American Ally, American Adversary: Our Worsening Pakistan Problem
For the first time, there may be some hope for Afghanistan. But Pakistan is intent on crushing it, and U.S. officials are paralyzed in finding a solution.… More »
For the first time, there may be some hope for Afghanistan. But Pakistan is intent on crushing it, and U.S. officials are paralyzed in finding a solution.… More »
How have U.S.-Pakistan relations slipped so low?… More »
Many Afghans worry that American policy will once again give up on their country.… More »
A high-adrenaline day with NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan.… More »
U.S. and NATO officials are championing a program to re-integrate Taliban fighters back into society.… More »
How Obama's Kabul speech was like Bush's infamous Iraq carrier-landing, and how it wasn't.… More »
In halting the global war on terror and engaging with Islamist political parties, Obama has helped create a world that the terrorist leader would hardly recognize.… More »
Though they haven't gotten much attention yet, his warmongering ways will be a liability in the general election, just as Goldwater's were in 1964.… More »
It's unclear whether they'd be electing the data-driven pragmatist or the newly minted ideologue -- and that uncertainty could kill his candidacy.… More »
Thought it had faded? Not so fast. The new GOP budget, disdained by GOP and Democratic elites alike, shows the movement was underestimated.… More »
Washington would like to think it can change the culture of Wall Street. It can't.… More »
Speculators may be driving the price of oil up by at least $23 per barrel. Is the attorney general charged with watching them asleep at the switch?… More »
Recent incidents there, like the rogue U.S. soldier who killed 16 civilians on Sunday, may accelerate the U.S. withdrawal.… More »
His Sunday speech to AIPAC was part of a three-part campaign to soothe Israel's leadership, deter Iran's, and keep Republicans from winning over Jewish voters.… More »
The importance of preserving ties with Kabul and Islamabad should trump domestic U.S. politics.… More »
A internal investigation found that the U.S. shares blame for an errant NATO strike that killed 24 Pakistanis, so why won't Obama say we're sorry?… More »
The presumed next leader of China wants to keep building the U.S.-China relationship, but some things have changed.… More »
Do the potential costs of an air strike really outweigh the benefits?… More »
Even in the Republican Party, anger at Wall Street is very real -- and his admission that he pays a 15 percent tax rate makes it worse.… More »
North Korea's regime has come the closest of any society to what Orwell called, in 1984, the literal inability to conceive an unorthodox thought… More »
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