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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | NOVEMBER 18, 2010

A Tale of Two Parties

The incredible story of how Egypt's entrenched regime will stop at nothing to stifle the birth of a liberal opposition movement.

BY ERIC TRAGER | NOVEMBER 18, 2010

The Pause Button

If the Senate kills New START, is Obama's Russia policy dead, too?

BY DMITRI TRENIN | NOVEMBER 17, 2010

A War of His Own Making

On the day that defined his presidency, Bush never wavered from his decision: 9/11 meant war.

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Delusion Points

Don't fall for the nostalgia -- George W. Bush's foreign policy really was that bad.

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Name Games

A Bush administration official recounts how, in the high stakes diplomacy over disputed territory, a tenuous peace can unravel because of a single typo.

BY KATRIN KATZ | NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Blood on Our Hands

Newly released war documents show how the U.S. military, in cable after grim cable, painstakingly chronicled Iraq's descent into bloody Shiite-on-Sunni violence. So why did top officials deny the obvious?

BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER | OCTOBER 25, 2010

It's the Occupation, Stupid

Extensive research into the causes of suicide terrorism proves Islam isn't to blame -- the root of the problem is foreign military occupations.

BY ROBERT A. PAPE | OCTOBER 18, 2010

Darkness and Light

Barack Obama promised to end "the color-coded politics of fear." But we're still living in the shadows.

BY JAMES TRAUB | SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

America's First Muslim President

Muslim Americans helped elect George W. Bush, but now they're leaving the Republican Party in droves. It didn't have to be this way.

BY SUHAIL A. KHAN | AUGUST 23, 2010

Reactor Reaction

An Iranian nuclear reactor will start operating in a few days. But Israel probably won't be bombing it.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | AUGUST 18, 2010

Bush’s Gift to Obama

The United States may succeed in sitting the Israelis and Palestinians down for direct talks, but it’s unlikely the negotiations will go far. It’s time for a more creative approach -- one that picks up where George W. Bush left off.

BY STEVEN J. ROSEN | AUGUST 18, 2010

The Man Gitmo Raised

Omar Khadr's trial is a reminder of everything that went wrong with justice at Guantánamo Bay.

BY ANDREA PRASOW | AUGUST 12, 2010

Colombia Kicks Over the Negotiating Table

Is President Álvaro Uribe trying to prevent his successor from making peace with Venezuela?

BY BERNARDO ÁLVAREZ | JULY 29, 2010

How Does the CIA Know If Its Intel Is Any Good?

Common sense, mostly.

BY CHARLES HOMANS | JULY 26, 2010

Survey Charts Darfur Opinion for First Time

Those most affected by the crisis say they want Sudan's President Omar Hassan al Bashir prosecuted, are skeptical of chances for peace, and insist on reparations for crimes.

BY REBECCA HAMILTON | JULY 15, 2010

Life by a Thousand Cuts

The United States' defense-spending habit has been out of control for years. Will it ever change?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 7, 2010

Fix the Police

One of the most urgent tasks confronting Gen. David Petraeus is also one of the least glamorous: reforming Afghanistan's corrupt and ineffective police.

BY RONALD E. NEUMANN | JUNE 25, 2010

The Afghanistan Clock

President Obama has now swapped one distinguished general for another. But he urgently needs to address the underlying issue dividing his administration: Is July 2011 a real deadline for U.S. troops to begin withdrawing, or just a clever domestic political ploy?

BY JAMES DOBBINS | JUNE 24, 2010

The Oliver Stone Show

South of the Border is no portrait of Hugo Chávez or the Latin American left; it's about how one U.S. director views the world.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | JUNE 24, 2010

The Karzai Factor

The Afghan president just lost his best friend in the U.S. government. And he's not happy about it.

BY NICK B. MILLS | JUNE 24, 2010

Think Again: Ronald Reagan

The Gipper wasn't the warhound his conservative followers would have you think.

BY PETER BEINART | JULY/AUGUST 2010

Ethiopia's Democratic Sham

A government clampdown has rendered the outcome of Sunday's parliamentary elections a foregone conclusion. Washington doesn't seem to mind that its ally, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, is assured a win.

BY NATHANIEL MYERS | MAY 21, 2010

The Torture Commission We Really Need

It’s not enough just to understand what went wrong in the Justice Department. We need to start fixing it, too.

BY DAVID KAYE | MARCH 25, 2010

Israel vs. the Diaspora

Why Israelis often bristle when Jewish Americans criticize their homeland.

BY EVAN P. SCHULTZ | MARCH 23, 2010

What the Neocons Got Right

Believe it or not, they made a few good calls.

BY STEVEN A. COOK | MARCH 11, 2010

Iraq's Elected Criminals

Some of the very people involved in kidnapping my father from his home three years ago might be elected to office on Sunday. Iraq can do better.

BY ALI AL-SAFFAR | MARCH 4, 2010

How to Cut Collateral Damage in Afghanistan

Rein in the Special Forces cowboys, and let Gen. McChrystal call the shots.

BY MARC GARLASCO | MARCH 3, 2010

What Happened to New York's Moxie?

Trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Manhattan would have showed the terrorists that Americans are not afraid. Eight and a half years after 9/11, we’re not there yet.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 2, 2010

How Genocide Became a National Security Threat

And what Barack Obama should do about it.

BY MICHAEL ABRAMOWITZ, LAWRENCE WOOCHER | FEBRUARY 26, 2010