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How the Middle East Could Make Or Break Obama's Legacy
Congratulations, Mr. President. You've got four more years of dealing with the world's most dysfunctional region.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | NOVEMBER 7, 2012
Worst Predictions: Election Edition
The 10 dumbest calls of the campaign.
BY JOSHUA KEATING | NOVEMBER 7, 2012
It’s the Stimulus, Stupid
Why Obama won reelection when virtually every other incumbent in the West has been bounced from office.
BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 7, 2012
Time for a Reset on Human Rights
Obama’s record has been a disappointment. Now he has a second chance to get it right.
BY SUZANNE NOSSEL | NOVEMBER 7, 2012
Fiscal Cliff Notes
The only things you need to know about the coming budget fight.
BY GORDON ADAMS | NOVEMBER 6, 2012
8 Ways the World Has Changed Since Obama's Election
With Election Day finally upon us, it's worth reflecting on what a difference four years makes.
BY TY MCCORMICK, URI FRIEDMAN | NOVEMBER 6, 2012
Rights and Responsibility
The candidates may disagree on some human rights issues, but the next president will face challenges that transcend partisan lines.
BY KENNETH ROTH | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
No Game Change
The bipartisan consensus in Washington about expanding ties with India may be good for New Delhi, but it's turned the election into a snoozer.
BY SADANAND DHUME | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Back to Africa
If Barack Obama is reelected, he'll have to deliver on his promises to Africa -- and act more like Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush.
BY MVEMBA PHEZO DIZOLELE | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
A Tale of Two Mitts
We know where Barack Obama stands on the world's most dangerous weapons. But what's Mitt Romney's nuclear policy?
BY JOE CIRINCIONE | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
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
U.S. admits droning four Americans (but just one deliberately)
BY J. DANA STUSTER
Charts: What inequality looks like around the world
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
Wait, there are riots in Sweden?
BY ELIAS GROLL
What is the U.S. really doing in Syria?
What we know so far about the brutal attack in London
BY ELIAS GROLL
The newspaper article that has shaken up Ugandan politics
BY JACKEE BATANDA
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