Wildfires, Blackouts, Evacuations: Four Ways In Which …

Megan Alpert |

Obama’s Trade Legacy Is At Risk of Disappearing

David Francis |

After Weeks of Bloodletting, U.S. Reaches Deal on Ceasefire …

John Hudson |

Germany is Sending the 'Sharia Police' to Trial

Henry Johnson |

Intense Firefight, Hasty Rescue Effort, and the Death of a …

Paul McLeary |

Kasich, the Last National Security Veteran in the GOP Race, …

Molly O’Toole |

Tom and Jerry, Terrorists of the Cartoon World

Henry Johnson |

Is It Time to Stop Celebrating the Arrests of Cartel …

Megan Alpert |

SitRep: Pentagon Eyeing Eastern Europe, Trump Says Generals …

Paul McLeary |

Obama’s Trade Legacy Is At Risk of Disappearing

David Francis |

After Weeks of Bloodletting, U.S. Reaches Deal on Ceasefire …

John Hudson |

Intense Firefight, Hasty Rescue Effort, and the Death of a …

Paul McLeary |

Kasich, the Last National Security Veteran in the GOP Race, …

Molly O’Toole |

SitRep: Pentagon Eyeing Eastern Europe, Trump Says Generals …

Paul McLeary |

Ted Cruz Drops Out of 2016 Race

Molly O’Toole |

Argentine TV Uses Donald Trump to Troll U.S. Soccer

Molly O’Toole |

French President Says Non to TTIP

David Francis |

Exclusive: U.S. Weighs More Troops, Hi-Tech Weapons in …

Dan De Luce |

Wildfires, Blackouts, Evacuations: Four Ways In Which …

Megan Alpert |

Germany is Sending the 'Sharia Police' to Trial

Henry Johnson |

Tom and Jerry, Terrorists of the Cartoon World

Henry Johnson |

Is It Time to Stop Celebrating the Arrests of Cartel …

Megan Alpert |

Stealing Food if You’re in Need Is Not a Crime, Italian …

Benjamin Soloway |

Watch: Turkey’s Parliament Erupts into Another Fistfight

Henry Johnson |

Hoverboards Are Finally Here. Are ‘Flying Soldiers’ Next?

Henry Johnson |

Australia’s Science Minister Is Psyched for Carp-aggedon

Megan Alpert |

Protesters Storm Green Zone in Baghdad

David Francis |

Al Qaeda Is About to Establish an Emirate in Northern Syria

Charles Lister |

Foiled Kenya Anthrax Plot Hints At Islamic State's Scramble …

Ty McCormick |

Decoder: North Korea's Maritime Industry

Joshua Hunt |

U.S. and Russia Near Agreement to Restore Ceasefire in Aleppo

J. Dana Stuster |

America Will Regret Abandoning the Middle East

Ray Takeyh |

MSF Blasts U.S., Russia, Syria, and Saudi for Hospital …

Colum Lynch |

The Blood Rubies of Montepuez

Estacio Valoi |

Daesh and Cultural Alzheimer's

Selçuk Demirel |

U.S. Soldier Killed by ISIS While Advising Kurdish Troops

J. Dana Stuster |

The (Con)Fusion of Civilizations

Stephen M. Walt |

Wildfires, Blackouts, Evacuations: Four Ways In Which …

Megan Alpert |

Obama’s Trade Legacy Is At Risk of Disappearing

David Francis |

Some Hard Questions Now That Trump is the Nominee

Daniel Twining |

Is It Time to Stop Celebrating the Arrests of Cartel …

Megan Alpert |

Measuring Change at the CIA

Stephen Slick |

Stealing Food if You’re in Need Is Not a Crime, Italian …

Benjamin Soloway |

French President Says Non to TTIP

David Francis |

Cruz or Trump: Who Is the Real Lucifer?

Noah Millman |

The (Con)Fusion of Civilizations

Stephen M. Walt |

Obama’s Trade Legacy Is At Risk of Disappearing

David Francis |

Decoder: North Korea's Maritime Industry

Joshua Hunt |

SitRep: Pentagon Eyeing Eastern Europe, Trump Says Generals …

Paul McLeary |

Spooked by Beijing, India Embraces Closer U.S. Ties

Keith Johnson |

China Wants to Feed the World's 1.6 Billion Muslims

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

It Just Got Harder to Make a Difference in China

Mark Sidel |

SitRep: Pentagon’s Kunduz Report Revealed, Aleppo Pounded …

Paul McLeary |

The Man Who Burned His Chinese Passport

Ran Liu |

Obama’s Trade Legacy Is At Risk of Disappearing

David Francis |

Germany is Sending the 'Sharia Police' to Trial

Henry Johnson |

The Blood Rubies of Montepuez

Estacio Valoi |

The End of Politics as We Know It

Christian Caryl |

Stealing Food if You’re in Need Is Not a Crime, Italian …

Benjamin Soloway |

French President Says Non to TTIP

David Francis |

Exclusive: U.S. Weighs More Troops, Hi-Tech Weapons in …

Dan De Luce |

Should Britain Stay, or Should It Go?

