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The LWOT: Terror arrests roil Europe; Obama considers indefinite detention review process

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JANUARY 3, 2011

The LWOT: British arrest 12 in terror sweep; Ghailani to file appeal

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | DECEMBER 21, 2010

Greed Is Global

A world of corruption revealed by WikiLeaks.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON, JOSHUA E. KEATING | DECEMBER 18, 2010

The Ambassadors-as-CEOs Model

How the U.S. State Department's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review rethinks the career path and needed skill sets for America's top diplomats.

BY JOHN NORRIS | DECEMBER 17, 2010

Two States, No Solutions

Barack Obama says the Israeli-Palestinian impasse is a threat to the United States' national security. But is he acting like it is?

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 17, 2010

A Man For Barbarous Coasts

Remembering Richard Holbrooke.

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 14, 2010

The LWOT: Suicide bomber targets Sweden; Holder pushes back against criticism of stings

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | DECEMBER 14, 2010

The Sunshine Policy

The United States has quietly asked allies like Yemen and Pakistan for some extraordinary favors in its war on terrorism. Is it really so terrible if WikiLeaks forces them to explain those demands?

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 10, 2010

The LWOT: House effectively bans Gitmo closure, KSM civilian trial; Judge dismisses Awlaki targeted killing lawsuit

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | DECEMBER 10, 2010

The LWOT: WikiLeaks: Saudi citizens "most significant" terrorism funders

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | DECEMBER 7, 2010

The Land of No Good Options

The WikiLeaks cables show a U.S. diplomatic corps adept at diagnosing the big problems of American foreign policy -- and a country hopeless at solving them.

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 3, 2010

Who's Who in WikiLeaks

The world leaders embarrassed by Cablegate.

BY MAX STRASSER | DECEMBER 2, 2010

U.S. Diplomats Aren't Stupid After All

How WikiLeaks restored one journalist's faith in the State Department.

BY JOSHUA KUCERA | DECEMBER 1, 2010

10 Conversations That Just Got a Little More Awkward

What WikiLeaks hath wrought.

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The Pause Button

If the Senate kills New START, is Obama's Russia policy dead, too?

BY DMITRI TRENIN | NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Did Bibi Win the Midterms?

The Republican Congress isn't even in office yet and already it's screwing up the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 12, 2010

The LWOT: No charges in CIA tape destruction; arguments heard in Awlaki lawsuit

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Delusion Points

Don't fall for the nostalgia -- George W. Bush's foreign policy really was that bad.

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Not Your Father's Cuba

What Marco Rubio and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen don't get about the new generation of Cuban-Americans.

BY ARTURO LOPEZ-LEVY | NOVEMBER 5, 2010

A New 'New Beginning'

What Barack Obama should tell the world in his Asia speech.

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 5, 2010

The LWOT: Awlaki videos banned from YouTube, in theory; more arrests made for supporting al-Shabaab

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Whispers Behind the Welcome

Indians are looking forward to Obama's arrival, but worry that he won't live up to Bush's legacy of substantive engagement.

BY SADANAND DHUME | NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The End of the Charm Offensive

China's neighbors welcome a strong China, just not a dominant one -- and that's where the United States comes in.

BY JOHN LEE | OCTOBER 26, 2010

The Paul Kagame I Know

Rwanda's president fought to end the country's 1994 genocide -- then used it to justify his own awful rule.

BY ROBERT KRUEGER | AUGUST 5, 2010

Digital Diplomacy

So what if Hillary Clinton's "21st Century Statecraft" isn’t exactly reinventing international relations for the information age? It's still a worthy endeavor.

BY SAM DUPONT | AUGUST 3, 2010

How Does the CIA Know If Its Intel Is Any Good?

Common sense, mostly.

BY CHARLES HOMANS | JULY 26, 2010

Bad Politics Is Better Than No Politics

Why Iraq's bloody democracy isn't so terrible.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JULY 9, 2010

Caucasian Standoff

The bitter war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been on hold for 16 years. But that doesn't mean it's over.

BY THOMAS DE WAAL | JUNE 30, 2010

In the Beginning, There Was Somalia

Two decades later, the U.S. still has no plan.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JULY/AUGUST 2010

Bad Blood in Baku

The angry ally Obama can't afford to lose.

BY THOMAS GOLTZ | JUNE 11, 2010