Afghanistan
The New Face of al Qaeda?
The Yemeni-American firebrand preacher, Anwar al-Awlaki, won't replace Osama bin Laden as al Qaeda's No. 1 -- but Washington should be worried about his increasing prominence.
BY CHRISTOPHER BOUCEK | MAY 18, 2011
The LWOT: Terrorism trial begins in Chicago; Florida terrorism suspect to plead not guilty
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 17, 2011
Leaving With Honor
After Osama bin Laden's death, Afghanistan looks more like Vietnam than ever -- and for once, that's a good thing.
BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 16, 2011
Trauma Center
How do you bring peace to a country where everyone has PTSD and the only therapy is prayer?
BY ANNA BADKHEN | MAY 13, 2011
Confessions of a Vulcan
An insider's story of how the Bush administration lost Afghanistan.
BY DOV S. ZAKHEIM | MAY 13, 2011
The LWOT: NYPD arrests two in plot against synagogue; U.S. finds bin Laden "diary"
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 13, 2011
Checkbook Jihad
The raid that killed Osama bin Laden may finally shed light on the financial network behind al Qaeda.
BY MATTHEW LEVITT | MAY 11, 2011
The Fight Goes On
In Afghanistan, bin Laden's dead and the Taliban don't care.
BY ANNA BADKHEN | MAY 11, 2011
The LWOT: U.S. releases bin Laden videos; AQIM lauds bin Laden
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 10, 2011
The LWOT: Al-Qaeda acknowledges bin Laden death
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 6, 2011
Freedom From Fear
Now that he's accomplished the central aim of George W. Bush's foreign policy, Barack Obama can finally get started on his own.
BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 5, 2011
Tortured Logic
The United States didn't need to waterboard anyone to get Osama bin Laden.
BY MATTHEW ALEXANDER | MAY 4, 2011
Wanted: Charismatic Terror Mastermind. Some Travel Required.
How will al Qaeda pick its new leader?
BY LEAH FARRALL | MAY 3, 2011
Escaping from Afghanistan's Mad-Max Present
What Osama bin Laden's death means for South Asia's future.
BY ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER | MAY 3, 2011
The LWOT: U.S. kills Osama bin Laden
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 3, 2011
The Lies They Tell Us
Can the Pakistani government's web of deceit survive the death of Osama bin Laden?
BY MOSHARRAF ZAIDI | MAY 2, 2011
Osama's Dead, But How Much Does It Matter?
An FP Round Table on the afterlife of the world's most wanted man.
MAY 2, 2011
The LWOT: Massive cache of Gitmo docs released
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 26, 2011
The Prisoners' Dilemma
Does WikiLeaks' newest document dump tell us anything we don't know about Guantánamo, or is it just another reminder that the United States' least worst place is now its most intractable legal problem? FP asked four experts on military law and interrogation to weigh in on the Gitmo papers.
APRIL 25, 2011
Losing Obama
Hamid Karzai's biggest problem isn't his relationship with the United States, but with his own country.
MAY/JUNE 2011
The Right War
Gen. Stanley McChrystal needs to acknowledge that the battle for Afghanistan belongs to the Afghans.
MAY/JUNE 2011
Failing Grades
The real schools of Afghanistan and Pakistan look nothing like the fantasy peddled by Greg Mortenson.
APRIL 19, 2011
Three Cups of BS
Greg Mortenson's school-building plan was never a good idea.
BY ALANNA SHAIKH | APRIL 19, 2011
Khyber Impasse
How long can the United States and Pakistan keep pretending that they actually have any interests in common?
BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 15, 2011
Two to Tango
David Miliband has a plan for bringing both sides to the negotiating table in Afghanistan. But getting the Taliban to show up won't be easy.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | APRIL 13, 2011
Chicago street gang and Lyndon LaRouche appear in Qaddafi's FBI file
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
No, the Spanish can’t be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
Obama scolds military over sexual assaults
BY KEVIN BARON
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
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
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