Foreign Policy

WATCH: How to Win People Over to the Taliban's Side [Fiore Cartoon]

By Mark Fiore

 | Thu Feb. 9, 2012 10:15 AM PST

Tracking the Secret War on Iran

Assassinations, explosions, cyberattacks, plane crashes: A time line of the mysterious battle raging over Iran's nuclear program.

By Hamed Aleaziz

 | Thu Feb. 9, 2012 3:00 AM PST
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State Department Preparing To Cut Iraq Embassy Staff By Half

...and the Splenda and chicken wings are running low!!

By Asawin Suebsaeng

 | Tue Feb. 7, 2012 2:10 PM PST

The End of National Sovereignty?

How aircraft carriers, drones, and special operations teams are making it easier for the US military to cross foreign borders without permission.

By Tom Engelhardt

 | Mon Feb. 6, 2012 1:09 PM PST

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Let's Bomb Iran!

By Kevin Drum

 | Mon Feb. 6, 2012 11:27 AM PST
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Obama's Golden Nuclear Option

The president has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to reduce the US nuclear arsenal. But will it happen in an election year?

By Adam Weinstein

 | Mon Feb. 6, 2012 3:00 AM PST

Report: Military Warns Israel Against Iran Strike

By Kevin Drum

 | Thu Feb. 2, 2012 10:04 PM PST

ACLU Wants Obama To Release Targeted Killing Records

The ACLU is seeking more information on how the Obama administration decides it can kill Americans suspected of terrorism.

By Adam Serwer

 | Wed Feb. 1, 2012 12:12 PM PST

What's at Stake in the Persian Gulf

The US's oil supply is at risk, but so is our status as a global superpower.

By Michael T. Klare

 | Tue Jan. 31, 2012 10:54 AM PST
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Obama Says Drones Are on a "Very Tight Leash"

During his Google+ hangout on Monday, the president went to bat for his (kind of) secret drone war.

By Asawin Suebsaeng

 | Tue Jan. 31, 2012 9:10 AM PST

Crossing Red Lines on Iran's Borders

It's business as usual when the US parks aircraft carriers and missile destroyers in the water surrounding Iran's border. But what if Iran did the same thing in the Gulf of Mexico?

By Tom Engelhardt

 | Mon Jan. 30, 2012 11:49 AM PST
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GOP Candidates: Obama Keeps Snubbing Israel!

There they go again.....

By Asawin Suebsaeng

 | Thu Jan. 26, 2012 8:12 PM PST
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Interrogating the NY Times' Anthony Shadid

The two-time Pulitzer winner on sneaking into Syria, being kidnapped in Libya, and the high cost of getting the story in a war zone.

By Aaron Ross

 | Thu Jan. 26, 2012 3:00 AM PST
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8 Things to Know About the Navy SEAL Raid in Somalia

The growth of special ops, Somali humanitarian groups, drugs, a pre-State-of-the-Union hat tip, and more.

By Asawin Suebsaeng

 | Wed Jan. 25, 2012 12:20 PM PST

The Catch-22 of Drone Assassinations

By Kevin Drum

 | Mon Jan. 23, 2012 10:41 AM PST

The Crash and Burn Future of War Drones

America's killer robots keep falling from the sky. So much for being the future of warfare.

By Nick Turse

 | Fri Jan. 20, 2012 3:00 AM PST

Bradley Manning: Criminal or Whistleblower?

Military officials never want to talk about civilian casualties—unless they can pin them on someone like Bradley Manning.

By Chase Madar

 | Thu Jan. 19, 2012 11:32 AM PST
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The Foreign Policy Adviser Mitt Romney Threw Under The Bus

Mitchell Reiss, one of Romney's special advisers, has written frankly about possible negotiations with the Taliban. The GOP front-runner isn't too fond of that approach.

By Asawin Suebsaeng

 | Tue Jan. 17, 2012 11:56 AM PST

To Understand Tensions Between the US and Iran, Follow the Money

The new US sanctions against Iran aren't about nuclear weapons as much as they're about money.

By Pepe Escobar

 | Tue Jan. 17, 2012 10:56 AM PST
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Call it the Romney Rule: Mitt Says He Pays "Close" To 15 Percent In Taxes

Now that he's admitted it, Democrats will likely make Romney's low taxes an issue.

By Adam Serwer

 | Tue Jan. 17, 2012 8:41 AM PST