U.S. Foreign Policy

Killing Isn't Cool

Why the Pentagon hates Obama's drone war.

BY MICAH ZENKO | FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Speech by Numbers

A quantitative look at the last 12 State of the Union addresses.

BY TY MCCORMICK | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Neocons vs. Realists Is So 2008

Your guide to the new foreign policy divide.

BY THOMAS WRIGHT | FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Obama's Legal Netherworld

The president isn't claiming too much power to kill Americans who join al Qaeda -- but too little.

BY JOHN YOO, ROBERT DELAHUNTY | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Arm the Syrian Rebels. Now.

Obama's cabinet had a plan to take down Bashar al-Assad. What went wrong?

BY MICHAEL DORAN, SALMAN SHAIKH | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The Five-Year Engagement

As Obama begins his second term, one thing is clear: the administration's Iran policy is failing. What now, Mr. President?

BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Tough Witness

John Brennan delivers a smart, but vague, performance.

BY AMY ZEGART | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Obama Embraces Big Nuke Cuts

Obama and his advisors agree the U.S. needs fewer weapons.

BY R. JEFFREY SMITH, THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Westward Ho!

As America pivots east, China marches in the other direction.

BY YUN SUN | FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Friends with Benefits

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

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Israelis Love to Argue...

And four other tips for Barack Obama’s first presidential visit to Israel.

BY NATAN SACHS | FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The Warrior King

Isn't this an awful lot of war for President 'Peace in Our Time'?

BY MICAH ZENKO | FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Enhance This Interrogation

The Senate confirmation hearings need to get to the bottom of the truth about CIA chief nominee John Brennan.

BY ANDREA J. PRASOW | FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Death by Loophole

Obama's legal rationale for whacking Americans is so broad you could fly a drone through it.

BY ROSA BROOKS | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

We Shall Return

Don't be too sure there won't be another U.S. war in the Middle East.

BY RICHARD L. RUSSELL | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Diplomatic Code

Why does the Pentagon get all the cyber money?

BY TIM MAURER | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The Peace Processor

An interview with Palestinian negotiator-in-chief Saeb Erekat.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Size Matters

The miniaturization of U.S. foreign policy.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Team of Buddies

Is President Obama’s national security team too like-minded and conservative about the limits of American power?

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 31, 2013

The Egyptian Treadmill

Why Washington isn’t panicking about Egypt’s latest crisis.

BY MARC LYNCH | JANUARY 31, 2013

Secretary of Schlep

Hillary Clinton traveled to 112 countries -- we made an awesome slide show.

JANUARY 30, 2013

Why Combat Matters

Are you kidding me? Of course it's important that Hagel fought in Vietnam.

BY LAWRENCE J. KORB | JANUARY 30, 2013

The Next Appointments

Obama is about to name a new international economic team. Will he use this opportunity wisely?

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | JANUARY 29, 2013

Investigate This

The U.N. will pry America's drones out of our cold, dead hands.

BY MICAH ZENKO | JANUARY 29, 2013

America in Recline

Obama's foreign policy leans back from the world.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JANUARY 28, 2013

Buzz Bomb

Why everyone's wrong about Assad's zombie gas.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | JANUARY 25, 2013

Continental Shift

Why the Pentagon should pay less attention to Africa.

BY GORDON ADAMS | JANUARY 25, 2013

Our Man in Havana

Was USAID planning to overthrow Castro?

BY PETER KORNBLUH | JANUARY 25, 2013

The French Connection

Why is the United States paying for its ally's adventures in Africa?

BY PHILLIP CARTER | JANUARY 24, 2013

America's Saudi Problem

Obama can't get it right on the Arab Spring unless he holds Saudi Arabia to account.

BY MARC LYNCH | JANUARY 24, 2013