Science & Tech
Israel Is Stuck in a Security Limbo
Even as Israel's neighbors grapple with internal turmoil, the fate of the negotiations with Palestine stands on a knife's edge. By Frida Ghitis
Business
Government Managers Rail At Budget Cuts
Senior executives are frustrated at constraints stemming from funding shortages, along with a lack of support from Capitol Hill. By Kellie Lunney
Business
How the Pentagon Found $1 Billion to Cut Civilian Furloughs to Just Six Days
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announces that civilian furlough days will be reduced from 11 to 6 days. Here's how he found $1 billion to pay for it. By Stephanie Gaskell
Threats
Interview with Ryan Crocker: Assad will Prevail 'Yard by Bloody Yard'
America’s premier diplomat would intervene in Syria if President Obama asked, even though it probably wouldn’t do much good. By Stephanie Gaskell
Policy
Military Aid Didn't Buy Pakistan and It Won't Buy Egypt
$1.3 billion in annual aid payments to Egypt won't buy the loyalty Washington is looking for. By David Rohde
Threats
Close to a Deal: U.S., Afghans Agree on Single Text
A bilateral security agreement is reachable by October, insiders say. But then what? By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Ideas
DC's Political Paralysis 'Means More Casualties' for Untrained Soldiers
The best place to learn how Washington’s budget impasse is putting troops at risk is the Army’s National Training Center, which has cancelled rotations for the first time since 1981. By James Kitfield
Business
Guantanamo Prison Complex Pricetag: $5.24 Billion
The operating costs for the Guantanamo prison complex will be more than $454 million this year. The cost of running a U.S. maximum security prison? Just $70,000 a year. By Lily Kuo
Business
Hagel Presses Congress with Grim Alternatives to Sequestration
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's SCMR lays out tough choices for Congress on how to cut the defense budget without sequestration. By Stephanie Gaskell
Policy
China is Building a 'New Silk Road' in Afghanistan
Meanwhile, the Pentagon and State Department's plans for a similar transportation network remains in the idea phase. By Steve LeVine
Business
The Government's Real Problem With the Bradley Manning Trial
Despite a guilty verdict on most counts, the government still can't share intelligence. By Matthew Cooper
Policy
Hagel to Reveal Sequester Review, Three Paths for Pentagon Future
With the Strategic Choices and Management Review in hand, Hagel will present three budget scenarios and their consequences to the Defense Department. By Stephanie Gaskell
Ideas
Ash Carter Got it Right in Aspen, Top DOD Nuclear Weapons Official Responds
Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter was accurate about nuclear weapons costs, but arguing misses the point. The U.S. needs them and can afford them. By Madelyn Creedon
Policy
Journalists and Whistleblowers Are the Real Winners in the Manning Trial
Manning's acquittal on the charge of aiding the enemy sent a strong signal to national security whistleblowers and journalists: Go ahead and leak. By Brian Resnick and Matt Berman
Policy
The Government Needs to Stop Overreacting to NSA Leaks
The more serious threat of NSA surveillance comes from the the collective insanity or the simple loss of perspective, that an attack evokes. By James Fallows
Business
Obama's Whistleblower Witchunt Won't Work at DOD
The U.S. has tried something like President Obama’s 'Insider Threat Program' before. It didn’t work then and it won’t work now. By Gabe Rottman
Threats
U.S. Envoy Questions Middle East Verve for WMD-Free Zone
In interview, State Department's Thomas Countryman says that Egypt's work on the issue is "theatrics." By Elaine Grossman
Business
Sequester and the Supply Chain: 'Life or Death' for the F-35's Small Companies
As manufacturers lose orders and lay off employees, the price of top weapons programs will rise. The anatomy of the F-35 shows why. By Sara Sorcher
Policy
More Americans Are Questioning Why We Went to Afghanistan in the First Place
A new poll shows an overwhelming majority of Americans are tired of the war in Afghanistan. By Matt Vasilogambros
Business