Barack Obama

Send the Nukes Back to South Korea

At the stroke of a pen, President Obama could reassure a key ally and put Pyongyang back in its box. Here’s how.

BY BENNETT RAMBERG | MAY 6, 2013

Neighbors in Arms

How U.S. guns are turning Central America into one of the most dangerous places in the world.

BY COLBY GOODMAN | MAY 3, 2013

How to Close Guantanamo

Why Obama doesn’t need Congress to start to make good on his promise.

BY LAURA PITTER | MAY 1, 2013

What Was Obama Thinking?

How the administration backed itself into a corner on Syria.

BY BARRY PAVEL | MAY 1, 2013

The Ghost of Iraq

How the last war is haunting the Syria debate.

BY JOHN NORRIS | MAY 1, 2013

The Mexico Bubble

Is President Enrique Peña Nieto about to fall to Earth?

BY JOHN M. ACKERMAN | MAY 1, 2013

Blow Back

Sorry, Washington. If, after 30 years, Colombia can't win the war on drugs, no one can.

BY JONAH ENGLE | APRIL 30, 2013

The Angst in Foggy Bottom

Many in the State Department aren’t happy with the president’s policy on Syria. And they’re speaking out.

BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON | APRIL 30, 2013

Is Obama’s Red Line a Green Light?

It’s time for the president to back up his words with action.

BY SALMAN SHAIKH | APRIL 29, 2013

Minority Report

Should presidents seek out dissent?

MAY/JUNE 2013

Assad’s Chemical Romance

How the Syrian dictator’s cynical and clever chemical weapons strategy outfoxed Obama.

BY JOSEPH HOLLIDAY | APRIL 26, 2013

Obama's Syria Dilemma

Damned if he does; damned if he doesn't.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 26, 2013

The One-Man Show

Secretary of State John Kerry thinks he can singlehandedly solve the world's most intractable problems. But will President Obama even let him try?

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 26, 2013

Trade Winds

It’s taken four years, but President Obama is finally coming around to a pro-trade economic agenda. And it could be his greatest legacy.

BY JAMES K. GLASSMAN | APRIL 26, 2013

For Shame

Why don't Americans care more about torture?

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 19, 2013

Off to a Bad Start

Why is the president letting America's nukes rust?

BY SEN. JIM INHOFE, SEN. BOB CORKER | 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

The Limits of Leading by Example

President Global Zero is learning the hard way that cutting back America’s nuclear weapons arsenal doesn't cut the mustard with rogue states.

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 12, 2013

Obama’s Empty Words

If you think Israelis doubt the American president's commitment to peace, try talking to some Palestinians.

BY DALIA HATUQA | APRIL 8, 2013

The L Word

In Washington, "leadership" is the disease, not the cure.

BY MICAH ZENKO | APRIL 2, 2013

Why Obama Failed in the Middle East

From the Arab Spring, to Syria, to Iran, to the peace process, President Barack Obama's actions have yet to live up to his high-flying rhetoric.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 2, 2013

Been There, Done That

Let's hold the applause. Obama's trip to Israel was nothing new.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MARCH 25, 2013

Demonstration Effect

Obama shows Netanyahu and Abbas -- and their people -- how it's done.

BY WARREN BASS | MARCH 22, 2013

Crowdsourcing Peace

By going over the heads of Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Obama is demanding that their people step up.

BY HUSSEIN IBISH | MARCH 21, 2013

Nice Speech, Mr. President

Obama said all the right things in Jerusalem. Now what?

BY DANIEL LEVY | MARCH 21, 2013

The 10 Commandments of Visiting Israel

The old commandments helped the Israelites survive the desert. A set of new ones may help Obama survive the Israelis.

BY OREN KESSLER | MARCH 19, 2013

What Obama Must Do in Israel

It’s time to stop focusing on personalities and get down to the more important business of identifying common interests.

BY SAMUEL R. BERGER | MARCH 19, 2013

So You Want to Be a Peacemaker?

Here are 11 lessons to keep in mind if you want to have any hope of solving the Middle East's most intractable conflict.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MARCH 19, 2013

The Deliverable-in-Chief

Is Obama’s light-footprint diplomacy inviting tomorrow’s problems?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 18, 2013

Trade Coalitions of the Willing

Forget about the WTO. Here's how Obama is about to change the game on free trade.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | MARCH 18, 2013