Iraq
Guilty Until Proven Guilty
In the cage of justice, sometimes a courtroom's verdict is long foretold.
BY PHILIP WALKER | AUGUST 3, 2011
The Mullah Krekar Show
Is this the man behind the Oslo terrorist bombing?
BY J.M. BERGER | JULY 22, 2011
Lift One from the Gipper
Tim Pawlenty has the Reaganite foreign policy talking points down, but do they add up to anything?
BY JAMES TRAUB | JULY 1, 2011
Jet-Skiing in the Triangle of Death
A former advisor to the U.S. commanding general in Iraq returns to Baghdad as a tourist and eats, chats, and listens to locals cover the Bee Gees, while pondering the country's future.
BY EMMA SKY | JUNE 21, 2011
Country First
After a turbulent decade abroad, the Republican Party turns inward.
BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 17, 2011
The Cynical Dairy Farmer's Guide to the New Middle East
How a couple of cows explain a changing region: equal opportunity offender edition.
BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | JUNE 15, 2011
The Man Who Would Be King
In the five years since taking office, Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has consolidated a dangerous amount of power. Now, his citizens are angry and his opponents scheme. But is it too late?
BY BEN VAN HEUVELEN | JUNE 13, 2011
Think Again: Bob Gates
As the secretary of defense steps down, it's time to set aside the paeans and reconsider the conventional take on his tenure.
BY BENJAMIN H. FRIEDMAN, JUSTIN LOGAN | JUNE 3, 2011
Osama's Oil Obsession
Al Qaeda wants to hit Americans where it hurts: in their gas tanks.
BY DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS | MAY 23, 2011
Freedom From Fear
Now that he's accomplished the central aim of George W. Bush's foreign policy, Barack Obama can finally get started on his own.
BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 5, 2011
Tortured Logic
The United States didn't need to waterboard anyone to get Osama bin Laden.
BY MATTHEW ALEXANDER | MAY 4, 2011
Think Again: Al Qaeda
The world's most notorious terrorist organization was never quite what Americans thought it was -- and Osama bin Laden's death doesn't mean that it's down for the count.
BY DANIEL BYMAN | MAY 3, 2011
The LWOT: Massive cache of Gitmo docs released
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 26, 2011
The Prisoners' Dilemma
Does WikiLeaks' newest document dump tell us anything we don't know about Guantánamo, or is it just another reminder that the United States' least worst place is now its most intractable legal problem? FP asked four experts on military law and interrogation to weigh in on the Gitmo papers.
APRIL 25, 2011
Bad Politics, Worse Prose
From suicidal astronauts to bestiality, you can learn a lot about what makes the world's worst tyrants tick from the terrible books they write.
BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | APRIL 8, 2011
Qaddafi's Great Arms Bazaar
The deadly weapons floating around in eastern Libya could serve as the fuel for a bloody insurgency.
BY PETER BOUCKAERT | APRIL 8, 2011
Getting Libya's Rebels Wrong
Don't buy Qaddafi's line: The rebels aren't al Qaeda.
BY NAJLA ABDURRAHMAN | MARCH 31, 2011
Stiff Upper Lip
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have shaved off his mustache, but it's going to take a whole lot more than that to convince the world that he's not a dictator. FP investigates the whiskers that autocrats wear.
BY CHARLES HOMANS | MARCH 30, 2011
Up in Arms
Iraq's burgeoning protest movement shows that the country may have more in common with other Arab dictatorships than the United States would care to admit.
BY ALICE FORDHAM | FEBRUARY 28, 2011
It Takes a Network
The new front line of modern warfare.
BY STANLEY A. MCCHRYSTAL | MARCH/APRIL 2011
A Tale of Two Armies
Standing up the Afghan and Iraqi forces so America's can stand down.
BY MICHAEL O'HANLON, IAN LIVINGSTON | MARCH/APRIL 2011
Winning the Battle, Losing the War
The Pentagon may have come out of Barack Obama's 2012 budget mostly unscathed, but the military's salad days of limitless spending are over.
BY GORDON ADAMS | FEBRUARY 15, 2011
The LWOT: House fails to pass Patriot Act extensions; Top officials testify on terrorist threat
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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 11, 2011
Breaking Up Is Good to Do
Southern Sudan is just the beginning. The world may soon have 300 independent, sovereign nations ... and that's just fine.
BY PARAG KHANNA | JANUARY 13, 2011
The LWOT: Obama considers ignoring Congressional Gitmo ban; UK to modify but continue control orders
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JANUARY 7, 2011
Where Do Bad Ideas Come From?
And why don't they go away?
BY STEPHEN M. WALT | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011
Next Year's Wars
The 16 brewing conflicts to watch for in 2011.
CAPTIONS BY INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP | DECEMBER 28, 2010
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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