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American Anxiety

The numbers say the stumbling U.S. economy is picking up steam. But there’s good reason to worry.

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Rockets' Red Glare

No, Iron Dome does not prove that "Star Wars" was right.

BY YOUSAF BUTT | NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Everything You Need to Know About Susan Rice

The lowdown on America's maybe-next secretary of state.

BY COLUM LYNCH | NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The $68 Billion Question

Sen. Coburn’s plan to save the Pentagon.

BY GORDON ADAMS | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Hell Week

What Pentagon insiders think about the Petraeus scandal.

BY GORDON LUBOLD, KEVIN BARON, JOHN REED | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Squeal Team Six

Why punish seven SEALs for the Pentagon's love affair with Hollywood?

BY MICHAEL PECK | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Throwing Rice

Barack Obama was right to defend Susan Rice from the GOP attacks. She's got the chops to be secretary of state.

BY SEAN KAY | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The Peace Process Isn't Dead

The brewing war in Gaza shows why the United States must make a renewed effort to bring Israelis and Palestinians together.

BY DANIEL KURTZER | NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Defender of the Flame

Not only does the United States deserve a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, it’s leading the charge.

BY EILEEN DONAHOE | NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The World Is Not Enough

Why does the planet's No. 1 spy never go to the really dangerous places?

BY FRANK JACOBS | NOVEMBER 15, 2012

What Makes a Great General?

FP contributors on Tom Ricks' new book.

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The Kissinger Transcripts

Why the former secretary of state thought the CIA was blackmailing him.

BY TOM BLANTON | NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Sex and the Modern Soldier

Just how bad is the military's woman problem?

BY ROSA BROOKS | NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Is Bashar al-Assad Syria’s Abraham Lincoln?

The Syrian president's fans are comparing him with the hero of America's Civil War. Here's why they're wrong.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Investigate the FBI

The real Petraeus scandal is why the bureau was rummaging around in his private communications in the first place.

BY TREVOR TIMM | NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Broken Record

David Petraeus had critics before scandal struck -- they just tended to fly under the radar.

BY URI FRIEDMAN, ELIAS GROLL, TY MCCORMICK | NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Draft Dodgers

The little Gmail trick that David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell used to communicate is actually old spycraft.

BY JEFF STEIN | NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Dempsey's Paradox

The world is getting less violent. So why do we feel so threatened?

BY MICAH ZENKO | NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Good While It Lasted

Did David Petraeus leave his mark at the CIA?

BY PAUL R. PILLAR | NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Does It Matter Who the Next Secretary of State Is?

Whether Kerry, Rice, Donilon, or somebody else is named America's top diplomat, there will be one man in charge in Foggy Bottom -- Barack Obama.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The Awakening

Why white nationalists are thrilled with Obama's victory

BY J.M. BERGER | NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Texas of the North

Hey, Republicans: Feeling like outcasts after Obama's re-election? Come on up to Canada!

BY NAHEED MUSTAFA | NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Shaken, Not Stirred by CIA 'Values'

Why do the CIA director's peccadilloes rile us more than his policies?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Stardust Across the Pond

Can Obama's magic rub off on David Cameron?

BY ALEX MASSIE | NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Secretary Kerry

Would John Kerry do a good job of filling Hillary Clinton’s shoes?

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Why the World Can't Have a Nate Silver

The quants are riding high after Team Data crushed Team Gut in the U.S. election forecasts. But predicting the Electoral College vote is child's play next to some of these hard targets.

BY JAY ULFELDER | NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Forward!

Time for some foreign policy change we can believe in.

BY ROSA BROOKS | NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Relationship Advice

Don't believe the loose talk of Barack Obama exacting vengeance on Benjamin Netanyahu -- the two leaders need each other too much to let old grudges get in the way.

BY DAVID MAKOVSKY | NOVEMBER 8, 2012

The Corruption Pandemic

Why corruption is set to become one of the defining political issues of the 21st century.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 8, 2012

The Dream Team

Barack Obama's election triumph is only days old, but already the buzz has shifted from the horserace to the coming shakeups among his top aides and cabinet secretaries. To help the president out, we asked seven top thinkers to select the brain trust that Obama should have at his side as he retools his foreign policy for a second term.

NOVEMBER 8, 2012