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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
Still the Best
The decline of the U.S. armed forces has been greatly exaggerated.
BY PETER R. MANSOOR | OCTOBER 24, 2012
In Praise of Apathy
It's time to stop deriding the Americans who refuse to vote. They're trying to tell us something.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 24, 2012
Please God, Not Another Blue-Ribbon Panel
Here's how to really fix the State Department.
BY JOHN NORRIS | OCTOBER 24, 2012
Silent Treatment
The biggest global issues that weren't discussed at the debates.
BY JOSHUA KEATING | OCTOBER 23, 2012
Slippery Mitt Evades KO
Will Romney's rope-a-dope strategy on foreign policy actually work?
BY WILL MARSHALL | OCTOBER 23, 2012
The Real Takeaways From Monday's Debate
Five experts weigh in on how the candidates measure up.
BY KENNETH LIEBERTHAL, TED PICCONE, BRUCE RIEDEL, JUSTIN VAÏSSE, SUZANNE MALONEY | OCTOBER 23, 2012
Do the Math
A 20-question debate scorecard for real talk on the defense budget.
BY GORDON ADAMS | OCTOBER 22, 2012
Caught in the Crossfire
If the United States wants to save Lebanon, it should get off the sidelines and help topple Bashar al-Assad's bloody dictatorship.
BY FIRAS MAKSAD | OCTOBER 22, 2012
In Defense of Policy Planning
Strobe Talbott responds to Rosa Brooks.
BY STROBE TALBOTT | OCTOBER 22, 2012
Burning Questions
What Martha Raddatz would ask the presidential candidates at Monday's foreign-policy debate.
INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | OCTOBER 19, 2012
The 9 Most Important Lessons From the Cuban Missile Crisis
Announcing the award-winning insights from our nation's closest brush with nuclear war.
OCTOBER 19, 2012
Last Hope
I know what I'd like Obama to say at the final presidential debate, but I'm not holding my breath.
BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 19, 2012
The Pivot to Economics
The State Department is hard at work integrating economics into U.S. foreign policy.
BY HEIDI CREBO-REDIKER | OCTOBER 19, 2012
The True Spy Story Behind Argo
The internal CIA account of how the Iran rescue really went down.
BY NATE JONES | OCTOBER 18, 2012
Swiss Cheese
The EU's "strong" sanctions on Iran are full of holes, but might they be enough to prevent the U.S. going to war?
BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | OCTOBER 18, 2012
What the Frack?!
How the 2012 election could come down to one thing: coal.
BY DAVID ROBERTS | OCTOBER 16, 2012
Inside and Upside Down
Why the Pentagon's ad hoc plans to prevent green-on-blue attacks could backfire.
BY SIMON KLINGERT | OCTOBER 16, 2012
100% Right 0% of the Time
Why the U.S. military can't predict the next war.
BY MICAH ZENKO | OCTOBER 16, 2012
Welcome to Jordan's 5-star refugee camp
BY NERI ZILBER
GeoGuessr: Where in the (Googleable) world are you?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
The real-life war game that almost led to nuclear armageddon
BY NATE JONES
Why does the U.S. have so many more tornadoes than other countries?
BY URI FRIEDMAN
Rand Paul: My colleagues just voted to arm the allies of al Qaeda
BY JOHN HUDSON
No, 3-D printed food will not end world hunger
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
A secret recording shocks Chavismo
BY JUAN NAGEL
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