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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
Of Myths and Missiles
What Les Gelb gets wrong about the Cuban missile crisis.
BY STEPHEN SESTANOVICH | OCTOBER 12, 2012
The Zero Bound
Japan’s economy is stuck in a trap from which there is no clear escape. Is this what America’s future looks like?
BY TIM DUY | OCTOBER 11, 2012
Not All That It Can Be
The myth of American military superiority.
BY WINSLOW WHEELER | OCTOBER 11, 2012
The Big Bang Theory of Education
Authoritarian countries don't seem to be doing well at the knowledge business. That's probably no accident.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 11, 2012
The 6 Best Moments in Veep Debate History
The 2012 vice-presidential debate might not be a game-changer, but that doesn't mean it won't be entertaining.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | OCTOBER 10, 2012
Cuba Almost Became a Nuclear Power in 1962
The scariest moment in history was even scarier than we thought.
BY SVETLANA SAVRANSKAYA | OCTOBER 10, 2012
Never Mind about Those Jobs Cuts
The defense industry has a Gilda Radner moment.
BY GORDON ADAMS | OCTOBER 10, 2012
The Biden Doctrine
How the vice president is shaping President Obama's foreign policy.
BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 10, 2012
China's Oil Investment Is Not a Threat
The Chinese purchase of a Canadian oil company is something U.S. officials should welcome, not fear.
BY ERICA DOWNS | OCTOBER 10, 2012
Wild About Harry
Remember when Republicans loved Harry Truman? Me neither.
BY JACOB HEILBRUNN | OCTOBER 9, 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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