Barack Obama

Meet Sandy, the Game Changer

This storm could upend American politics -- if we're lucky.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 29, 2012

The Amphibian

How Barack Obama learned to cover his right flank -- and his left.

BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 26, 2012

Jerks vs. Waterboarders

The best reason to pick Obama over Romney.

BY ROSA BROOKS | OCTOBER 25, 2012

Interrogation Techniques

What Bob Schieffer can learn from the CIA.

BY AMY ZEGART | OCTOBER 24, 2012

Can't We All Just Not Get Along?

Why a decade of war hasn't provoked a real debate about America's role in the world.

BY JOHN A. GANS JR. | OCTOBER 24, 2012

Tell Us the One About the Robots, Mr. President

Want to lead the free world? You'd better figure out what to do about the rise of the machines.

BY PETER W. SINGER | OCTOBER 24, 2012

Who Said It: Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

With Election Day fast approaching, how well do you know the candidates on foreign policy?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING, URI FRIEDMAN | OCTOBER 24, 2012

The Real Takeaways From Monday's Debate

Five experts weigh in on how the candidates measure up.

BY KENNETH LIEBERTHAL, TED PICCONE, BRUCE RIEDEL, JUSTIN VAÏSSE, SUZANNE MALONEY | OCTOBER 23, 2012

Do the Math

A 20-question debate scorecard for real talk on the defense budget.

BY GORDON ADAMS | OCTOBER 22, 2012

Caught in the Crossfire

If the United States wants to save Lebanon, it should get off the sidelines and help topple Bashar al-Assad's bloody dictatorship.

BY FIRAS MAKSAD | OCTOBER 22, 2012

Fight Night

How Barack Obama and Mitt Romney measure up on the seven foreign policy issues that really matter.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | OCTOBER 22, 2012

How Foreign Policy Came to Matter in This Election

The race was supposed to be all about jobs, jobs, jobs. What happened?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 22, 2012

Burning Questions

What Martha Raddatz would ask the presidential candidates at Monday's foreign-policy debate.

INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | OCTOBER 19, 2012

The Case for Intervention...

In Obama's dysfunctional foreign-policy team.

BY ROSA BROOKS | OCTOBER 18, 2012

Want Closure? Go Talk to Dr. Phil.

You won't find it on the Iranian nuclear issue.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | OCTOBER 17, 2012

What the Frack?!

How the 2012 election could come down to one thing: coal.

BY DAVID ROBERTS | OCTOBER 16, 2012

How the Russian 'Reset' Explains Obama's Foreign Policy

The president's naivete about Vladimir Putin is the root cause of his failure.

BY DOUGLAS J. FEITH, SETH CROPSEY | OCTOBER 16, 2012

Uniformity

Why are all these advocacy groups aligning themselves with the military?

BY ROSA BROOKS | OCTOBER 11, 2012

Red Lines in the Sand

Israel's credibility problem on Iran.

BY GRAHAM ALLISON | OCTOBER 11, 2012

Enough Already

When it comes to Israel, neither Obama nor Romney is as good or bad as American Jews think.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | OCTOBER 9, 2012

A Truly Credible Military Threat to Iran

The Israelis and the Americans are zeroing in on a strike option that has a real chance of deterring the mullahs -- and defusing Mitt Romney's attacks.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 8, 2012

The FP Survey: The Economy

If we're ever going to get out of this slump, what will it take? We asked more than 60 leading economists to tell us.

NOVEMBER 2012

Raw Deal

Two top economists challenge Michael Grunwald's claim that Barack Obama's stimulus worked.

NOVEMBER 2012

Better Late than Never

How naive self-confidence led Barack Obama astray, before prudence brought him back.

BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 5, 2012

The Election Is Over

It's time to start worrying about 2013, because the Obama team clearly isn't.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 1, 2012

Mitt Romney's Terrible Wall Street Journal Op-Ed

It's official: The Republican nominee has no new ideas for the Middle East.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | OCTOBER 1, 2012

An Open Letter to the United States of America

Some unsolicited thoughts from an Egyptian revolutionary.

BY MAHMOUD SALEM | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Wait, You Still Don't Like Us?

Why the Muslim world hasn't warmed toward America over the past four years.

BY RICHARD WIKE | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Senseless

Why does President Barack Obama refuse to call the killing of our Libyan ambassador "murder"?

BY NEWT GINGRICH, JOHN A. MCCALLUM | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Coming to Grips with Impotence

Can we really expect the president to be able to fix the Middle East?

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012