North America

Have It Their Way

From burgers to Bud Light, America's favorite brands are now owned by foreigners.

BY AFSHIN MOLAVI | APRIL 15, 2013

Mad Men

Who's more dangerous to Americans than Kim Jong Un?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | APRIL 9, 2013

Science Unfairness

The war on the pursuit of knowledge is starting to hurt America.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | APRIL 8, 2013

Head of the Class

Don't look now, declinists, but the U.S. economy is strong and poised to beat its rivals. Yes, even China.

BY RUCHIR SHARMA | APRIL 8, 2013

Point of Order

The problem with Congress's idea to base immigration on economic merit.

BY ALEXANDRA STARR | APRIL 5, 2013

How to Stop a Nuclear War

What the Cuban missile crisis teaches us about facing down North Korea.

BY MICHAEL DOBBS | APRIL 5, 2013

David Stockman’s Dystopia

Why Reagan’s former budget chief is like a crazy person howling in the wind. Let’s ignore him.

BY JARED BERNSTEIN | APRIL 5, 2013

A Weapon of Minor Destruction

How Eric Harroun, the American jihadist in Syria, was duped by the FBI into incriminating himself.

BY ROBERT YOUNG PELTON | APRIL 4, 2013

Left Hook

Five ways the GOP can outflank Obama on foreign policy.

BY JOHN NORRIS | APRIL 3, 2013

Haiti's Inconvenient Truth

Was a U.N. diplomat pushed out of his position for airing Port-au-Prince's dirty laundry in public?

BY JONATHAN M. KATZ | APRIL 3, 2013

Detroit’s Quixotic Bid to Host the United Nations

What if the U.N.'s headquarters had been on Lake St. Clair instead of the East River?

BY CHARLENE MIRES | APRIL 2, 2013

From Princeton to Persia

Meet the American who wants to be Ahmadinejad.

BY KATIE CELLA | APRIL 1, 2013

The Most Hated Man in the Senate

What's Ted Cruz's problem?

BY ERICA GRIEDER | MARCH 29, 2013

Saving Hugo Chávez

The United States never tried to kill the late Venezuelan leader. In fact, we may have even saved his life.

BY OTTO J. REICH | MARCH 25, 2013

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?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 21, 2013

Turdblossom to the Rescue?

When Karl Rove is your white knight in shining armor, your party has a serious problem.

BY JOHN NORRIS | MARCH 18, 2013

The Deliverable-in-Chief

Is Obama’s light-footprint diplomacy inviting tomorrow’s problems?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 18, 2013

Defeating Extreme Poverty

An exclusive excerpt of USAID's 2013 Annual Letter.

BY RAJIV SHAH | MARCH 18, 2013

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.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 15, 2013

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.

BY JAMES HOLMES | MARCH 15, 2013

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.

BY SCOTT ATRAN | MARCH 15, 2013

Xi Pivots to Moscow

What message is China's new leader sending with his first overseas trip?

BY JOHN GARNAUT | MARCH 14, 2013

Inside the Pentagon on 9/11

McLaughlin's minute-by-minute account of the terrorist attack in Washington.

BY TIM MCLAUGHLIN | MARCH 14, 2013

America’s March Madness Problem

We're Duke.

BY MARC LYNCH | MARCH 14, 2013

The Case for Just-in-Time Immigration

Why America needs a personnel system built for the 21st century.

BY HILDA OCHOA-BRILLEMBOURG | MARCH 13, 2013

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.

BY SUZANNE NOSSEL | MARCH 12, 2013

The Hate List

Is America really being overrun by right-wing militants?

BY J.M. BERGER | MARCH 12, 2013

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?

BY SARAH CHAYES | MARCH 12, 2013

The Empire Makes Nice

Is it time for a Venezuela reset?

BY MICHAEL SHIFTER | MARCH 11, 2013

A Very Special Envoy

Why Obama should make Dennis Rodman his man in Pyongyang. Seriously.

BY JOEL WIT, JENNY TOWN | MARCH 7, 2013