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Reuters Why the UN Matters This Time
The Security Council debate could determine what happens next on Iran and Syria.
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Reuters Can Iran Change Its Approach to the U.S.?
Diplomats are hopeful that newly elected president Hassan Rouhani will finally be able to defuse long-running tension between the two countries.
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Reuters The Comprehensive Case Against Larry Summers
Of course he's brilliant. But he also displays all the attributes -- arrogance, bullying, stubbornness -- that you don't want at the head of the Fed.
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How Social Media Could Help Obama Make His Case on Syria
With numerous videos on YouTube and other new forms of reporting, the U.S. doesn't have to rely on shaky intelligence from defectors as it did in Iraq.
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Reuters Can Obama Make the Case for an Attack on Syria?
With America's credibility tarred, persuading anyone other than France and Britain will be difficult.
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Reuters Attacking Syria: Mission (All but) Impossible
Obama must strike Assad hard amid a war he wants no part of, without the U.N. and NATO. There may be no way to do it right.
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Khaled al-Hariri / Reuters Why We're Still Not Intervening in Syria
The U.S. is giving up on the Arab Spring, and the Syrian dictator knows it.
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Is This Egypt's Intifada?
The crackdown could usher in the most violent radicalization of the Arab world since the Palestinian uprisings.
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Is Putin Stuck in the Cold War Era?
With support for dictators and an interest in natural resource domination, Russia doesn't seem interested in embracing modernity.
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2 Pairs of Congressional Committees Are About to Throw Down Over NSA Spying
In both the House and Senate, the Judiciary committees want to impose new limits on surveillance -- while the Intelligence committees are lining up to defend the agency.
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The Taming of Samantha Power
How a former icon of humanitarian intervention changed from a buzz saw into a bureaucrat.
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Why Washington Will Have No Allies in Egypt
Mohamed ElBaradei may sound like an ideal American partner, but he's not the answer.
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An Independence Day for Egypt's Secularists?
The dramatic fall of the Muslim Brotherhood is another example of an Islamist government floundering in the modern world.
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Why Putin Is Loving the Snowden Affair
The Russian leader enjoys humiliating Washington, so the Obama administration shouldn't expect much help from him in nabbing the NSA leaker.
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How Obama Learned to Deal with the Taliban
The militants' willingness to talk signals weakness -- and is the most hopeful sign for the U.S. in Afghanistan in years.
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Why Obama Now 'Owns Syria'
The far-ranging implications of the president's decision to provide arms to anti-Assad rebels
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How America Lost Its Nerve Abroad
Policymakers used to believe in a forceful projection of American authority. But after debacles in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, they are turning inward.
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Silicon Valley Doesn't Just Help the Surveillance State—It Built It
More than a decade ago, CIA Director Michael Hayden began enlisting the private sector to build the NSA's data ops.
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Birth of the Surveillance State
Since 9/11, Congress and the executive branch have collaborated on the creation of a new national security apparatus.
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Susan Rice and Samantha Power: Less Change Than Meets the Eye
Why Obama's new national security advisor and U.N. ambassador aren't as controversial as you might think.
