International Relations

YaLa Young Leaders

How a Facebook organization could transform the Middle East.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 24, 2013

How to Understand China's Foreign Policy

China can become a beacon for the world -- if it trades in its conservative foreign policy for one that emphasizes universal values.

BY DENG YUWEN | APRIL 23, 2013

Boston's Jihadist Past

Long before the marathon bombing, Islamists in Massachusetts were helping militants in Chechnya.

BY J.M. BERGER | APRIL 22, 2013

The Stories You Missed

What happened around the world while the world was watching Boston.

BY J. DANA STUSTER | APRIL 19, 2013

China's Victim Complex

Why are Chinese leaders so paranoid about the United States?

BY ELY RATNER | APRIL 19, 2013

Displaced

What happened to the people who fled the terror in Chechnya.

BY JOSHUA FOUST | APRIL 19, 2013

China Is a Cyber Victim, Too

The reason we should listen to Beijing's complaints about U.S. hackers.

BY JASON HEALEY | APRIL 16, 2013

The Road to Pyongyang Goes Through Helsinki

Here's how you really solve the North Korean nuke problem.

BY FRANK JANNUZI | APRIL 12, 2013

The Gilded Cage of Asia

Why is the dictatorship of Kazakhstan getting such good PR?

BY JOSHUA FOUST | APRIL 11, 2013

Will Chinese Troops Cross the Yalu?

U.S. intelligence looks at Beijing's military options in North Korea.

BY ROBERT A. WAMPLER | APRIL 11, 2013

Ten Questions for the New BRICS Bank

The great emerging markets want to start their own bank. But it doesn't seem like they've really thought it through.

BY ISOBEL COLEMAN | APRIL 9, 2013

Thatcher's Foreign Policy 'Failure'

She wanted Gorbachev to stop the reunification of Germany.

BY TOM BLANTON, SVETLANA SAVRANSKAYA | APRIL 9, 2013

Obama’s Empty Words

If you think Israelis doubt the American president's commitment to peace, try talking to some Palestinians.

BY DALIA HATUQA | APRIL 8, 2013

The Pit of Despair

In the streets of Pakistan, people have had it about up to here. For the Obama administration’s diminished goals there, maybe that’s not a bad thing.

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 5, 2013

Syrian Spillover

An interactive map tracking the internationalization of Syria's civil war.

BY J. DANA STUSTER | APRIL 4, 2013

The Map of Death

What North Korea's missiles are really aimed at.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | APRIL 3, 2013

Would Captain Kirk Intervene in Syria?

What 'Star Trek' teaches us about international relations.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | APRIL 1, 2013

One of These BRICS Is Not Like the Other

South Africa is a mess. So why does it get to sit at the BRICS big boy table?

BY ROY ROBINS | MARCH 26, 2013

Think Again: North Korea

North Korea is a lot more dangerous than you think, but that doesn't mean that Kim Jong Un is insane.

BY DAVID KANG, VICTOR CHA | MARCH 25, 2013

Cowboys vs. Kippot

The awesome sci-fi novel about U.S. relations with Israel -- in an alternate acid-trip universe.

BY MICHAEL PECK | MARCH 22, 2013

The Tip of the Democracy Spear

The U.S. military doesn’t exactly have an unblemished record when it comes to promoting democracy. Is there a way to change that?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 21, 2013

The Iraq Syndrome

A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?

MARCH 19, 2013

Alaskan Folly

We've doubled down on a defense that doesn't work against missiles that don't exist.

BY JOE CIRINCIONE | MARCH 18, 2013

Unilateral Peace

It's time for Israel to move toward a two-state solution, alone if necessary.

BY AMOS YADLIN, GILEAD SHER | MARCH 18, 2013

Ends and Means

A decade later, what lessons haven't we learned from the war in Iraq that we should?

MARCH 15, 2013

Will South Korea Go Nuclear?

What the North's provocations mean for Washington's relations with Seoul.

BY MARK HIBBS | MARCH 15, 2013

Xi Pivots to Moscow

What message is China's new leader sending with his first overseas trip?

BY JOHN GARNAUT | MARCH 14, 2013

Phasing Out

Time for Obama to scuttle the plan to shoot down non-existent Iranian ICBMs.

BY TOM Z. COLLINA | MARCH 14, 2013

America’s March Madness Problem

We're Duke.

BY MARC LYNCH | MARCH 14, 2013

The Empire Makes Nice

Is it time for a Venezuela reset?

BY MICHAEL SHIFTER | MARCH 11, 2013