Politics

Whoppers of the Union

Fact-checking a decade's worth of the president's big speech.

BY DANIEL W. DREZNER | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

War by PowerPoint

Is the White House using the Pentagon to fight the GOP?

BY GORDON ADAMS | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Arm the Syrian Rebels. Now.

Obama's cabinet had a plan to take down Bashar al-Assad. What went wrong?

BY MICHAEL DORAN, SALMAN SHAIKH | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Tough Witness

John Brennan delivers a smart, but vague, performance.

BY AMY ZEGART | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Obama Embraces Big Nuke Cuts

Obama and his advisors agree the U.S. needs fewer weapons.

BY R. JEFFREY SMITH, THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Cracks at the Core

It's not jihadists who are threatening to destroy Mali -- it's a massive culture of government corruption.

BY TRISTAN MCCONNELL | FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The End of Ukraine's Balancing Act

Ukraine has long faced a choice: Should it cast its lot with Russia or the European Union? 2013 is shaping up to be the year Kyiv finally decides. The first in our series of Lab Reports.

BY ASKOLD KRUSHELNYCKY | FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Twitter Devolutions

How social media is hurting the Arab Spring.

BY MARC LYNCH | FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Europe's Hezbollah Problem

In the wake of the Bulgarian bombing investigation, will the European Union finally designate Hezbollah a terrorist group?

BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL | FEBRUARY 6, 2013

A Murder in Tunis

The assassination of a leftist politician has thrown the poster child for the Arab Spring into chaos.

BY FADIL ALIRIZA | 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

Rowdies with a Cause

How a bunch of soccer fans became the Muslim Brotherhood’s worst nightmare.

BY SULOME ANDERSON | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The Peace Processor

An interview with Palestinian negotiator-in-chief Saeb Erekat.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Can Kerry Fill Clinton's Shoes?

Times have changed when the foreign policy world is wondering if a man can do a woman’s job.

BY TAMARA COFMAN WITTES | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What to Expect from a North Korean Nuclear Test

Pyongyang is about to make some more trouble. Here's what to look for when Kim Jong Un debuts his new bomb.

BY SIEGFRIED S. HECKER | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Syria's Secular Revolution Lives On

Islamist radicals may be gaining strength, but the spirit that sparked this uprising survives in the unlikeliest of places.

BY OMAR HOSSINO | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Capitol Indifference

Washington ignores Russia's obsession with America at its own peril.

BY DMITRI TRENIN | 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

The People's Republic of Hacking

China’s campaign of cyber attacks has reached epidemic proportions. Can anything be done to stop it?

BY ADAM SEGAL | JANUARY 31, 2013

The Egyptian Treadmill

Why Washington isn’t panicking about Egypt’s latest crisis.

BY MARC LYNCH | JANUARY 31, 2013

Live, from Beirut...

Watching TV with Hezbollah.

BY MITCHELL PROTHERO | JANUARY 31, 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

Think Again: Immigration

After Republicans' election-year drubbing, the United States has an historic opportunity to fix its broken immigration system. And the arguments against reform simply don't hold up anymore.

BY SHANNON O’NEIL | JANUARY 29, 2013

The Next Appointments

Obama is about to name a new international economic team. Will he use this opportunity wisely?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JANUARY 29, 2013

Hands Across the Atlantic

It's high time for a free trade agreement between the United States and Europe. In fact, it's exactly what our economies need.

BY CHRIS BRUMMER, FREDERICK KEMPE | JANUARY 29, 2013

Israel's New Kingmaker

Yair Lapid's critics have dismissed the former TV personality as vapid and uninformed. They couldn't be more wrong.

BY NERI ZILBER | JANUARY 29, 2013

Think Again: The Muslim Brotherhood

How did so many Western analysts get Egypt's Islamist movement so wrong?

BY ERIC TRAGER | JANUARY 28, 2013

Cameron's Au Revoir

In threatening to pull Britain out of the EU, has the prime minister inadvertently opened Pandora's Box?

BY DENIS MACSHANE | JANUARY 28, 2013