Intelligence

Watching Iran

How the WikiLeaks disclosures could put a sweeping U.S. effort to monitor the Islamic Republic in jeopardy.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | DECEMBER 6, 2010

Who's Who in WikiLeaks

The world leaders embarrassed by Cablegate.

BY MAX STRASSER | DECEMBER 2, 2010

10 Conversations That Just Got a Little More Awkward

What WikiLeaks hath wrought.

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | NOVEMBER 30, 2010

LWOT special brief: Ghailani convicted on one count of conspiracy, cleared of murder charges

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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

Rethinking Objectives in Afghanistan

The United States invaded Afghanistan to defeat al Qaeda. It should stay that way.

BY PHILIP MUDD | NOVEMBER 17, 2010

THe LWOT: KSM to stay put, for now; Ghailani deliberations stalled

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The LWOT: Holder to announce 9/11 trial site "soon"; no verdict yet in Ghailani trial

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Havana's Man in Havana

Rogue CIA operative Philip Agee's personal papers were just released by New York University. But take it from this CIA veteran -- Agee wasn't an honest critic, but a traitor bought and paid for by America's enemies.

BY ROBERT BAER | 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

India's Strategic Future

Why India needs to move from "strategic autonomy" to strategic cooperation with the United States.

BY C. RAJA MOHAN | NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Telling Secrets

WikiLeaks isn't the problem. It's reams of unnecessarily classified documents that remain hidden from the public eye by overzealous intelligence officials. And the Obama administration's fixes don't go far enough.

BY STEVEN AFTERGOOD | OCTOBER 18, 2010

Gitmo Forever

President Obama has found that it's easier to make high-minded pledges to close the notorious prison than to actually get it done.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

What Do Red Teams Really Do?

Mark Perry paints a misleading portrait of how the U.S. government thinks of Hezbollah and Hamas.

BY BILAL Y. SAAB | SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Yes, America Is Exporting Terrorism

Why the latest WikiLeaks revelations matter.

BY PAUL R. PILLAR | AUGUST 26, 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

The Truth Is Out There (In a Library)

Forget WikiLeaks or Google. The state secrets that matter are waiting to be found in dusty file cabinets.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | SEPT. / OCT. 2010

This Week at War: Is Mexico's Drug War Doomed?

Learning to live with drug cartels -- and killer robots.

BY ROBERT HADDICK | AUGUST 13, 2010

How WikiLeaks Could Use Its Power for Good

Targeted leaks work better than document dumps.

BY CHARLI CARPENTER | AUGUST 12, 2010

Is the UAE Banning BlackBerrys Because of Israel?

Seven months after it happened, the mysterious assassination of a Hamas operative in Dubai is still causing fallout in the Middle East.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | AUGUST 10, 2010

With Friends Like These...

It’s time to wake up, Washington. Pakistan’s military is running the show in Islamabad, and the WikiLeaks revelations have only confirmed that supporting jihadi terrorist groups aren’t the actions of a few, rogue generals -- it’s government strategy.

BY SUMIT GANGULY | JULY 29, 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

My Pen Pal, the Jihadist

How a young Virginia man charged with supporting terrorists in Somalia became my online sparring partner -- and why he is so dangerous.

BY JARRET BRACHMAN | JULY 29, 2010

Stop Panicking About the Stingers

The WikiLeaks war logs only confirmed what we already know: The Taliban simply doesn't have the firepower to wreak havoc on Afghanistan's skies.

BY MATTHEW SCHROEDER | JULY 28, 2010

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

Common sense, mostly.

BY CHARLES HOMANS | JULY 26, 2010

Angle of Defection

Was Shahram Amiri's return to Iran politically motivated, or was he just miserable?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 16, 2010

The Spy Who Came in by Amtrak

Why is Russia spying on Khrushchev's great-granddaughter?

BY NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA | JULY 14, 2010

Can the CIA Keep Defectors from Redefecting?

No.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY 13, 2010

Don't Even Think About It

The Cold War was scary enough. Now try to imagine a nuclear arms race between China and India.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 13, 2010

Resistance Land

Hezbollah's new tourist park, meant to indoctrinate visitors with the ideals of the Islamic Resistance, may be the latest sign that another war is on the horizon.

BY ANDREW TABLER | JULY 8, 2010