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The Seoul Nuclear Summit

Obama has emerged as champion of securing vulnerable nuclear materials. Two years after his Washington summit on this arcane but important matter, national leaders will descend on South Korea to track progress and fashion goals for the future.

Triumph of the New Wilsonism

No national interest was cited as a rationale for America's Libya campaign; the action was justified solely on humanitarian grounds. This marks a fundamental break with past U.S. policy prescriptions for such military interventions.

Imperial by Design

Like his two most recent predecessors, President Obama is embarking on a disastrous foreign policy bent on global domination.

Mr. Bernanke Goes to War

Finance ministers around the world are up in arms over the Fed's latest efforts to jump-start the anemic U.S. economy. The future of globalization hangs in the balance.

Deepwater Horizon

The Macondo oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico is about to spur a bureaucratic overreaction that will ruin America's chance at becoming an energy exporter.

Conservative Nation

Declarations of conservatism's demise after the 2008 election were greatly exaggerated. As the opposition, American conservatives are in their element—can they draw upon their intellectual tradition to solve what ails America?

Commentary

Pawlenty and Gingrich: Polls Apart

Politicos and pundits are searching desperately for the Republican "front-runner." Why their analyses fall short.

Resetting the Russian Reset in 2012

Washington-Moscow relations will change dramatically in 2012. The relationship's future is largely in Putin's hands.

The Case for Intervening in Syria

Why America can't afford to let the Assad regime stand.

Blogs

Obama’s Win-Win on Iraq

From his early opposition to the withdrawal, Obama's Iraq track record is his ace in the hole.

The More Things Change

Military branches join forces to defend the budget; Rice and Carney on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; Obama at the G20; troops in Kuwait.

News Flash! Neocons Discover That Iran Has Influence in Iraq!

Neoconservatives blame Obama for the state of Iraq. They should be looking in the mirror instead.

Books & Reviews

Revolutionaries Inside the Capitol

America's founding is a gripping tale of rivalry, treachery and ultimately triumph. The divisive politics of today are nothing compared to those now celebrated on the cliffs of Mt. Rushmore.

Punditry at the Drive-Thru

Peter Beinart's books represent the intellectual equivalent of what nutritionists call the empty-calorie principle.

Klingon as a Second Language

English has conquered the world. As it spreads, it is seeping into foreign cultures, mutating into a global language. Its footprint across the globe is only set to expand.

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February 12, 2012