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The War on Soft Power
Even the U.S. military doesn't want to cut the State Department and foreign aid budget. So why is Congress playing a dangerous game with America's global influence?
BY JOSEPH S. NYE JR. | APRIL 12, 2011
The LWOT: Middle East unrest tops counterterrorism agenda; Media wary of covering 9/11 Gitmo trial
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 8, 2011
A Decade of Wishful Thinking
Western policymakers and pundits tried for years to convince themselves that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was a reformer. He's not.
APRIL 4, 2011
WikiLosers
Julian Assange said WikiLeaks would change the world. At the very least, it changed these people's lives forever.
BY CHARLES HOMANS | MARCH 25, 2011
The LWOT: Awlaki-linked terror plotter sentenced to 30 years in prison; Brennan hits out at administration critics
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 22, 2011
The Myth of the Useful Dictator
In propping up autocrats in countries like Yemen and Bahrain, the United States has long weighed its interests against its principles. Is it a false choice?
BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 18, 2011
The LWOT: DOJ indicts Canadian in NY Subway plot; Lawmakers and lawyers spar over Gitmo
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 18, 2011
Memo to Madam Secretary: First, Do No Harm
Hillary Clinton's first visit to a changed Arab world is full of promise and peril.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MARCH 14, 2011
The LWOT: Gunman kills two U.S. Airmen at Frankfurt Airport; Two NJ men plead guilty to attempting to join al-Shabaab
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 4, 2011
The LWOT: FBI arrests Saudi in alleged terrorism plot; Chesser gets 25 years in prison
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 25, 2011
A Warlord's Last Chance
Why Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor thinks there was an international conspiracy against him.
BY JOHNNY DWYER | FEBRUARY 21, 2011
Slash and Burn
Congressional Republicans are bent on all but eliminating the U.S. government's foreign aid budget. And Defense Secretary Robert Gates may be the only one who can stop them.
BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 18, 2011
The LWOT: Terror camp trainer pleads guilty at Gitmo; House passes 90-day Patriot Act extension
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 18, 2011
The LWOT: House fails to pass Patriot Act extensions; Top officials testify on terrorist threat
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 11, 2011
The LWOT: Chechen rebel leader claims Moscow attack; Cameron criticizes 'multiculturalism'
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 8, 2011
The LWOT: Lieberman criticizes Army, FBI over Ft. Hood; Possible fifth 9/11 cell revealed
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 4, 2011
Iran Cracks Down While Egypt Cracks Up
Tehran is claiming that the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt reflect the heady days of 1979. Not so fast says the Green Movement -- it's 2009 that's a better parallel.
BY BARBARA SLAVIN | JANUARY 31, 2011
The LWOT: Ghailani receives life sentence in embassy bombings; U.K. announces counterterrorism reforms
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JANUARY 28, 2011
The Rest of the Story
Al Jazeera's Palestine Papers have been a PR disaster for the Palestinian Authority. But it's Israel's American supporters who really need to read them.
BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 28, 2011
Egypt's Struggle for Freedom
Egyptians are taking to the streets to demand their rights. Shame on America if it stands in the way.
BY YASSER EL-SHIMY | JANUARY 27, 2011
Whispering at Autocrats
In one fell swoop, the candor of the cables released by WikiLeaks did more for Arab democracy than decades of backstage U.S. diplomacy.
BY TOM MALINOWSKI | JANUARY 25, 2011
The LWOT: Ghailani faces life at sentencing today; Alleged al Qaeda figure could be deported to U.S.
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JANUARY 25, 2011
I Was a Rare Earths Day Trader
How a naval confrontation in the South China Sea created a global investment bubble -- and cost me half my life savings.
BY JASON MIKLIAN | JANUARY 21, 2011
The LWOT: Obama to resume Gitmo trials; Supreme court declines habeas case
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JANUARY 21, 2011
The Post-Tunisia World
Last week's upheaval showed that citizens of the Arab world are willing and able to overthrow their dictators -- and the Obama administration has to figure out how it will respond when they do.
BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 21, 2011
While You Were Reading About Ukrainian Nurses …
Real news was buried in WikiLeaks -- like this revealing cable on Iran's nuclear ambitions.
BY GARY SICK | JANUARY 19, 2011
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The Forum for the Future was supposed to be an instrument of George W. Bush's Middle East freedom agenda. Seven years later, it embodies everything that was wrong with it -- and the Arab street is taking matters into its own hands.
BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 14, 2011
The LWOT: Protests greet Guantanamo anniversary; FBI interrogates American in Kuwait
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JANUARY 14, 2011
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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