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Climate Course Correction
The world has spent two decades developing policies to combat global warming -- and we have little to show for it.
BY BJØRN LOMBORG | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
The National Security Consensus
The next four years of U.S. foreign policy will look a lot like the past four years -- regardless of who's elected president.
BY JAMES DOBBINS | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Taking the Hill
The eight races the military-industrial complex is watching.
BY GORDON LUBOLD, KEVIN BARON, JOHN REED | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Get Fat. Grow a Beard. Or Do This.
Five job ideas for Tuesday’s big loser.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING, TY MCCORMICK | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Lies, Damned Lies, and Defense-Job Statistics
No, cutting Pentagon spending will not destroy local economies.
BY CHRISTOPHER PREBLE | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
12 Catastrophes the Next President Must Avoid
We've heard plenty about what the candidates want to do in office, but the future will be determined by what Tuesday's winner doesn't do.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
If Markets Picked Presidents
Who would be better for the global economy: Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?
BY DANIEL ALTMAN | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Air Wars
How defense is playing in the 2012 campaign.
BY GORDON LUBOLD, KEVIN BARON, JOHN REED | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Defense in 2013
Who wins, depending on who wins.
BY KEVIN BARON, GORDON LUBOLD, JOHN REED | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
In Praise of Flip-Floppers
When it comes to presidents and foreign policy, changing your mind is as American as apple pie.
BY ZACHARY KECK | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Scenes From a Forgotten War
What happened the last time America got bogged down in North Africa.
NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Prosperity Isn't Just a Matter of Wealth
Man does not live by GDP alone. An introduction to the Legatum Institute's latest Prosperity Index.
BY PETER PASSELL | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
America Needs a Chief Strategy Officer
The White House needs someone to look beyond the crisis of the day and focus on the United States' role in the world.
BY ANDY ZELLEKE, JUSTIN TALBOT ZORN | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Lessons From a Forgotten War
How America’s first foray into the modern Arab world can help solve its current entanglements.
BY ROBERT SATLOFF | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Winter Is Coming
Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees are living in dire conditions, and the aid the world is providing is nowhere near enough.
BY DAVID KENNER | NOVEMBER 1, 2012
The Crisis That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Why Obama and Romney are both afraid to talk about the mess in Europe.
BY NICK SCHIFRIN | NOVEMBER 1, 2012
One Storm Away
10 major world cities that could end up underwater.
BY ALICIA P.Q. WITTMEYER | OCTOBER 31, 2012
We Are All Venetians Now
Are the world's major cities ready for the rising waters and freak storms of tomorrow?
BY FRANK JACOBS | OCTOBER 31, 2012
The Long Third War
No matter who wins in November, America should get ready for 10 more years of drones.
BY MICAH ZENKO | OCTOBER 30, 2012
Meet Sandy, the Game Changer
This storm could upend American politics -- if we're lucky.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 29, 2012
Still 'Secret' After All These Years
Why do Pentagon securocrats continue to censor well-known, publicly available information?
BY WILLIAM BURR | OCTOBER 26, 2012
Strategic Misdirection
Are the latest U.S. moves on missile defense making it less safe?
BY TOM Z. COLLINA | OCTOBER 26, 2012
The Amphibian
How Barack Obama learned to cover his right flank -- and his left.
BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 26, 2012
Clicking This Will Make You Stupider
The 10 worst foreign policy campaign ads of 2012.
BY URI FRIEDMAN, TY MCCORMICK | OCTOBER 25, 2012
Jerks vs. Waterboarders
The best reason to pick Obama over Romney.
BY ROSA BROOKS | OCTOBER 25, 2012
The Cyber Trade War
The showdown between China and the United States over telecommunications technology is about much more than just security.
BY ADAM SEGAL | OCTOBER 25, 2012
Interrogation Techniques
What Bob Schieffer can learn from the CIA.
BY AMY ZEGART | OCTOBER 24, 2012
Can't We All Just Not Get Along?
Why a decade of war hasn't provoked a real debate about America's role in the world.
BY JOHN A. GANS JR. | OCTOBER 24, 2012
Tell Us the One About the Robots, Mr. President
Want to lead the free world? You'd better figure out what to do about the rise of the machines.
BY PETER W. SINGER | OCTOBER 24, 2012
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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