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Musharraf’s Great Folly Tests the Army

Pakistan's former dictator returned home to what he thought would be a hero's welcome. Instead, a court ordered his arrest -- and put the military in an awkward spot.

BY ARIF RAFIQ | APRIL 18, 2013

Forget What You Think You Know

Would we even recognize an al Qaeda attack if we saw one?

BY ANDREW LIEPMAN | APRIL 18, 2013

Why I'm Flying Back to Malaysia to Vote

When absentee voting just isn’t good enough.

BY HUI MEI LIEW KAISER | APRIL 18, 2013

It's Time to Act in Syria

American values and interests are at stake in stopping the country's slow-motion destruction.

BY DENNIS ROSS | APRIL 18, 2013

An Army of One

What makes lone-wolf terrorists so dangerous?

BY JEFFREY D. SIMON | APRIL 17, 2013

Mostly Quiet on the Western Front

Why isn’t terrorism in the United States a whole lot more frequent?

BY DAVID H. SCHANZER | APRIL 17, 2013

Requiem for Fayyadism

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad never had a chance to meet the outlandishly high expectations placed on him by his international boosters.

BY NATHAN J. BROWN | APRIL 17, 2013

A Few Bad Men

Why America doesn’t really have a terrorism problem.

BY MAX ABRAHMS | APRIL 16, 2013

Stay the Hand of Vengeance

From Guantánamo to Boston, why Americans have a dangerous tendency to overreact to terrorism.

BY BRUCE WEINSTEIN | APRIL 16, 2013

China Is a Cyber Victim, Too

The reason we should listen to Beijing's complaints about U.S. hackers.

BY JASON HEALEY | APRIL 16, 2013

The Plot to Block Internet Freedom

Autocrats are trying to limit free speech online. Here's why we need to make sure they fail.

BY JULIUS GENACHOWSKI, LEE C. BOLLINGER | APRIL 16, 2013

What Extremists Are Saying About the Boston Massacre

A guide to the Internet blame game.

BY J.M. BERGER | APRIL 16, 2013

Stalled Miracle

South Korea's economy isn't nearly as strong as you might think.

BY RICHARD DOBBS, DONGROK SUH | APRIL 16, 2013

Have It Their Way

From burgers to Bud Light, America's favorite brands are now owned by foreigners.

BY AFSHIN MOLAVI | APRIL 15, 2013

Should You Get a Ph.D.?

Only if you're crazy or crazy about your subject.

BY DANIEL DREZNER | APRIL 15, 2013

The Road to Pyongyang Goes Through Helsinki

Here's how you really solve the North Korean nuke problem.

BY FRANK JANNUZI | APRIL 12, 2013

Why Bart Simpson Drives the Venezuelan Authorities Nuts

Venezuela's leaders give new meaning to the phrase “¡Ay, Caramba!”

BY THOR HALVORSSEN , GARRY KASPAROV | APRIL 12, 2013

The Enabler

The only way to stop Pyongyang's cycle of brinkmanship and extortion is to address the real problem -- South Korea.

BY EDWARD LUTTWAK | APRIL 12, 2013

How to Talk Kim Jong Un Off the Ledge

Is John Kerry ready to deal with North Korea? Here's how to do it.

BY JOEL WIT, JENNY TOWN | APRIL 12, 2013

The Cuba Lobby

The most powerful lobby in Washington isn't the NRA. It's the Castro-hating right wing that has Obama's bureaucrats terrified and inert.

BY WILLIAM M. LEOGRANDE | APRIL 11, 2013

The Gilded Cage of Asia

Why is the dictatorship of Kazakhstan getting such good PR?

BY JOSHUA FOUST | APRIL 11, 2013

Peas in a Rotting Pod

How Kim Jong Un is like Bashar al-Assad, and why being in way over his head could lead to war.

BY JACK GOLDSTONE | APRIL 11, 2013

What Kerry Should Tell China

How the U.S. secretary of state can win friends and influence Beijing.

BY SHEN DINGLI | APRIL 11, 2013

Fault Lines, Not Red Lines

Why the earthquake near Iran's dated and unproven nuclear reactor at Bushehr should scare you.

BY ALI VAEZ | APRIL 10, 2013

Bahrain's Continuing War on Doctors

The Bahraini government needs to stop targeting medical professionals who dare to treat injured protesters. 

BY RULA AL-SAFFAR | APRIL 10, 2013

How to Keep NATO Strong

The transatlantic alliance cannot be taken for granted.

BY ANDERS FOGH RASMUSSEN | APRIL 10, 2013

Welcome to the Islamic State of Syria

Al Qaeda makes it official: The terror group is trying to extend its medieval rule from Baghdad to Damascus.

BY BRIAN FISHMAN | APRIL 10, 2013

How to Detect a Nuclear Test on Your iPhone

The rapidly growing opportunity to crowd-source national security.

BY CHRISTOPHER STUBBS, SIDNEY DRELL | APRIL 9, 2013

Obama Proposes Shifting Funds from Nuclear Nonproliferation to Nuclear Weapons

Hundreds of millions of dollars proposed in new spending on warheads.

BY R. JEFFREY SMITH, DOUGLAS BIRCH -- CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | APRIL 9, 2013

Ten Questions for the New BRICS Bank

The great emerging markets want to start their own bank. But it doesn't seem like they've really thought it through.

BY ISOBEL COLEMAN | APRIL 9, 2013