Security

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

The Drums of August

Israel is not bluffing.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | AUGUST 15, 2012

Tokyo's Hawkish Governor Stirs the Pot

Japan's most volatile politician is making a splash in the South China Sea -- and the Chinese are beating the drums of war.

BY MARK MACKINNON | AUGUST 14, 2012

Let Them Hunt

If President Obama is serious about wanting to apprehend Joseph Kony, he's got to unleash the dogs of war.

BY JOHN PRENDERGAST | AUGUST 13, 2012

The Syrian Spillover

Is anyone prepared for the unintended consequences of the war for Syria?

BY DANIEL L. BYMAN, KENNETH M. POLLACK | AUGUST 10, 2012

Brother Knows Best

How Egypt's new president is outsmarting the generals.

BY STEVEN A. COOK | AUGUST 9, 2012

The Scorpion and the Frog

For years, Syria supported a witches' brew of terrorist groups across the Middle East. Now, it's payback time.

BY TY MCCORMICK | AUGUST 7, 2012

Town of Secrets

How classified information became Washington’s currency of choice.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | AUGUST 6, 2012

Thought Cloud

The real problem with the civilian-military gap.

BY ROSA BROOKS | AUGUST 2, 2012

Code Red

How Capitol Hill politicking has undermined cybersecurity--again. 

BY JAMES ANDREW LEWIS | AUGUST 1, 2012

Our Brothers in Arms

Will the Pentagon continue to support Egypt's military under a new Islamist government?

BY KEVIN BARON | JULY 31, 2012

Kangaroo Court

The Obama administration has done much to clean up the legal mess in Guantánamo. But as the ongoing trial of a top al Qaeda suspects makes clear, it has not done nearly enough.

BY MARIA MCFARLAND SANCHEZ-MORENO | JULY 27, 2012

The Battle for Aleppo

The rebellion comes to Syria's largest city.

JULY 26, 2012

A Country with Fourteen Psychiatrists

Libya is trying to build a new democracy. But that's a tall order for a society plagued by bad memories.

BY PORTIA WALKER | JULY 26, 2012

Stopping Mali from Becoming Somalia

The United States needs to prevent Mali from turning into another failed state in the heart of Africa.

BY WITNEY SCHNEIDMAN, BRANDON ROUTMAN | JULY 24, 2012

Africanistan? Not Exactly

The dangers of international intervention in Mali.

BY GREGORY MANN | JULY 24, 2012

Assad's Final Warning

The United States needs to tell the Syrian regime in no uncertain terms: Use chemical weapons and we will end you.

BY ANDREW J. TABLER | JULY 19, 2012

The End of the Political Solution

The Assads seized power by force. Wednesday's attack proves they will only be removed through force.

BY MICHAEL WEISS | JULY 18, 2012

Plague of Thugs

Why Mideast dictators use hoodlums to suppress dissent.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 18, 2012

Rebuilding the Police in Kosovo

In the wake of its war with the Serbs, Kosovo faced a yawning law enforcement gap. Here's how the international community helped an embyronic country rebuild its police.

BY MORGAN GREENE, JONATHAN FRIEDMAN, RICHARD BENNET | JULY 18, 2012

Blood Law

Does it matter that the Red Cross now says Syria is technically in a state of "civil war"?

BY DAVID RIEFF | JULY 17, 2012

Dark Soldiers of the New Order

The Soviet Union's spies haven't disappeared, they're just wearing new clothes. An exclusive excerpt from Edward Lucas's new book, Deception.

BY EDWARD LUCAS | JULY 13, 2012

Burma's Misled Righteous

How Burma’s pro-democracy movement betrayed its own ideals and rehabilitated the military

BY FRANCIS WADE | JULY 5, 2012