rothkopf
Donilon's Legacy
Obama's outgoing national security advisor leaves behind a U.S. foreign policy in much better shape than he found it. Can Susan Rice build on his success?
June 5
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Argument
Palestine's Nothing Man
The new prime minister in Ramallah is a political novice -- and that's exactly why President Mahmoud Abbas chose him.
June 4
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Argument
Xi's Not Ready
Why Obama should skip the shirt-sleeves summit with China's new leader.
June 4
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Argument
We're Not Going to Need a Bigger Boat
The problem with the Navy and Air Force's belief that they can do it all.
June 4
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Dispatch
On Your Left, the Decline and Fall
Visiting Brussels soon? A new museum offers a peek into the future to see how the European dream died.
June 4
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Putinology
A Russian Artist's Snapshot of the National Psyche
Why Russia's entry at the world's toniest art fair speaks volumes about the country's predicament.
June 4
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Argument
Cristinanomics
Argentina’s crazy plan to save the economy through money laundering.
June 4
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Dispatch
Egypt's Left Behind
How an American NGO came to Cairo after the revolution hoping to build a democracy, and ended up alienating the very people it was supposed to help.
June 4
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Situation Report
Are the chiefs swimming upstream on sexual assault?; 73 percent of victims are junior enlisted; Happy birthday, Southcom! Jill Kelley, suing; What caused that cargo plane to crash in Kabul in April; and a bit more.
June 4
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Argument
A Body in Search of a Head
The EU can't get its act together when it comes to a common foreign policy. But it's common economics that's screwed the Syrian rebels.
June 3
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Daniel Altman
Have It Your Way
Yes, the U.S. health-care system is plagued by distorted prices and incentives. But American consumers are part of the problem.
June 3
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Rational Security
Drones Are Too Slow to Kill Terrorists
President Obama's magical thinking about how to defeat al Qaeda.
June 3
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Argument
How to Negotiate Like a Pashtun
A field guide to dealing with the Taliban.
June 3
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Case Studies
Liberia Leans In
In a country where rape has been used as a weapon of war, reformers are making special efforts to turn women into cops.
June 3
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Dispatch
It Ain’t Easy Being Green
Iran’s protest movement struggles to make its voice heard in an election where they have no good options.
June 3
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Argument
Reforming the Democracy Bureaucracy
Washington's democracy promotion community is a mess. Here's how to fix it.
June 3
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Dispatch
The Struggle for the Heart of Istanbul
It's becoming clear that it will take more than one chaotic weekend to derail Prime Minister Erdogan's plans.
June 3
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Dispatch
How Not to Win Friends and Influence the Turkish People
Turkey's bombastic prime minister has convinced himself that just because he wins elections, he can govern the country all by himself.
June 3
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Situation Report
Turkey unravels; Hagel to Brussels; FP’s Susan Glasser to Politico; Dirty windows at the Pentagon; Amos on ‘zero defects;’ A SEAL comes out; and a bit more.
June 3
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Argument
How Democratic Is Turkey?
Not as democratic as Washington thinks it is.
June 2
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Dispatch
Here's What You Need to Know about the Clashes in Turkey
Has the government of Prime Minister Erdogan finally succumbed to the authoritarian impulses that doomed so many other Turkish leaders before him?
June 1
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