Election 2012
Middle East Lost
The Arab Spring gave Barack Obama the perfect opening to reorient U.S. policy in the Middle East. Too bad he blew it.
BY SHADI HAMID | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Climate Course Correction
The world has spent two decades developing policies to combat global warming -- and we have little to show for it.
BY BJØRN LOMBORG | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
The National Security Consensus
The next four years of U.S. foreign policy will look a lot like the past four years -- regardless of who's elected president.
BY JAMES DOBBINS | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Passive Aggression
Why do so few politicians challenge America's emphasis on military action?
BY JOHN ARQUILLA | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Taking the Hill
The eight races the military-industrial complex is watching.
BY GORDON LUBOLD, KEVIN BARON, JOHN REED | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Get Fat. Grow a Beard. Or Do This.
Five job ideas for Tuesday’s big loser.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING, TY MCCORMICK | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Lies, Damned Lies, and Defense-Job Statistics
No, cutting Pentagon spending will not destroy local economies.
BY CHRISTOPHER PREBLE | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
The President and the World
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
12 Catastrophes the Next President Must Avoid
We've heard plenty about what the candidates want to do in office, but the future will be determined by what Tuesday's winner doesn't do.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
If Markets Picked Presidents
Who would be better for the global economy: Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?
BY DANIEL ALTMAN | NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Air Wars
How defense is playing in the 2012 campaign.
BY GORDON LUBOLD, KEVIN BARON, JOHN REED | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Defense in 2013
Who wins, depending on who wins.
BY KEVIN BARON, GORDON LUBOLD, JOHN REED | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Obama's Likeliest Flip-Flops
If the president wins again on Nov. 6, he might fire up an Etch-a-Sketch of his own.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
In Praise of Flip-Floppers
When it comes to presidents and foreign policy, changing your mind is as American as apple pie.
BY ZACHARY KECK | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Why Bloomberg Endorsed Obama
Yes, it really is climate change, stupid.
BY GERNOT WAGNER | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Whatever Happened to Chinese Human Rights?
On the American campaign trail this year, China's people went missing.
BY FRANK JANNUZI | NOVEMBER 1, 2012
The Crisis That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Why Obama and Romney are both afraid to talk about the mess in Europe.
BY NICK SCHIFRIN | NOVEMBER 1, 2012
No, Obama Did Not Abandon Poland
How the administration has tightened relations with Warsaw.
BY STEPHEN J. FLANAGAN | OCTOBER 31, 2012
The Long Third War
No matter who wins in November, America should get ready for 10 more years of drones.
BY MICAH ZENKO | OCTOBER 30, 2012
Winds of Change
From the failed Mongol invasion of Japan to Cyclone Nargis, six storms that changed the course of history.
BY TY MCCORMICK | OCTOBER 30, 2012
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
Clicking This Will Make You Stupider
The 10 worst foreign policy campaign ads of 2012.
BY URI FRIEDMAN, TY MCCORMICK | OCTOBER 25, 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
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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