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Let Them Eat Subsidies

The Obama administration could revolutionize aid and save billions -- if only Congress would stand up to the farm lobby.

BY JOHN NORRIS | MARCH 1, 2013

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.

BY STEVEN A. COOK | MARCH 1, 2013

While America Slept

How the United States botched China's rise.

BY KISHORE MAHBUBANI | FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Tribes With Flags

How the Arab Spring has exposed the myth of Arab statehood.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Uncharitable Organizations

Islamist groups are bankrolling terror groups across the Middle East and pretending it's aid work.

BY DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS, AARON Y. ZELIN | FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Does John Kerry Matter?

Why Obama's new secretary of state might not have much room to run.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 25, 2013

You Can't Hack a Steakhouse

What China doesn't get about how Washington works.

BY HALEY BARBOUR, ED ROGERS | FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The United Petrostates of America

Ordinary Americans are about to find out why they call it the “resource curse.”

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Does Hollywood Have a Foreign Policy?

Tinseltown’s biggest films tend to be highly critical of American power, but also reinforce the idea that the rest of the world is a place best avoided.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Handle with Care

Japan is Washington's most important Asian ally. But in some ways it's also the trickiest.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 21, 2013

House of Cards Is a House of Cards

Why can't Americans do political intrigue like the Brits?

BY EMMA G. KELLER | FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Sink or Swim

Why doesn't America train its diplomats?

BY NICHOLAS KRALEV | FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Don't Fear the Migrants

What America really needs to worry about is when they stop coming.

BY FRANK JACOBS | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Forget the Flowers and Candy

Images from the women's rights rallies that have been taking place around the world this week.

BY NEHA PALIWAL | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

What George W. Bush Did Right

The 43rd president of the United States did a great thing for humankind -- but most Americans have no idea.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Concrete Action

How President Obama can get more bang for America's infrastructure renewal buck.

BY RICHARD DOBBS, JAN MISCHKE, ROBERT PALTER | FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The Case for TAFTA

Why Obama's call for a free trade agreement between the United States and Europe could be a game-changer.

BY KATI SUOMINEN | FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Escape Velocity

The president's State of the Union address is the best place to focus responsibility and re-launch the American economy. Because the real problem is Washington. 

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

If Obama Were a Truth-Teller

Here’s what he would say on Tuesday night.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Whoppers of the Union

Fact-checking a decade's worth of the president's big speech.

BY DANIEL W. DREZNER | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

The Wisdom of the Market

Forget politics and ideology. It's the Dow that should guide America's path to renewed prosperity.

BY PETER BLAIR HENRY | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Obama Embraces Big Nuke Cuts

Obama and his advisors agree the U.S. needs fewer weapons.

BY R. JEFFREY SMITH, THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The World’s Best Post Offices

The much-maligned U.S. Postal Service stacks up surprisingly well in international rankings.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Enhance This Interrogation

The Senate confirmation hearings need to get to the bottom of the truth about CIA chief nominee John Brennan.

BY ANDREA J. PRASOW | FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Can Kerry Fill Clinton's Shoes?

Times have changed when the foreign policy world is wondering if a man can do a woman’s job.

BY TAMARA COFMAN WITTES | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

America’s Game

Why don't other countries like football?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Second Time's the Charm?

Congratulations, John Kerry. You own the peace process now. Here's how not to screw it up.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The People's Republic of Hacking

China’s campaign of cyber attacks has reached epidemic proportions. Can anything be done to stop it?

BY ADAM SEGAL | JANUARY 31, 2013

Atomic Bond

Does Hagel’s nomination mean Obama will cut the nuclear arsenal?

BY KINGSTON REIF | JANUARY 30, 2013

Not Just Another Movie

Zero Dark Thirty lies. End of story.

BY AMY ZEGART | JANUARY 30, 2013