Security
The Pivot to Economics
The State Department is hard at work integrating economics into U.S. foreign policy.
BY HEIDI CREBO-REDIKER | OCTOBER 19, 2012
Want Closure? Go Talk to Dr. Phil.
You won't find it on the Iranian nuclear issue.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | OCTOBER 17, 2012
The Ground Truth from Benghazi
The politicians in Washington are beating each other up over the Benghazi consulate attack. But they don't seem to be paying much attention to the evidence from the scene of the crime.
BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | OCTOBER 16, 2012
The New Sheriff in Town
At an outpost on the Turkish-Syrian border, rebel fighters are the law.
BY SARAH A. TOPOL | OCTOBER 12, 2012
Will Iran Weather the Economic Storm?
The depreciation of the rial is unlikely to change Iran's foreign-policy calculations.
BY PATRICK CLAWSON | OCTOBER 11, 2012
Is Iraq an Iranian Proxy?
Inquiring minds want to know.
BY SAFA AL-SHEIKH, EMMA SKY | OCTOBER 11, 2012
China's Oil Investment Is Not a Threat
The Chinese purchase of a Canadian oil company is something U.S. officials should welcome, not fear.
BY ERICA DOWNS | OCTOBER 10, 2012
The Currency of Power
Want to understand America's place in the world? Write economics back into the plan.
BY ROBERT ZOELLICK | NOVEMBER 2012
The Mayor of Mogadishu
What the politician known as "Tarzan" carries as he goes about transforming the Somali capital.
INTERVIEW AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY MOHAMED MUBARAK | NOVEMBER 2012
Better Late than Never
How naive self-confidence led Barack Obama astray, before prudence brought him back.
BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 5, 2012
No Exit
For the first time in many years, Venezuela’s presidential election is raising the possibility of an electoral defeat for Hugo Chávez. But if he loses, does that mean he’ll go?
BY DANIEL LANSBERG-RODRIGUEZ | OCTOBER 4, 2012
The Asian Cold War
China and Japan's island spat is much more than a battle over a bunch of uninhabited rocks. And it won't be ending anytime soon.
BY MICHAEL AUSLIN | OCTOBER 4, 2012
Reports of al Qaeda's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
The terrorist group may be headless, but its tentacles still pack a mean punch.
BY DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS | OCTOBER 3, 2012
The Case for Humility
Why Israel and the United States should keep their disagreements to themselves.
BY DAVID MAKOVSKY | OCTOBER 2, 2012
The White House's Benghazi Problem
Under pressure from the right, the Obama administration has declared the killing of its ambassador in Libya a "terrorist attack." The trouble is, its explanations just don't make sense.
BY LOUIS KLAREVAS | SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
The Problem with Patriotism
The dispute over islands in the East China Sea is stirring up nationalist passions in the region. That doesn't bode well for the future of democracy.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Why U.S. Consulates Are More Dangerous Than War Zones
Our military provides comprehensive care and support to its troops and families. They should do the same for the civilians we send into harm's way.
BY PHILLIP CARTER | SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Stealing the Hymnal
The Democrats might have real differences over foreign policy with their Republican challengers, but you wouldn't know it from listening to them.
BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
The Gang That Can't Shoot Straight
The Syrian National Council has failed to galvanize international support for the rebellion -- and it has only itself to blame.
BY MALIK AL-ABDEH | SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
The Great Ballot Box Caper
How do you conduct an election when contending political forces don't agree on the rules? An unlikely study in compromise from Northern Ireland in 2005.
BY MICHAEL SCHARFF | SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Report Card
Can the International Atomic Energy Agency stop a war with Iran?
BY MARK HIBBS | AUGUST 31, 2012
America's Real Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Is relying on Saudi Arabia in times of war a smart tradition or future folly?
BY AMY JAFFE | AUGUST 24, 2012
The Decider
Opponents of an Israeli strike on Iran have focused their ire on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But it's his hawkish defense minister, Ehud Barak, who is really driving the talk of war.
BY OREN KESSLER | AUGUST 23, 2012
Don't Pity the Nation
Syria's crisis may be spillling over into Lebanon, but Hezbollah and its rivals are perfectly capable of screwing up the country on their own.
BY MITCHELL PROTHERO | AUGUST 21, 2012
The Sino-Japanese Naval War of 2012
OK, it's probably not going to happen. But if it did, who would win?
BY JAMES R. HOLMES | AUGUST 20, 2012
BY URI FRIEDMAN
Want to Reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process? Start with 3G.
BY ALEC ROSS
Europe's Dirty Little Secret? Belarus.
BY CRISTINA ODONE
The Suddenly Booming Business of Secretive Communications
BY ELIAS GROLL
In Medieval Europe, Bad Weather Was Especially Bad for Jews
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
The Strange Letter That Has France Asking, 'Use Me?'
BY LYDIA TOMKIW
Armitage on Afghan War: 'It Is Not Worth One More Limb'
BY THOMAS E. RICKS
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