Editors' Picks
The Heritage Foundation got exactly the conspiracy-hyping president it deserves.
The United Nations couldn't control the Internet even if it wanted to.
Confessions of a Strategic Communicator
Tales from inside the Pentagon's message machine.
Can the Democrats keep winning on national security?
The first photo of the new presidential Osprey
BY JOHN REED
The latest reminder of U.S. failure in Afghanistan
The six hands of Mohamed Morsy
BY MOHAMED EL DAHSHAN
Are U.S. soldiers killing themselves because they have too many guns?
BY HANK FORESMAN
BY LAURA BACON AND RUSHDA MAJEED
Pics of the week: X-47B stealth drone aboard an aircraft carrier
BY JOHN REED
The Bahrain visitors don't see
BY DAVID KENNER
BY PAUL BONICELLI
DIRECTORY
The Land of Topless Minarets and Headless Little Girls - By Amal Hanano
A requiem for Syria.
12/11/2012
The Dark Side of Oscar Niemeyer
Brazil's most celebrated architect leaves behind a decidedly mixed legacy.
12/11/2012
General Assistance - By Micah Zenko
Why are civilian officials so much more secretive than the military?
12/11/2012
Rally 'Round the Jihadist - By Aaron Y. Zelin
The Obama administration slapped a terrorist designation on Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra -- but only managed to spark an anti-U.S. backlash among anti-Assad groups.
12/11/2012
The Architect of the Future That Never Was - By Richard J. Williams
The failed dreamscapes of Oscar Niemeyer.
12/11/2012
The Fierce Urgency of Now - By David Rothkopf
The case for short-term thinking.
12/11/2012
The Extricator in Chief - By Aaron David Miller
Enough with the fantasies. Barack Obama's not going to reshape the world order in his second term.
12/11/2012
Panetta in Kuwait, says intel on chemical weapons in Syria has “leveled off”
Afghanistan progress still a mixed bag; Vince Brooks to the Pacific; Defense bill requires notification of “successful penetration,” and more.
12/11/2012
Access Denied - By John Arquilla
The United Nations couldn't control the Internet even if it wanted to.
12/10/2012