Where a Woman's Place Is on the Front Lines

The U.S. military is opening up more positions to female troops. But women already serve in combat in more than a dozen countries.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The U.S. military is opening up more positions to female troops. But women already serve in combat in more than a dozen countries.

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Joshua E. Keating is an associate editor at Foreign Policy.

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The World in Photos This Week

A nightmare in Homs, protests in Greece, and Prince William heads to the Falkland Islands.

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

A nightmare in Homs, protests in Greece, and Prince William heads to the Falkland Islands.

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Bull in the China Shop

The Obama administration is welcoming China's presumptive next leader, Xi Jinping. But how can it make good policy when the strategy is a mess?

BY DANIEL BLUMENTHAL | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The Obama administration is welcoming China's presumptive next leader, Xi Jinping. But how can it make good policy when the strategy is a mess?

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SUBJECTS: CHINA, SOUTHEAST ASIA

Daniel Blumenthal is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a frequent contributor to Foreign Policy's Shadow Government blog.

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The LWOT: Chicago cab driver pleads guilty to material support charge

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation bring you a twice weekly brief on the legal war on terror. You can read it on foreignpolicy.com or get it delivered directly to your inbox -- just sign up here.

SUBJECTS: POLITICS, MILITARY, JUSTICE, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, RELIGION, AL QAEDA, TERRORISM, PAKISTAN, LAW, SECURITY, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, SOMALIA, TALIBAN

Jennifer Rowland is a program associate in the National Security Studies Program at the New America Foundation.

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A Loss We Can Live With

The endgame in Afghanistan isn’t 2013 or 2014; it’s already happened. The only thing now is to make sure that the retreat is not a total disaster for those we leave behind.

BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The endgame in Afghanistan isn’t 2013 or 2014; it’s already happened. The only thing now is to make sure that the retreat is not a total disaster for those we leave behind.

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SUBJECTS: MILITARY, NORTH AMERICA, ARAB WORLD

James Traub is a fellow of the Center on International Cooperation. "Terms of Engagement," his column for Foreign Policy, runs weekly.

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India’s Last-Chance Parents

Photos of an Indian fertilization clinic that's giving elderly couples another shot at having children.

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Photos of an Indian fertilization clinic that's giving elderly couples another shot at having children.

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Votes Versus Rights

The debate that's shaping the outcome of the Arab Spring.

BY CHARLES KURZMAN | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The debate that's shaping the outcome of the Arab Spring.

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SUBJECTS: POLITICS, HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGION, AL QAEDA, CULTURE, ELECTIONS, ISLAM, EGYPT, YEMEN, LIBYA, DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRACY LAB, ARAB WORLD, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA

Charles Kurzman is a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of The Missing Martyrs: Why There Are So Few Muslim Terrorists (Oxford University Press, 2011).