Politics

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

Hostage for a Day

How I became a bargaining chip in Yemen’s tribal maze.

BY ADAM BARON | FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The Kingdom of No Surprises

The more things change in Saudi Arabia, the more they remain the same.

BY MICHAEL STEPHENS | FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The Curse of Stability in Central Asia

The autocrats of Central Asia like to tout the virtues of stability. But they're really making excuses for decay.

BY SARAH KENDZIOR | FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The Incredible Shrinking United Nations

Can anyone stop Turtle Bay from fading into obscurity?

BY SUZANNE NOSSEL | 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

Refusal to Lead

In a dangerous and changing world, President Obama is just wishing away the problems America faces.

BY MARCO RUBIO | FEBRUARY 15, 2013

A Stampede of Hysterics

America's generals are just as morally bankrupt as Congress.

BY WINSLOW WHEELER | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Don't Fear the Migrants

What America really needs to worry about is when they stop coming.

BY FRANK JACOBS | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

What George W. Bush Did Right

The 43rd president of the United States did a great thing for humankind -- but most Americans have no idea.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Lips and Teeth

It’s time for China to get tough with North Korea.

BY SHEN DINGLI | FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Concrete Action

How President Obama can get more bang for America's infrastructure renewal buck.

BY RICHARD DOBBS, JAN MISCHKE, ROBERT PALTER | FEBRUARY 13, 2013

On a Military Wing and a Prayer

Europe thinks it can separate Hezbollah's political activities from its terrorist operations. But the Party of God isn't built that way.

BY MATTHEW LEVITT | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Gay Paris

What has taken France so long to step up to the altar of equality?

BY ERIC PAPE | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

If Obama Were a Truth-Teller

Here’s what he would say on Tuesday night.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Speech by Numbers

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

BY TY MCCORMICK | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Neocons vs. Realists Is So 2008

Your guide to the new foreign policy divide.

BY THOMAS WRIGHT | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Georgia's Political Standoff Deepens

A letter from Tbilisi

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

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