Why we should be thrilled by NATO's lack of action
May 23, 2012, at 4:45 PMAn international summit in Chicago produces few results. But that's better than NATO endorsing a boneheaded intervention in Syria
Daniel Larison
Why America shouldn't panic over Putin
May 10, 2012, at 6:10 PMRussia's strong-willed leader is back for a third term as president. And as long as Mitt Romney cools the "number one geopolitical foe" talk, we'll be just fine
The enduring failure of democracy promotion abroad
April 11, 2012, at 6:15 PMThe American quest to spread freedom to autocrat-ruled nations is widely popular among foreign policy wonks. Too bad it doesn't work
A year later, Libya is still a mess
March 21, 2012, at 6:25 PMAfter the West's much-ballyhood intervention, Libya is dominated by a complex tangle of violent militias — and the chaos is spilling into neighboring countries
Why America should stay out of Syria
March 7, 2012, at 5:40 PMHawkish agitators are clamoring for the West to intervene in Syria's bloody civil war. That's a terrible, terrible idea
The problem with political bloviating on China
February 21, 2012, at 5:25 PMU.S. presidential candidates love to harp on the world's most populous nation. But once they're in office, they quickly start singing a different tune
The brewing proxy war in Syria
February 6, 2012, at 5:55 PMAs Western governments clamor for Bashar al-Assad's ouster, they roar toward a dangerous conflict with Syria's Russian and Iranian patrons
The West's inimical posturing on Iran
January 24, 2012, at 6:05 PMThe EU approves a ban on Iranian oil imports, but what the West really needs is a complete reappraisal of its dealings with Tehran
The GOP's massive Santorum-Paul schism
January 4, 2012, at 11:24 AMSantorum is an unrepentant Bush-era interventionist. Paul is a fierce critic of U.S. interference abroad. And the GOP can't decide who's right
Newt Gingrich's dangerous, self-aggrandizing foreign policy
December 8, 2011, at 10:48 AMThe GOP presidential frontrunner sees the world in stark, apocalyptic terms that would be sure to endanger America should Gingrich win the White House
Europe's Catch-22
November 7, 2011, at 10:45 AMDissent over the debt crisis in Greece proves that Western governments can rarely have both fiscal austerity and democratic accountability
The war in Libya is still a failure
October 21, 2011, at 8:30 AMMuch of the world hails Moammar Gadhafi's death as a triumph for the West. But the war that toppled him remains misguided and illegal
Mitt Romney's alarmist foreign policy: Bush redux?
October 7, 2011, at 4:12 PMThe GOP presidential frontrunner offers a major policy address full of straw men, rhetorical relics, and shameless dishonesty
The real legacy of 9/11
September 12, 2011, at 2:47 PMA decade after the attacks, America's "war on terror" still drains resources, mars our national reputation, and undermines our alliances
America's limited leverage in Syria
August 19, 2011, at 4:00 PMThe U.S. is finally telling Bashar al-Assad to leave power. But we're not the ones he'll listen to
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