Diplomacy

The Three-State Solution

Are we witnessing a historic shift toward Palestinian unity? Don't bet on it.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JANUARY 9, 2013

No Girls Allowed

Why the Obama administration needs hormone therapy.

BY ROSA BROOKS | JANUARY 8, 2013

Civil Savant

How Andrew Marshall has shaped our world.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JANUARY 7, 2013

Welcome, Know-Nothings

The new Congress is a bunch of ignoramuses when it comes to foreign policy. And, frankly, that's probably a good thing right now.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 4, 2013

Does the GOP Need a New Foreign Policy?

Can the Republican Party survive without coming to terms with the Bush-Cheney years? FP's Shadow Government team weighs in.

JANUARY 2, 2013

Dear John

John Kerry can be a great secretary of state. Here's how.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JANUARY 2, 2013

The Year in Quotes

The 20 most puzzling, hypocritical, and revealing things said about U.S. foreign policy in 2012.

BY MICAH ZENKO | DECEMBER 28, 2012

Is It Over Yet?

Haunting photos of a year in the life of the war America is still fighting.

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The Other Pivot

America rediscovers diplomacy.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 24, 2012

Lingering Questions on Benghazi

This week's report on the Obama administration's actions in Libya was credible but incomplete.

BY DARRELL ISSA | DECEMBER 21, 2012

Exit the Conciliator

Will Iraq fall apart if its president dies?

BY PETER W. GALBRAITH | DECEMBER 21, 2012

Running Hills

Why senators shouldn't head the Pentagon or Foggy Bottom.

BY GORDON ADAMS | DECEMBER 20, 2012

Radioactive Decay

We can't keep relying on a Vietnam-era treaty to stop nuclear proliferation.

BY YOUSAF BUTT | DECEMBER 19, 2012

Untouchable

Why Hillary Clinton is the Teflon secretary.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | DECEMBER 18, 2012

A Line in the Sea

Is Japan’s new leader going to pick a fight with China?

BY MICHAEL AUSLIN | DECEMBER 18, 2012

Did Russia Just Throw Assad Under the Bus?

Not really. Watch what the Kremlin does, not what it says.

BY ANDREW S. WEISS | DECEMBER 13, 2012

Launch This

Why Barack Obama needs to reset his North Korea policy.

BY JOEL S. WIT, JENNY TOWN | DECEMBER 13, 2012

Patience Has Not Been a Virtue

Was the Obama administration to blame for North Korea's rocket launch?

BY DARYL G. KIMBALL | DECEMBER 12, 2012

Rocket Backstage

Behind the scenes of North Korea's nuclear deliberations.

BY ANDREA BERGER | DECEMBER 12, 2012

The Fierce Urgency of Now

The case for short-term thinking.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Extricator in Chief

Enough with the fantasies. Barack Obama's not going to reshape the world order in his second term.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | DECEMBER 11, 2012

Yemen's Rocky Roadmap

Yemenis hope that a planned National Dialogue will save the revolution. But what abut the guys with the guns? 

BY ADAM BARON | DECEMBER 10, 2012

Intel Inside

Has the IAEA's information become politicized?

BY MARK HIBBS | DECEMBER 10, 2012

Missile Creep

Was giving Patriots to Turkey a step toward war in Syria?

BY AARON STEIN, SHASHANK JOSHI | DECEMBER 10, 2012

Lost in Cyberspace

Why the State Department’s proposed new Twitter restrictions are a terrible idea.

BY WILL MCCANTS | DECEMBER 10, 2012

The 7 Deadly Sins of Congo's Peace Process

Congo is an object lesson in how not to resolve conflicts. It's time we changed that.

BY JOHN PRENDERGAST | DECEMBER 7, 2012

Confessions of a Strategic Communicator

Tales from inside the Pentagon's message machine.

BY ROSA BROOKS | DECEMBER 6, 2012

India's Ocean

Could New Delhi's growing naval force change the balance of power in the Pacific? 

BY DHRUVA JAISHANKAR | DECEMBER 6, 2012

Final Countdown

Did the United States just set a March deadline for war with Iran?

BY MICAH ZENKO | DECEMBER 4, 2012

The People's Republic of California

Why isn’t the Golden State at the climate talks in Doha?

BY MICHAEL LEVI | DECEMBER 4, 2012