History

Power Shot

A rare photograph sheds new light on China’s most important social network.

BY JOHN GARNAUT | FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Cleaning up a Dirty War

What America's anti-torture advocates can learn from Argentina's darkest days.

BY ALEXANDRA STARR | FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Vatican Insider

Though rumors of gay scandal are swirling around Pope Benedict’s retirement, it’s larger concerns that will test the Vatican as the Conclave begins.

BY PAOLO MASTROLILLI | FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Real Genius

Does the Pentagon need a creative director?

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The New Westphalian Web

The future of the Internet may lie in the past. And that's not a good thing.

BY KATHERINE MAHER | FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Israel's Script Turns Sour

Hollywood used to portray Israelis as heroic and brave. Today, it's films about the brutality of the occupation that make it to the silver screen.

BY LISA GOLDMAN | FEBRUARY 22, 2013

It's Not About Us

Forget about the “war on terror.” The next few decades will be dominated by the bitter divide within Islam itself.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Iran Can’t Agree to a Damn Thing

Let's face it: The Islamic Republic is just too dysfunctional to cut a nuclear deal.

BY PATRICK CLAWSON | FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Marianne in Tunisia

How Delacroix's famous painting explains the troubled North African revolution.

BY ROBERT ZARETSKY | FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The Cool War

Cold War technology made war unthinkable. Cool War technology makes it irresistible.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Why America Reserves the Right to Nuke You First

And why it shouldn't.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | FEBRUARY 19, 2013

House of Cards Is a House of Cards

Why can't Americans do political intrigue like the Brits?

BY EMMA G. KELLER | FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

28 games for your President's Day weekend.

BY MICHAEL PECK | FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The Terrible Twos

Can Washington prevent the turbulent Arab Spring countries from going the way of the post-Soviet states?

BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Hate Obama's Drone War?

Blame the bleeding-heart human rights crusaders.

BY ROSA BROOKS | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Speech by Numbers

A quantitative look at the last 12 State of the Union addresses.

BY TY MCCORMICK | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Barack Obama's Lincoln Moment

What the commander of America's first modern war tells us about our first post-modern war.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Obama's Legal Netherworld

The president isn't claiming too much power to kill Americans who join al Qaeda -- but too little.

BY JOHN YOO, ROBERT DELAHUNTY | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Friends with Benefits

No, Mr. President, it's not OK if our allies get nuclear weapons.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | FEBRUARY 7, 2013

What Richard III Can Teach Us Today

The world is grown so bad that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. Can Shakespeare’s fallen tyrant help us set it to rights?

BY JOHN WATKINS | FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Martyrs of the Revolution

If history is any guide, today’s assassination in Tunisia could set off a dangerous revolutionary dynamic.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Vive L'Empereur!

Five wargames in which the French fight.

BY MICHAEL PECK | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Tehranimal Farm

How George Orwell explains Iran.

BY ROLAND ELLIOTT BROWN | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

France on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Think Americans hate their politicians? The moody French are disgusted -- and looking for a new de Gaulle.

BY ROBERT ZARETSKY | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Once Upon a Time in Seoul

Remarkable images of South Korea, before Samsung and PSY.

BY ALICIA P.Q. WITTMEYER | FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The First Lab Results Are In

Democracy Lab is celebrating its first anniversary. Here are some of the things we've learned over the past year -- and where we're headed in year two.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 31, 2013

Why Combat Matters

Are you kidding me? Of course it's important that Hagel fought in Vietnam.

BY LAWRENCE J. KORB | JANUARY 30, 2013

Saying UnSorry

Will Japan's new prime minister really take back his country's apology for World War II?

BY ROBERT WHITING | JANUARY 30, 2013

The Republic of Port Said

An insurrection along the Suez Canal represents the greatest threat yet to the Muslim Brotherhood's rule in Egypt.

BY EVAN C. HILL | JANUARY 30, 2013

A Maritime Balkans of the 21st Century?

East Asia is a tinderbox on water.

BY KEVIN RUDD | JANUARY 30, 2013