2012 Report

The change-out in Afghanistan continues; This just in: North Korea, not Iran, is the wolf closer to the door; Barno pushes back; Malians oust militants from Timbuktu; The cost of war; and a little more.

APRIL 1, 2013

Sequester happens; The Pivot underway: first LCS sets sail today; Who at The Post took the call?; Being Steve Warren, and a little more.

MARCH 1, 2013

Breedlove to Europe; A new plan for the ‘Stan; Hagel, reaching the finish line; Obama sends 40 more military to Niger; A “furlough calculator” for sequesters and more.

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Hagel nom to need 60 votes; Panetta, looking for a fat lady; Allen to meet with POTUS; Mike Rogers: confront China over cyber-stealing, Panetta’s new medal takes precedence over a Bronze Star with a ‘V;’ and a little more.

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Flournoy on women in combat: it’s the right thing to do; Why Chuck Hagel could teach Girl Scouts a thing or two; Military intelligence to get more House oversight; John Allen is breathing again, and more.

JANUARY 24, 2013

Former staff fights for Hagel; Why Vietnam won’t be enough; A student remembers Hagel’s class; Why Halloween may matter at the Pentagon; Jim Amos on Margaret Brewer, and more.

JANUARY 8, 2013

The pivot to Asia and the urgent fight against waterborne IEDs

What Bob Schieffer will ask, Is the Pentagon taking over cyber-security, Inside Dempsey’s CAG, and more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | OCTOBER 15, 2012

Kangaroo Court

The Obama administration has done much to clean up the legal mess in Guantánamo. But as the ongoing trial of a top al Qaeda suspects makes clear, it has not done nearly enough.

BY MARIA MCFARLAND SANCHEZ-MORENO | JULY 27, 2012

Are All States Failing States?

Every unstable country is unstable in its own way.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Radioactive Politics

Why President Obama might be in serious trouble when it comes to his handling of Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | JANUARY 18, 2012

Taking Swings at China

Does it really work to use Beijing as a political punching bag?

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | JANUARY 11, 2012

A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing

Mitt Romney certainly talks tough on Iran, European socialism, and Obama's abandonment of Israel. But would his foreign policy really be any different?

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JANUARY 11, 2012

A History of (Non)Violence

Why humans are becoming more peaceful.

BY STEVEN PINKER | NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Politics Stops at the Water's Edge

After two foreign-policy debates, we still have no idea what most Republican presidential candidates would do about the actual issues facing America abroad.

BY MICHAEL COHEN | NOVEMBER 23, 2011

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The change-out in Afghanistan continues; This just in: North Korea, not Iran, is the wolf closer to the door; Barno pushes back; Malians oust militants from Timbuktu; The cost of war; and a little more.

APRIL 1, 2013

Sequester happens; The Pivot underway: first LCS sets sail today; Who at The Post took the call?; Being Steve Warren, and a little more.

MARCH 1, 2013

Breedlove to Europe; A new plan for the ‘Stan; Hagel, reaching the finish line; Obama sends 40 more military to Niger; A “furlough calculator” for sequesters and more.

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Hagel nom to need 60 votes; Panetta, looking for a fat lady; Allen to meet with POTUS; Mike Rogers: confront China over cyber-stealing, Panetta’s new medal takes precedence over a Bronze Star with a ‘V;’ and a little more.

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Flournoy on women in combat: it’s the right thing to do; Why Chuck Hagel could teach Girl Scouts a thing or two; Military intelligence to get more House oversight; John Allen is breathing again, and more.

JANUARY 24, 2013

Former staff fights for Hagel; Why Vietnam won’t be enough; A student remembers Hagel’s class; Why Halloween may matter at the Pentagon; Jim Amos on Margaret Brewer, and more.

JANUARY 8, 2013

The pivot to Asia and the urgent fight against waterborne IEDs

What Bob Schieffer will ask, Is the Pentagon taking over cyber-security, Inside Dempsey’s CAG, and more.

BY GORDON LUBOLD | OCTOBER 15, 2012

Kangaroo Court

The Obama administration has done much to clean up the legal mess in Guantánamo. But as the ongoing trial of a top al Qaeda suspects makes clear, it has not done nearly enough.

BY MARIA MCFARLAND SANCHEZ-MORENO | JULY 27, 2012

Are All States Failing States?

Every unstable country is unstable in its own way.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Radioactive Politics

Why President Obama might be in serious trouble when it comes to his handling of Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | JANUARY 18, 2012

Taking Swings at China

Does it really work to use Beijing as a political punching bag?

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | JANUARY 11, 2012

A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing

Mitt Romney certainly talks tough on Iran, European socialism, and Obama's abandonment of Israel. But would his foreign policy really be any different?

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JANUARY 11, 2012

A History of (Non)Violence

Why humans are becoming more peaceful.

BY STEVEN PINKER | NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Politics Stops at the Water's Edge

After two foreign-policy debates, we still have no idea what most Republican presidential candidates would do about the actual issues facing America abroad.

BY MICHAEL COHEN | NOVEMBER 23, 2011