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The LWOT: State Department establishes Bureau of Counterterrorism

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 6, 2012

The LWOT: Government approves military custody for terrorist suspects

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 16, 2011

Realpolitik and the Myanmar Spring

Wondering why Hillary Clinton is in Myanmar right now? Hint: it's all about China.

BY BERTIL LINTNER | NOVEMBER 30, 2011

WikiLeaked

The U.S. diplomatic cables that mattered most this year.

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The Nuclear Options

Barack Obama's Iran policy is frustrating, slow-moving, and fraught with uncertainty. But have you taken a look at the alternatives?

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Remembering the Unquiet American

A fond retrospective on Richard Holbrooke, America’s most ambitious diplomat.

BY STROBE TALBOTT | NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Holbrooke in His Own Words

The sweep of 20th-century foreign policy, seen through the eyes of its most avid participant.

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Debating the Pacific Century

In the November issue of Foreign Policy, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argues that it's time for the United States to move on from its costly wars in the Middle East, and make a strategic "pivot" to Asia. FP asked four smart observers to take the measure of Clinton's plans for engagement in the Far East.

OCTOBER 14, 2011

America's Pacific Century

The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United States will be right at the center of the action.

BY HILLARY CLINTON | NOVEMBER 2011

Eastern Promises

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a long history with Asia and, like the country she represents, a long future.

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Follow the Money

A simple reform created for stopping terrorist financiers could dramatically strengthen international sanctions, and cut off the flow of funds to some of the world’s worst regimes.

BY STUART LEVEY, CHRISTY CLARK | OCTOBER 3, 2011

How the State Department Came After Me

For telling the truth about what I saw in Iraq.

BY PETER VAN BUREN | SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The LWOT: NYPD Watched Moroccan Immigrants - Report

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND AND ANDREW LEBOVICH | SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Is There a Map to the Future?

The former head of the U.S. National Intelligence Council explains why governments try -- and fail -- to see over the horizon.

BY ROBERT HUTCHINGS | AUGUST 31, 2011

Ten More WikiLeaks You Missed

From the Indian April Fools cable to Hanoi's sexy discos to China's dangerous nuclear plants, Julian Assange's hits just keep on coming.

AUGUST 30, 2011

Reset This

What's behind the ginned-up crisis in U.S.-Russia relations?

BY SAMUEL CHARAP | AUGUST 12, 2011

All Guns, No Butter

What the debt ceiling deal tells us about the Tea Party's grim vision of American power.

BY JAMES TRAUB | AUGUST 5, 2011

This Fight Ain't Over

Think the debt ceiling gridlock was ugly? Congress is just getting warmed up. Here are eight more foreign-policy battles right around the corner.

BY JOSH ROGIN | AUGUST 4, 2011

The LWOT: Dozens killed in Norway attacks

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND AND ANDREW LEBOVICH | JULY 29, 2011

Interview: Rajiv Shah

The USAID administrator on the epic food crisis in the Horn of Africa, dealing with al Shabab, and why Somalia's famine is going to get worse before it gets better.

INTERVIEW BY ROBERT ZELIGER | JULY 28, 2011

The WikiLeaks You Missed

From blatant bribery in India to Hugo Chávez’s war on Domino’s pizza, here are the highlights from the last four months of the secret State Department cables.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY 1, 2011

The LWOT: Chicago man convicted of supporting Lashkar-e-Taiba

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JUNE 10, 2011

The Least Wanted Most Wanted Man

The inside story of how the United States and NATO let war criminal Ratko Mladic evade justice for 16 years -- and why it matters.

BY DAVID SCHEFFER | JUNE 2, 2011

Friend Request

Barack Obama has been saying the right things about democracy in the Arab world. Bahrain, a key U.S. ally, will be the test of whether he really means them.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 27, 2011

Freedom #Fail

Why we shouldn't expect Facebook and its Silicon Valley peers to act in the world's best interests.

BY JILLIAN C. YORK | APRIL 29, 2011

The LWOT: Massive cache of Gitmo docs released

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 26, 2011

Not-So-Smart Power

Go ahead, Congress, cut away at U.S. foreign aid.

BY KEN ADELMAN | APRIL 18, 2011

Twisting Assad's Arm

U.S. diplomats are always complaining they have no leverage over Syria. They're wrong.

BY ANDREW J. TABLER | APRIL 14, 2011

Two to Tango

David Miliband has a plan for bringing both sides to the negotiating table in Afghanistan. But getting the Taliban to show up won't be easy.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | APRIL 13, 2011

Two to Tango

David Miliband has a plan for bringing both sides to the negotiating table in Afghanistan. But getting the Taliban to show up won't be easy.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | APRIL 13, 2011