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The LWOT: Sweden looks for accomplices in suicide bombing; Abdulmutallab hit with more charges

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | DECEMBER 17, 2010

A Man For Barbarous Coasts

Remembering Richard Holbrooke.

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 14, 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 Tea Party's Vendetta

After two years of Obama's foreign policy pragmatism toward Latin America, Republicans in Congress are threatening to turn back the clock to Cold War times. That would be a disaster for the United States and its neighbors.

BY BERNARDO ÁLVAREZ HERRERA | DECEMBER 7, 2010

The False START Debate

The critics and the boosters are both wrong: Obama's nuke treaty with Russia is a huge nothingburger. But Republicans should vote to ratify it anyway.

BY JAMIE M. FLY | NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The Bomb Squad

Are Senate Republicans really crazy enough to blow up Barack Obama's nuclear nonproliferation agenda?

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 19, 2010

This Week at War: The Paradox of Arms Control

Even if it passes, New START will only ensure that the U.S. remains dependent on nuclear weapons. 

BY ROBERT HADDICK | NOVEMBER 19, 2010

LWOT special brief: Ghailani convicted on one count of conspiracy, cleared of murder charges

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | NOVEMBER 18, 2010

The Pause Button

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

BY DMITRI TRENIN | NOVEMBER 17, 2010

THe LWOT: KSM to stay put, for now; Ghailani deliberations stalled

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | NOVEMBER 16, 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

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

Can Progressives and Tea Partiers Find Love Across the Aisle?

Five foreign-policy ideas these natural enemies can both get behind.

BY JOHN NORRIS | NOVEMBER 2, 2010

'The Arabs (and Indians and Chinese) Are Coming!'

With so many touching xenophobic and foreigner-baiting attack ads, it's hard to pick favorites. Here are five of the best as the midterm elections get ugly.

BY CAMERON ABADI, ANDREW SWIFT | OCTOBER 29, 2010

The Ghost of Economics Past

What would the world's economics Nobel Prize laureates make of Barack Obama's response to the financial crisis?

BY THOMAS KARIER | OCTOBER 8, 2010

A Washington Sage Leaves the Scene

Lee Hamilton, for years a go-to "wise man" for American presidents of both parties, speaks to FP about his many acolytes, Obama's foreign policy, and what to do about Iran.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The Wrong Way to Deal with Beijing

U.S. lawmakers are moving swiftly to enact punitive tariffs on China. But American companies doing business in China believe there's a better way to rebalance the world economy.

BY JOHN D. WATKINS JR., CHRISTIAN MURCK | SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

It's About Time We Got START

Why did such an uncontroversial treaty have to be so political?

BY JOHN KERRY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Taxing American Competitiveness

Why is Congress slapping fees on the most productive sectors of the U.S. economy?

BY JACOB F. KIRKEGAARD, ARVIND SUBRAMANIAN | SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Waiting for the Maverick

John McCain may have survived a right-wing insurgency in the Arizona primary, but the moderate leader pundits loved isn't coming back. 

BY JACOB HEILBRUNN | AUGUST 26, 2010

America's First Muslim President

Muslim Americans helped elect George W. Bush, but now they're leaving the Republican Party in droves. It didn't have to be this way.

BY SUHAIL A. KHAN | AUGUST 23, 2010

Will the Turkish Flotilla Group Be Named as Terrorists?

With Congress urging action, and the legal case extremely strong, it’s only a matter of time before Turkey’s IHH makes the list.

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | AUGUST 19, 2010

Colombia Kicks Over the Negotiating Table

Is President Álvaro Uribe trying to prevent his successor from making peace with Venezuela?

BY BERNARDO ÁLVAREZ | JULY 29, 2010

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

Common sense, mostly.

BY CHARLES HOMANS | JULY 26, 2010

Who Killed the Climate Bill?

We asked the experts who is to blame.

JULY 23, 2010

China's Billion-Dollar Aid Appetite

Why is Beijing winning health grants at the expense of African countries?

BY JACK C. CHOW | JULY 19, 2010

Life by a Thousand Cuts

The United States' defense-spending habit has been out of control for years. Will it ever change?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 7, 2010

Whatever It Takes

Why I won't back down on climate change.

BY JOHN KERRY | JULY 1, 2010