U.S. Foreign Policy

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

Drones in Our Time

Why Obama was fibbing about America's wars coming to an end.

BY ROSA BROOKS | JANUARY 23, 2013

Fund Syria’s Moderates

We can’t say that helping the Syrian rebels didn’t work, because it has never really been tried.

BY ROBIN YASSIN-KASSAB | JANUARY 23, 2013

Obama's Moment of Truth on Iran

Congratulations, Mr. President. Now it's time to make good on your promise to engage Iran.

BY REZA MARASHI | JANUARY 22, 2013

Deconstructing Afghanistan

What would Jacques do?

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JANUARY 22, 2013

Flyover Country

Why the United States can't just drone Algeria.

BY MICAH ZENKO | JANUARY 22, 2013

101 Things People Want Obama to Do in Term 2

From the merely ambitious to the sublimely ridiculous, here's an exhaustive list of all the things people want Obama to do in his second term.

BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH | JANUARY 21, 2013

Second-Term Heat

What will be the legacy of Obama's next four years?

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 18, 2013

Chemical Reaction

How the United States should deal with Assad.

BY MICHAEL EISENSTADT | JANUARY 18, 2013

Al Qaeda Is Alive in Africa

A witches' brew of Islamic jihadists is stirring up trouble across the continent. But is that America's problem yet?

BY DANIEL BYMAN | JANUARY 17, 2013

Suiting Up

What the United States is doing to prepare for chemical war in Syria.

BY R. JEFFREY SMITH, THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY | JANUARY 17, 2013

6 Things You Need to Know About Denis McDonough

Get up to speed on the man most likely to be the next White House chief of staff.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 16, 2013