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How to Reverse Failed Policy

U.S. policy makers have all too often clung to orthodoxies even as they fail. Yet a select few have managed to turn the ship of state around, to a better course.

Lessons of the Syrian Reactor

The intelligence failures of Iraq seriously constrained policy makers in other areas.

When Kerry Stormed D.C.

John Kerry was just five years out of Yale when he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and became an instant celebrity.

Syria's Crisis of Transition

History shows that an internationally led negotiation is the best way out of the civil war, but the situation isn't yet ripe for action.

A Sadly Simplistic Afghan Debate

Nixon's handling of Vietnam and China could offer insights for Obama in Afghanistan.

Congressional Abdication

Congress has been abandoning its traditional role in foreign policy to the executive branch.

Commentary

Sochi's Olympic Security Obstacles

Political instability and difficult history confront Russia's winter games next year.

Keep Cyberwar Narrow

A broad definition risks treating crime and espionage as threats to peace.

Kenneth Waltz's Crucial Logic

Why the scholar's thought continues to have an enormous impact.

Blogs

Anne-Marie Slaughter Conquers Uncertainty

Did Syria use chemical weapons in December? State Department officials aren't sure. But Anne-Marie Slaughter is.

Obama's October Surprise: Bombing Iran

Are the neocons on the verge of capturing Obama?

Sliding Toward War With Iran

The danger must be taken seriously.

Books & Reviews

The McChrystal Way of War

The general was an innovative thinker in the midst of major changes in the Army.

Al Qaeda Rises in Yemen's Chaos

How the deadly offshoot of the infamous terror group got its start.

The Epic Madness of World War II

Antony Beevor’s The Second World War plunges the reader into the heart of darkness by rendering an intensely personal narrative of a war that stretched across several continents over nearly a decade.

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May 19, 2013