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Pakistan’s Wildcard

The mysterious Pakistani-Canadian cleric is back, and he’s shaking up the country’s politics.

BY DANIEL MARKEY | MARCH 14, 2013

Learning Curve

'Never Again' is the wrong lesson to draw from the Iraq war.

BY JAMES DOBBINS | MARCH 13, 2013

The Great Cyberscare

Why the Pentagon is razzmatazzing you about those big bad Chinese hackers.

BY THOMAS RID | MARCH 13, 2013

The Case for Just-in-Time Immigration

Why America needs a personnel system built for the 21st century.

BY HILDA OCHOA-BRILLEMBOURG | MARCH 13, 2013

How the Muslim Brotherhood Hijacked Syria's Revolution

The shadowy Islamist group that was all but destroyed in the 1980s is ruining the uprising against Bashar al-Assad.

BY HASSAN HASSAN | MARCH 13, 2013

Kenya's Most Wanted

The United States must find a way to work with its East African ally, even if it's run by an accused perpetrator of crimes against humanity.

BY SUZANNE NOSSEL | MARCH 12, 2013

The Hate List

Is America really being overrun by right-wing militants?

BY J.M. BERGER | MARCH 12, 2013

The Global Swarm

Drones are not only spreading to other countries, they're becoming smaller and smarter.

BY P.W. SINGER | MARCH 11, 2013

The Empire Makes Nice

Is it time for a Venezuela reset?

BY MICHAEL SHIFTER | MARCH 11, 2013

Wanted: Ph.D.s Who Can Win a Bar Fight

How to reform the Pentagon for "light footprint" interventions.

BY FERNANDO M. LUJÁN | MARCH 8, 2013

Gray Matter

How to fight Chinese cyber attacks without starting a cold war.

BY JOEL BRENNER | MARCH 8, 2013

Political Tremors in the Caucasus

There’s a distinct whiff of desire for political change wafting through the Caucasus.

BY THOMAS DE WAAL | MARCH 8, 2013

Lean Forward

Why there's finally cause for celebration this International Women's Day

BY VALERIE M. HUDSON | MARCH 8, 2013

Who's Winning the Great Energy Rat Race?

China just passed the United States as the world's leading oil importer. America should be happy to be No. 2.

BY ROBIN M. MILLS | MARCH 8, 2013

Why Is This Man Smiling?

How the Iranian regime used the Kazakhstan talks as pre-election propaganda.

BY MARK D. WALLACE, KRISTEN SILVERBERG | MARCH 8, 2013

Round One Goes to the Budget Hawks

How the neocons lost the sequester battle -- but maybe not the war.

BY CHRISTOPHER PREBLE | MARCH 7, 2013

Time Is Running Out on North Korea

Congress needs to make Pyongyang pay a price for its recklessness.

BY SEN. ROBERT MENENDEZ | MARCH 7, 2013

A Player, but No Superpower

Why China's military is a threat to its neighbors, but shouldn't concern the United States on its home turf.

BY ANDREW S. ERICKSON, ADAM P. LIFF | MARCH 7, 2013

A Very Special Envoy

Why Obama should make Dennis Rodman his man in Pyongyang. Seriously.

BY JOEL WIT, JENNY TOWN | MARCH 7, 2013

Inside the Black Box

How the NSA is helping companies fight back against Chinese hackers.

BY MARC AMBINDER | MARCH 7, 2013

Why Being So Right Feels So Bad

Why did it take the State Department 10 years and billions of dollars to figure out that Iraq reconstruction was a massive failure?

BY PETER VAN BUREN | MARCH 6, 2013

Gentle Giant

Why isn’t India spending more on its military?

BY DHRUVA JAISHANKAR | MARCH 6, 2013

Syria's House of Cards

After two years, 1 million refugees, and more than 70,000 dead, some Syrians -- and one American president -- are still looking to protect their own interests rather than save a country.

BY AMAL HANANO | MARCH 6, 2013

Speak Softly and Let Others Carry the Big Stick

The problem with the 'light footprint' approach to U.S. military policy.

BY JONATHAN MORGENSTEIN | MARCH 6, 2013

What Have We Learned About Xi Jinping?

China’s new leader has consolidated his power. So what is he going to do with it?

BY KERRY BROWN | MARCH 5, 2013

Alone in the Desert

How Camus explains France's troubling intervention in Mali.

BY ROBERT ZARETSKY | MARCH 5, 2013

Missing in Action

Extremists are destroying the fabric of Pakistani society. Where is the government?

BY MOSHARRAF ZAIDI | MARCH 4, 2013

Preventing the Next Mali

Why Washington can’t just sit by and let another full-fledged war break out in Sudan.

BY JOHN PRENDERGAST | MARCH 4, 2013

Battle-Tested

Insiders debate America's misfires in Iraq and Afghanistan.

MARCH 4, 2013

What Went Wrong in Afghanistan?

We asked everyone from an ex-president of Pakistan to a former Afghan spy chief to weigh in.

MARCH 4, 2013