State of the Union

Marco Rubio Is Not Ready for Prime Time

If the Florida senator wants to save the Republican Party, he's got to come up with a foreign policy for the real world.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Refusal to Lead

In a dangerous and changing world, President Obama is just wishing away the problems America faces.

BY MARCO RUBIO | FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Don't Fear the Migrants

What America really needs to worry about is when they stop coming.

BY FRANK JACOBS | FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Concrete Action

How President Obama can get more bang for America's infrastructure renewal buck.

BY RICHARD DOBBS, JAN MISCHKE, ROBERT PALTER | FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Escape Velocity

The president's State of the Union address is the best place to focus responsibility and re-launch the American economy. Because the real problem is Washington. 

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

If Obama Were a Truth-Teller

Here’s what he would say on Tuesday night.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Whoppers of the Union

Fact-checking a decade's worth of the president's big speech.

BY DANIEL W. DREZNER | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Friends with Benefits

No, Mr. President, it's not OK if our allies get nuclear weapons.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Grading Obama's Foreign Policy

Nine experts rate the president’s performance so far.

JANUARY 23, 2012

America at Dusk

FP asked a panel of writers from around the world to tell us what the United States is doing wrong. We got an earful.

NOVEMBER 2011