Election 2012

Five World Events That Could Swing the U.S. Election

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are slugging it out over the economy, but the world may have a trick or two up its sleeve.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 24, 2012

Damned if You Do

Obama hasn't made a peep about cutting U.S. support to NATO -- though everyone agrees it's necessary to get Europeans to pay their fair share. And yet, Romney attacks him for it.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MAY 23, 2012

Barack O'Romney

Ignore what the candidates say they'll do differently on foreign policy. They're basically the same man.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 23, 2012

Obama's Debacle

The president has protected his right flank for now, but history won’t be so kind.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MAY 21, 2012

The Government We Deserve

Americans are sick and tired of Washington's dysfunctional politics. But it's not Congress they should be angry at -- Americans got exactly the system of government they asked for.

BY ALASDAIR ROBERTS | MAY 21, 2012

A Tale of Two Inaugurations

Whose inauguration had more bling -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's or French President François Hollande's?

MAY 15, 2012

The Value Proposition

Candidates like to preach the preeminence of American values on the campaign trail, but it's interests that dominate inside the White House.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MAY 14, 2012

Where in the World Is Same-Sex Marriage Legal?

It's not just those liberal Northern Europeans who have embraced homosexual unions.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 10, 2012

The Last RINO

To the modern Republican Party, Richard Lugar was already a dead man walking. He just didn't realize it.

BY JACOB HEILBRUNN | MAY 8, 2012

President Paul

Ron Paul maybe a long shot in November, but he's America's best bet on foreign policy.

BY MICHAEL SCHEUER | MAY 3, 2012

Can Poor People Open a Swiss Bank Account?

Bad news: You need more than a passport, some pocket change, and a healthy disdain for the IRS.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY 2, 2012

The OBL Blowback

Is Obama's chest thumping a turnoff?

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | MAY 2, 2012

Tarred and Feathered

Vice President Joe Biden's confident speech today painted Mitt Romney as both George W. Bush and Michael Dukakis when it comes to foreign policy.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | APRIL 26, 2012

The New, New World Order

Do Americans still hate the United Nations?

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | APRIL 26, 2012

5 Reasons Obama Will Win in November

The election is six months away, but here's why the president already has this one in the bag.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 25, 2012

The Rubio Doctrine

The potential veep contender makes a decidedly non-Romneyesque statement on foreign policy.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | APRIL 25, 2012

A Nation of Spoiled Brats

Financial Times columnist Ed Luce explains the real reason for American decline.

INTERVIEW BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | APRIL 16, 2012

Tale of the Tape

As the two heavyweights finally square up, who's got the advantage on the key foreign policy issues of the 2012 campaign?

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | APRIL 12, 2012

Romney’s Hill to Climb

If Romney thinks he can beat Obama on foreign policy, he's going to have to do a whole lot more than just criticize the president.

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | APRIL 11, 2012

The Second-Term Illusion

Or, why Barack won't be beating up on Bibi next year.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 11, 2012

Seven Flip-Flops Romney Needs to Make

During the bruising Republican primary, front-runner Mitt Romney has talked himself into a corner on some key foreign-policy issues. He's going to have to shake the Etch-a-Sketch one more time if he's going to win the election and actually govern as president.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | APRIL 4, 2012

The Zero Man

Obama’s greatest obstacle to re-election isn’t Mitt Romney, or rising gas prices: It’s Ben Bernanke.

BY HELEEN MEES | APRIL 3, 2012

This Year in Political Food Fights

Mitt Romney claimed grits, David Cameron staked out meat pies, and now Rick Santorum's trying to turn the jelly belly red.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MARCH 30, 2012

The Not-So-Evil Empire

Is Russia still America's bogeyman?

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | MARCH 28, 2012

Pushing Back

President Barack Obama's advisors fire back at Mitt Romney.

MARCH 28, 2012

Bowing to the Kremlin

Why Obama's "hot mic" diplomacy is endangering America.

BY MITT ROMNEY | MARCH 27, 2012

Hunger Games

Where's this big, transformational change we've been craving from Barack Obama?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 26, 2012

Hollow Threats

Mitt Romney's aggressive harangues about China don't scare us. And does he really want to pick a fight with a nation of 1.3 billion people?

BY HU XIJIN | MARCH 21, 2012

Hearts and Minds

As of late 2010, a higher percentage of Afghans than Americans supported the war there. But is that support eroding?

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | MARCH 21, 2012

Six Big Lies About How Jerusalem Runs Washington

From the Jewish cabal to the Capitol Hill Knesset, the worst leaps of logic when it comes to Israel, U.S. politics, and the Middle East.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MARCH 21, 2012