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Bipartisan Spring

Washington may be deeply polarized on domestic matters, but when it comes to foreign affairs, a remarkable consensus is taking shape.

BY ROBERT KAGAN | MARCH 3, 2010

Adios, Amigos

How Latin America stopped caring what the United States thinks.

BY MICHAEL SHIFTER | MARCH 2, 2010

Down the AfPak Rabbit Hole

The village of Marjah is a meaningless strategic backwater. So why are the Pentagon and the press telling us the battle there was a huge victory?

BY THOMAS H. JOHNSON, M. CHRIS MASON | MARCH 1, 2010

A Light at the End of the Tunnel in Congo

Yes, it may look like the worst hell on Earth. But there are signs that the decades-long resource war in Central Africa could be shifting for the better -- if only the West stops bankrolling it.

BY JOHN PRENDERGAST | FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Talking the Talk

When the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers sit down on Thursday, don't expect more than that.

BY MAYANK CHHAYA | FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Border Control

How national borders become natural borders.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MARCH/APRIL 2010

Only Haitians Can Save Haiti

The world has tried before to fix this troubled state -- and failed each time. Now will be no different, unless Haitians take the lead.

BY HOWARD W. FRENCH | FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Dead Terrorists Tell No Tales

Is Barack Obama killing too many bad guys before the U.S. can interrogate them?

BY MARC A. THIESSEN | FEBRUARY 8, 2010

This Week at War

What the four-stars are reading -- a weekly column from Small Wars Journal.

BY ROBERT HADDICK | FEBRUARY 5, 2010

The End of Diplomacy?

Once up a time, Americans achieved great things abroad. No longer.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Solomon's Baby in the Middle East

A trip to a village literally cut in two by war.

BY ANDREW J. TABLER | FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Big Trouble With Big China

From Washington to Beijing, relations are looking more tense than ever. Here's a guide to which disputes matter -- and which are likely to blow over fast.

BY JOHN LEE | FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Can South Africa's Bungling Ex-President Save Darfur?

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki tries to rewrite the history of his diplomatic career.

BY KATE PRENGEL | FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Remarks on the Future of European Security

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at France's L'Ecole Militaire on Jan. 29, 2010.

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Does Israel Have an Immigrant Problem?

Thousands are flocking to the Jewish state for work. But increasingly, they are becoming a political football.

BY EVAN R. GOLDSTEIN | JANUARY 25, 2010

Kabuki in Kabul

Wait, did Hamid Karzai actually want the Afghan parliament to reject his cabinet?

BY JEAN MACKENZIE | JANUARY 22, 2010

Internet Freedom

The prepared text of U.S. of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech, delivered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

JANUARY 21, 2010

Tick, Tock

The bombs awaiting Obama in 2010.

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010

Africa's New Horror

South Sudan's declaration of independence could thrust the country back into a bloody civil war.

BY J. PETER PHAM | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010

Meet the Siberian Liberation Army

Where Russia Meets China: Part 1 of a 5-part series in cooperation with Slate.

BY JOSHUA KUCERA | DECEMBER 28, 2009

How Israelis See Obama

It’s not what you think -- and it may not even matter, compared to how they see Israel's own situation.

BY AMJAD ATALLAH, DANIEL LEVY | DECEMBER 11, 2009

How We Invaded Afghanistan

Thirty years ago this month, Soviet airborne troops parachuted into Kabul and began a fateful occupation that became Mikhail Gorbachev’s Vietnam. Here’s the inside story of how it happened, as told by the KGB general who planned it.

BY OLEG KALUGIN | DECEMBER 11, 2009

Latin America's New Cold War?

Venezuela's and Colombia's ambassadors to the United States tell their sides of an increasingly tense story.

BY BERNARDO ALVAREZ HERRERA, CAROLINA BARCO | DECEMBER 8, 2009

The Only Hope Left?

Why a unilaterally declared state might be the only one that Palestine can get.

BY DAOUD KUTTAB | NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Destroying al Qaeda Is Not an Option (Yet)

If the world's most notorious network goes down, terrorism will get a whole lot messier.

BY GUSTAVO DE LAS CASAS | NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The Autocrats' Learning Curve

How the fall of the Berlin Wall was the best thing that ever happened to the Chinese Communist Party.

BY JEFFREY N. WASSERSTROM | SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Think Again: Palestine

President Obama got the leaders of Israel and Palestine to shake hands this week. But a meeting in Midtown does not a Palestinian deal make. Here’s why.

BY ZAHI KHOURI | SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Can Abbas Save Fatah?

A convention in Bethlehem might be the Palestinian leader's last chance to save his dying party.

BY LUBNA TAKRURI | AUGUST 5, 2009

Who's Lobbying for the Coup?

How a Washington split on Honduras policy came to be.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | AUGUST 4, 2009

Do Targeted Killings Work?

Drone strikes are far from perfect -- but they're also far better than nothing.

BY DANIEL BYMAN | JULY 14, 2009