Ideas

Building a Better Soldier-Diplomat

As defense budgets draw down and our objective is increasingly to avoid conflict, we can do better with our military diplomacy. By Sam Brannen

  • Sam Brannen
Threats

An Afghan Game of Chicken

By conducting a public feud, Obama and Karzai are putting their gains at risk in Afghanistan. By Michael Hirsh

  • Michael Hirsh
Ideas

Hard Choices for the New Middle East

Five strategic dilemmas the administration must address in the Middle East.

  • Colin H. Kahl
Ideas

The Debate Behind U.S. Intervention in World War II

73 years ago, President Roosevelt was mulling a third term, and Charles Lindbergh was praising German air strength. A new book by Susan Dunn looks at the dramatic months leading up to the election of 1940.

  • Susan Dunn, The Atlantic
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