Editors' Picks
Making a superbug that can infect thousands of people is easier than ever. Is there anything governments can do to prevent terrorists from learning how to make a devastating bioweapon?
The euro crisis isn't really about money. It's about the fiction that Europeans ever existed at all.
I served in the CIA for 28 years and I can tell you: America's screw-ups come from bad leaders, not lousy spies.
These guys make the Muslim Brotherhood look like latte liberals.
Face it: Romney's foreign policy is pretty much the same as Obama's
BY MICHAEL A. COHEN
The Arab League is not as incompetent as you think
BY MARWAN MUASHER
It's winter again for Chinese dissidents
BY ISAAC STONE FISH
U.S. diplomats pulled from Syria as violence increases
BY JOSH ROGIN
The latest bad news for dictators: Low oil prices
BY STEVE LEVINE
What would happen if NATO invaded Syria?
BY MICHAEL PECK
DIRECTORY
The 20 Percent Solution - By Olli Heinonen
Iran's provocative uranium-enrichment program is at the center of its confrontation with the West. It's also, potentially, the way out.
01/11/2012
Taking Swings at China - By Scott Clement
Does it really work to use Beijing as a political punching bag?
01/11/2012
A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing - By Michael A. Cohen
Mitt Romney certainly talks tough on Iran, European socialism, and Obama's abandonment of Israel. But would his foreign policy really be any different?
01/11/2012
A League of Their Own - By Marwan Muasher
The Arab League may not be perfect, but it's come a long way.
01/11/2012
Behind Bars in the Deep State - By Justin Vela
Does a shadowy mullah in Pennsylvania really hold the reins of power in Turkey? If not, then why are the country’s leaders so intent on silencing a single investigative journalist?
01/11/2012
The Problem Prisoners - By Joshua E. Keating
Ten of the most controversial detainees still held at Guantánamo.
01/10/2012
The Syrian Invasion - By Michael Peck
Would a NATO tank war against Bashar al-Assad’s army end up like the Iraqi mess?
01/10/2012
How Romney Will Attack Obama - By Joshua E. Keating
Looking ahead to the biggest foreign-policy debates of the general election.
01/10/2012
Burning Our Heritage - By Adel Abdel Ghafar
Why is the Egyptian military letting our history go up in smoke?
01/10/2012