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In the Crosshairs

Why controlling the international arms trade can help to build stable societies.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 22, 2012

Status Update

With the stroke of a pen, a new bill in Congress could slash the number of Palestinian refugees -- and open a world of controversy.

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | MAY 21, 2012

Lost at Sea

Can the Obama administration succeed where its predecessors failed on the Law of the Sea treaty?

BY JAMES KRASKA | MAY 16, 2012

The Last RINO

To the modern Republican Party, Richard Lugar was already a dead man walking. He just didn't realize it.

BY JACOB HEILBRUNN | MAY 8, 2012

Some Good News from Afghanistan

With a new partnership agreement, the United States has a chance to wind down its mission with its interests intact.

BY ZALMAY KHALILZAD | APRIL 23, 2012

Power Grab

President Obama's real constitutional overreach was Libya, not health care.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | MARCH 28, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

A tragedy in Toulouse, spring has sprung, and a general testifies.

MARCH 23, 2012

Lessons for America from the Global War on Sleaze

When it comes to fighting corruption, it turns out there’s a lot that the U.S. can learn from developing countries.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 20, 2012

Why Washington Is the Syrian Opposition's Next Battlefront

Syria’s opposition faces an uphill battle in its efforts to win backing from U.S. policymakers.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Rude Awakening

Promoting democracy in places like Egypt or Iraq is about changing the status quo. So why are we so surprised when it turns out that not everyone is in favor?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The LWOT: Tarek Mehanna convicted on all charges

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 3, 2012

The World According to Ron Paul

Republicans are freaked out about what a libertarian isolationist in the White House would do to American power -- but not all Democrats are.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | DECEMBER 23, 2011

What Libyan Rebels Could Teach Obama About the Rule of Law

Why is the United States entrenching the same kind of military detention system that Arab revolutionaries have given their lives to overthrow?

BY TOM MALINOWSKI | DECEMBER 20, 2011

The LWOT: Government approves military custody for terrorist suspects

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 16, 2011

The LWOT: Senate, House edit detainee provision in defense bill

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 14, 2011

The LWOT: AP report describes secret CIA prison in Romania

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 9, 2011

The LWOT: Senate votes to keep detainee provisions

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 2, 2011

The LWOT: Norway's anti-terrorism laws tested in conspiracy case

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The LWOT: Alleged Cole bomb planner arraigned at Gitmo

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 11, 2011

No Apology Necessary

Barack Obama shouldn't have to make excuses for sending troops to Uganda.

BY JAMES TRAUB | OCTOBER 28, 2011

Up in Smoke

Did the idea of a legal war die along with Muammar al-Qaddafi?

BY SCOTT HORTON | OCTOBER 25, 2011

The Amerislump Is Upon Us

Just how fast is the United States sinking? A cautionary tale of declinism -- and the political bloviation it inspires.

BY SUSAN GLASSER | OCTOBER 17, 2011

Twilight of the Wise Man

The 2012 election may well mark the last gasp of the Republican foreign-policy establishment. But what’s more remarkable is that it lasted as long as it did.

BY JACOB HEILBRUNN | OCTOBER 12, 2011

The LWOT: Government kill list approved by secret committee - Report

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 7, 2011

The LWOT: NYPD Watched Moroccan Immigrants - Report

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND AND ANDREW LEBOVICH | SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

The LWOT: North Carolina terror suspects plead not guilty

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND, ANDREW LEBOVICH | AUGUST 19, 2011

Life After Debt

In this month's market upheavals in the United States and Europe, we are witnessing the end of a seven-decade economic experiment. But does anyone have any clue what comes next?

BY JAMES MACDONALD | AUGUST 18, 2011

The Empire at Dusk

American pundits decry the onset of sharp defense cuts, but the Pentagon can’t even account for $1 trillion in its own spending. Isn't it time to rein in the beast?

BY STEPHEN GLAIN | AUGUST 16, 2011

Reset This

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

BY SAMUEL CHARAP | AUGUST 12, 2011

Can Obama Be Just Like Ike?

If you want to cut the defense budget, ask a Republican (just not these Republicans).

BY JAMES TRAUB | AUGUST 12, 2011