Never-Ending Story: On the Front Lines of Afghanistan's Counterinsurgency
A high-adrenaline day with NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan. More »
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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 »
Violent incidents between Iran and the West have been increasing More »
It was a meeting of two of the most remarkable women of our time. But the question must be asked of both: did they give up too much to the generals? More »
The departure of Amb. Husain Haqqani could mark the start of a new era of U.S.-Pakistan cold war More »
