Law

Obama's Plumbers

This time, a secretive president has gone too far.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 17, 2013

Obama's Self-Inflicted Scandal

The only thing transparent about the White House is its perverse penchant for secrecy.

BY RICHARD A. EPSTEIN | MAY 15, 2013

Janus in Islamabad

Is Pakistan's once and likely future prime minister someone the United States can work with?

BY EMILY CADEI | MAY 11, 2013

Talking in Circles

Why Harold Koh's big speech on targeted killings is just more of the same, intentional Obama muddle.

BY MICAH ZENKO | MAY 9, 2013

Death Mill

How the ready-made garment industry captured the Bangladeshi state.

BY JOSEPH ALLCHIN | MAY 9, 2013

No More Doing Business As Usual

Why World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is right to subject the Bank’s global business report to fresh scrutiny.

BY CHRISTINA CHANG | MAY 9, 2013

It's Time for Burma's President to Act

The civil war in Burma goes on. But the government seems powerless to stop it.

BY DAVID SCOTT MATHIESON | MAY 7, 2013

Four Arab Democrats and a Constitutional Scholar Walk Into a Bar

Some free advice for my MENA friends.

BY DANIEL LANSBERG-RODRIGUEZ | MAY 6, 2013

Outfoxing the Oligarchs in Latvia

How a tiny Baltic republic succeeded in taking its oligarchs down a peg.

BY GABRIEL KURIS | MAY 6, 2013

Neighbors in Arms

How U.S. guns are turning Central America into one of the most dangerous places in the world.

BY COLBY GOODMAN | MAY 3, 2013

Beirut's Bastille

The free-for-all inside Lebanon's most notorious prison.

BY SULOME ANDERSON | MAY 2, 2013

How to Close Guantanamo

Why Obama doesn’t need Congress to start to make good on his promise.

BY LAURA PITTER | MAY 1, 2013

France's Forgotten War

Mali is old news in Paris. Now it’s all gay marriage all the time.

BY ROBERT ZARETSKY | APRIL 30, 2013

The Angst in Foggy Bottom

Many in the State Department aren’t happy with the president’s policy on Syria. And they’re speaking out.

BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON | APRIL 30, 2013

Is Obama’s Red Line a Green Light?

It’s time for the president to back up his words with action.

BY SALMAN SHAIKH | APRIL 29, 2013

The World's Most Controversial Walmarts

The big box behemoth might be a global force for good, but expansion doesn't make everyone happy.

BY COLIN DAILEDA | APRIL 29, 2013

Mission Creep

Charles Kenny is too quick to encourage people to give up their privacy.

MAY/JUNE 2013

Should You Go to Law School?

The good, the bad, and the ugly about getting a J.D.

BY ROSA BROOKS | APRIL 25, 2013

IED=WMD?

Why the Justice Department’s charge against the Boston bomber is ridiculous.

BY TIMOTHY NOAH | APRIL 22, 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

For Shame

Why don't Americans care more about torture?

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 19, 2013

The Middle East's Kings of Cowardice

Why are the Gulf's leaders so afraid of a few jokes?

BY MARC LYNCH | APRIL 18, 2013

The Plot to Block Internet Freedom

Autocrats are trying to limit free speech online. Here's why we need to make sure they fail.

BY JULIUS GENACHOWSKI, LEE C. BOLLINGER | APRIL 16, 2013

10 Ways to Fix the Drone War

Obama's targeted-killing policy is a mess. Here's what he can do about it.

BY ROSA BROOKS | APRIL 11, 2013

Point of Order

The problem with Congress's idea to base immigration on economic merit.

BY ALEXANDRA STARR | APRIL 5, 2013

A Weapon of Minor Destruction

How Eric Harroun, the American jihadist in Syria, was duped by the FBI into incriminating himself.

BY ROBERT YOUNG PELTON | APRIL 4, 2013

Living Up to the Statue

After two decades of advocacy, we finally have a U.N. Arms Trade Treaty.

BY HEATHER HURLBURT | APRIL 3, 2013

Make Way for the Hybrids

Yes, institutions are important. But institutions that actually work are even better.

BY MATT ANDREWS | APRIL 2, 2013

Springtime for Salafists

Rampaging Islamist vigilantes are cracking down on free expression -- and ruining Tunisia's Arab Spring.

BY DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS | MARCH 26, 2013

The Dead Man's Trial

The posthumous trial of an anti-corruption crusader.

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | MARCH 22, 2013