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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.
BY THEDA SKOCPOL | JANUARY 24, 2013
Obama's Moment of Truth on Iran
Congratulations, Mr. President. Now it's time to make good on your promise to engage Iran.
BY REZA MARASHI | JANUARY 22, 2013
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.
BY LAURENCE COCKCROFT | JANUARY 22, 2013
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.
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH | JANUARY 21, 2013
Unclenched Fists
When it comes to foreign policy, these are the six most significant inaugural addresses in U.S. history.
BY TY MCCORMICK | JANUARY 21, 2013
Second-Term Heat
What will be the legacy of Obama's next four years?
BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 18, 2013
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?
BY DANIEL BYMAN | JANUARY 17, 2013
The Bidenization of America
The veep is no joke -- and he's making a serious play for 2016.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JANUARY 14, 2013
Size Isn’t All That Matters
What's lost in all the talk about America's debt problem.
BY DANIEL ALTMAN | JANUARY 14, 2013
Subsidizing Starvation
How American tax dollars are keeping Arkansas rice growers fat on the farm and starving millions of Haitians.
BY MAURA R. O’CONNOR | JANUARY 11, 2013
Exit, Minus Strategy
Barack Obama has clearly decided to cut his losses in Afghanistan. Will all hell break lose when he does?
BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 11, 2013
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.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 10, 2013
Don't Engage Kim Jong Un -- Bankrupt Him
It's time to play hardball with North Korea's new leader.
BY JOSHUA STANTON, SUNG-YOON LEE | JANUARY 9, 2013
The 5 Most Important Questions About Afghanistan
Obama can't shirk the difficult issues when he meets with Karzai this week.
BY MICHAEL KUGELMAN | JANUARY 9, 2013
Venezuelan Roulette
With Hugo Chávez's health uncertain, narcogenerals and Cuban-backed ideologues are vying for influence in Venezuela.
BY ROGER F. NORIEGA | JANUARY 7, 2013
A 'Zero Option' for Afghanistan
Yes, President Karzai, we might pull out completely.
BY DAVID W. BARNO | JANUARY 7, 2013
Chuck Hagel's Biggest Task
Obama's new defense secretary will first and foremost need to get the Asia pivot right.
BY JAMES HOLMES | JANUARY 7, 2013
Bench Press
It doesn't matter that Chuck Hagel is a Republican -- or even a defense expert.
BY LAWRENCE J. KORB | JANUARY 7, 2013
The Fiscal Cliff Sequel
Why the Pentagon will only make a cameo appearance.
BY GORDON ADAMS | JANUARY 2, 2013
The Art of Snore
Can't we get some better defense ideas for $1.75 billion a day?
BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JANUARY 2, 2013
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, 2013
The Year in Intelligence
And the most important national security story you missed in 2012.
BY AMY ZEGART | JANUARY 2, 2013
Is This Any Way to Treat Your Banker?
China recoils in horror at America's fiscal dysfunction.
BY SHEN DINGLI | JANUARY 2, 2013
Dear John
John Kerry can be a great secretary of state. Here's how.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JANUARY 2, 2013
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.
BY PAUL SALOPEK | JANUARY 2, 2013
Cursed With Plenty
America is on the verge of an energy boom. But will abundant shale gas create more problems than it fixes?
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JANUARY 2, 2013
The Nudgy State
How five governments are using behavioral economics to encourage citizens to do the right thing.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 2, 2013
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 2, 2013
Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?
BY DAVID KENNER
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Odierno: Syrian rebels will prevail, but sequester makes U.S. intervention risky
BY KEVIN BARON
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
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