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Wanted: A Few Good Leaders

Fewer veterans are serving in high office in the United States. It's no coincidence that America is going off the rails.

BY PAUL V. KANE | DECEMBER 27, 2012

New Year, Same Awful Congress

Will lawmakers trade political paralysis for compromise and bipartisanship in 2013? Don't bet on it.

BY NORMAN ORNSTEIN | DECEMBER 26, 2012

Flournoy for SecDef

Ten reasons the president should ditch Chuck for Michèle.

BY ROSA BROOKS | DECEMBER 26, 2012

9 Stories That Will Move Markets in 2013

From the U.S. deficit to Mideast turmoil, the issues that could have the biggest impact on the global economy in the coming year.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | DECEMBER 24, 2012

America’s Exceptional Gun Culture

Four reminders about just how entrenched guns are in American society.

BY ELIAS GROLL | DECEMBER 19, 2012

A President We Can Believe In

Newtown changed Obama. Can it change the world?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 17, 2012

Don't Blame Obama for Syria

What's happening in Syria is a tragedy. But John Hannah needs to recognize that the civil war was never ours to win or lose.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | DECEMBER 14, 2012

Launch This

Why Barack Obama needs to reset his North Korea policy.

BY JOEL S. WIT, JENNY TOWN | DECEMBER 13, 2012

Ripe for Rivalry

Has Asia's moment of reckoning finally arrived?

BY VICTOR D. CHA | DECEMBER 12, 2012

Born Free, But Not Indifferent

Yes the government should protect free speech. But that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t speak out.

BY COREY BRETTSCHNEIDER | DECEMBER 12, 2012

The Fierce Urgency of Now

The case for short-term thinking.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Extricator in Chief

Enough with the fantasies. Barack Obama's not going to reshape the world order in his second term.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | DECEMBER 11, 2012

Decline Is a Choice

The West has nothing to fear but fear itself.

BY HUBERT VÉDRINE | DECEMBER 10, 2012

DeMinted

The Heritage Foundation got exactly the conspiracy-hyping president it deserves.

BY HAYES BROWN | DECEMBER 7, 2012

You Didn't Build That

Is the future of manufacturing really in America?

BY JAMES MANYIKA, JAANA REMES, LOUIS RASSEY | DECEMBER 7, 2012

The Climate Scofflaw

Is the United States really the impediment to a universal compact on global warming?

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 7, 2012

Flexible Spending Accounts

The OMB's secret plan on what gets cut in sequestration.

BY GORDON ADAMS | DECEMBER 7, 2012

Blue World Order

How the Democrats can maintain the rare national security edge they enjoyed in the 2012 election.

BY MATT BENNETT, JEREMY ROSNER | DECEMBER 6, 2012

The New Border: Illegal Immigration’s Shifting Frontier

As the net flow of immigrants from Mexico nears zero, violent and impoverished Central American countries have emerged as the fastest-rising source of illegal immigrants to the U.S.

BY SEBASTIAN ROTELLA | DECEMBER 6, 2012

We Were Pirates, Too

Why America was the China of the 19th century. 

BY CHARLES R. MORRIS | DECEMBER 5, 2012

The Rice Stuff

Criticized unfairly on decades-old Africa policy, Susan Rice has shown she's got the right temperament to be secretary of state.

BY WITNEY SCHNEIDMAN | DECEMBER 5, 2012

Barbarians at the Gate

Are Russia and China trying to take over the Internet? Probably. But so far they aren't having much luck.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | DECEMBER 5, 2012

The People's Republic of California

Why isn’t the Golden State at the climate talks in Doha?

BY MICHAEL LEVI | DECEMBER 4, 2012

The Migrant Money Machine

The developed world could make a big difference to the global economy simply by helping migrants to do what comes naturally: send money home.

BY PETER PASSELL | DECEMBER 4, 2012

Obama Can’t Get No Respect

World leaders don't lose any sleep after snubbing the president. Here's why.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | DECEMBER 4, 2012

Obama's Moment

How the president can seize back the initiative on foreign policy.

BY ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI | DECEMBER 3, 2012

The Unfortunate Rise of Retrenchment Chic

Why President Barack Obama's second-term national security team can't shy away from getting involved in the world's difficult conflicts.

BY JAMES JEFFREY | DECEMBER 3, 2012

Quagmire on the Potomac

The Pentagon is a hot mess of known unknowns.

BY WINSLOW WHEELER | NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The Art of the Deal

Why the CIA needs a diplomat, not a spy, to lead it.

BY ANDY JOHNSON | NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The Ties That Bind

Economic talks this week represent a new chapter in the U.S.-Pakistan relationship.

BY THOMAS R. NIDES, ABDUL HAFEEZ SHAIKH | NOVEMBER 29, 2012