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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

Why Work?

Will working less really make America more productive? 

JANUARY 2, 2013

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