David Rothkopf |

The Historian Whitewashing Ukraine’s Past

Josh Cohen |

Al Qaeda Is About to Establish an Emirate in Northern Syria

Charles Lister |

After Weeks of Bloodletting, U.S. Reaches Deal on Ceasefire …

John Hudson |

Foiled Kenya Anthrax Plot Hints At Islamic State's Scramble …

Ty McCormick |

Intense Firefight, Hasty Rescue Effort, and the Death of a …

Paul McLeary |

Tom and Jerry, Terrorists of the Cartoon World

Henry Johnson |

Decoder: North Korea's Maritime Industry

Joshua Hunt |

SitRep: Pentagon Eyeing Eastern Europe, Trump Says Generals …

Paul McLeary |

MSF Blasts U.S., Russia, Syria, and Saudi for Hospital …

Colum Lynch |

The Blood Rubies of Montepuez

Estacio Valoi |

Wildfires, Blackouts, Evacuations: Four Ways In Which …

Megan Alpert |

South Asia Daily: U.S. Report: Religious Tolerance …

Shuja Malik |

MSF Blasts U.S., Russia, Syria, and Saudi for Hospital …

Colum Lynch |

South Asia Daily: Islamic State Destroying Opium Plants in …

Albert Ford |

Spooked by Beijing, India Embraces Closer U.S. Ties

Keith Johnson |

South Asia Daily: Pakistani Doctor Used in bin Laden Raid …

Albert Ford |

Confessions of a NATO Speechwriter

Patrick Stephenson |

Unburying the Dead From the Pentagon's Afghan Hospital …

Micah Zenko |

South Asia Daily: Prime Minister Modi to Address U.S. …

A. G. Sims |

The End of Politics as We Know It

Christian Caryl |

Do Ukraine’s Leaders Understand Freedom of the Press?

Anna Nemtsova |

How Election Monitors Are Failing

Nic Cheeseman |

In Russia, the Doors Are Closing

Tatia Lemondzhava |

Think the United States Is Having a Weird Election? It's …

Greg Rushford |

Why the Election in Serbia Is No Cause for Rejoicing

Cristina Maza |

This Is Not the Time for an Independent Kurdistan

Dov Friedman |

Enough Carrots for Ukraine. Time to Break Out the Sticks.

Josh Cohen |

Is Hungary's Leader Giving Up on Europe?

Attila Mong |

To Impeach or Not to Impeach Dilma Rousseff

Anna Petherick |

Let the Sunshine In

Robert Palmer |

Turkey Has Given Up on Democracy Outside Its Borders, Too

Senem Aydın-Düzgit |

Obama’s Trade Legacy Is At Risk of Disappearing

David Francis |

Decoder: North Korea's Maritime Industry

Joshua Hunt |

The Blood Rubies of Montepuez

Estacio Valoi |

French President Says Non to TTIP

David Francis |

TTIP Leak Puts Obama’s Economic Legacy at Risk

David Francis |

Puerto Rico’s Financial Pain Is Only Getting Worse From …

David Francis |

The Plot Against Puerto Rico

Michael Moran |

Puerto Rico Is on the Brink of Default

David Francis |

Aperture: Exit the King

Mathias Depardon |

‘Sanctions Are a Failure…Let’s Admit That’

David Francis |

The Asteroid Miner’s Guide to the Galaxy

Matthew Shaer |

Former Defense Chiefs Call for Asian Trade Deal Obama Isn’…

David Francis |

Decoder: North Korea's Maritime Industry

Joshua Hunt |

Spooked by Beijing, India Embraces Closer U.S. Ties

Keith Johnson |

Aperture: Exit the King

Mathias Depardon |

Saudi Arabia Plans to Break Its ‘Addiction’ to Oil

Keith Johnson |

This Is Not the Time for an Independent Kurdistan

Dov Friedman |

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Islamic State

Marwan Hisham |

Dutch Treat: Russia Dodges a Bullet in the $50 Billion Yukos…

Keith Johnson |

To Punish Iran, Saudis Scuttle Oil-Freeze Plan

Keith Johnson |

Under President Sanders, the Planet Will Feel the Burn

Keith Johnson |

King Coal Is Losing His Throne

Keith Johnson |

Tiny Kosovo Faces a Big Energy Dilemma

Keith Johnson |

Africa’s Petrostates Are Imploding

Luke Patey |

America’s Suicide Epidemic Is a National Security Crisis

Fredrik deBoer |

So You Wouldn’t Work For Donald Trump?

Peter Feaver |

Obama Says Climate Change Is a Security Risk. Why Are …

Keith Johnson |

Watch Thy Neighbor

James Bamford |

The Republican Case Against Donald Trump

Peter Feaver |

Of iPhones, Backdoors, and Totalitarians

Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr. |

Obama’s Drone Policy Gets an ‘F’

Dan De Luce |

Apple Refuses Court Order to Unlock San Bernardino Shooter…

Elias Groll |

Petraeus To Escape Further Punishment

Keith Johnson |

The Espionage Economy

James Bamford |

Kerry Flags Security Threat From Climate Change

Keith Johnson |

Washington’s Muddled Message in the South China Sea

Keith Johnson |

One of Aleppo’s Last Pediatricians Killed in Airstrike on …

Siobhán O'Grady |

Spare a Prayer for Staffan de Mistura

Frederic C. Hof |

The Realist Playbook Is Perfect, Except for One Thing. …

James Traub |

Putin’s Attack Helicopters and Mercenaries Are Winning the…

James Miller |

The Syrian Revolution Against al Qaeda

Thanassis Cambanis |

This Is What Yemen Looks Like After a Year of Airstrikes

Siobhán O'Grady |

Saudi Arabia Is Committing War Crimes in Yemen

Rasha Mohamed |

If You Like the Obama Doctrine, You’ll Love the Trump …

Will Inboden |

Putin's Master Plan for Syria

Randa Slim |

The Secret Ingredient for Peace

David Rothkopf |

He Came, He Saw, He Withdrew From Syria

Lucian Kim |

When a Serbian Warlord Celebrates His Escape from Justice, …

Henry Johnson |

China Wants to Feed the World's 1.6 Billion Muslims

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

It Just Got Harder to Make a Difference in China

Mark Sidel |

The Man Who Burned His Chinese Passport

Ran Liu |

An Abandoned Daughter Returns to China

David Wertime |

Ghosts by the Water Line

Christina Larson |

Forecasting the Aftermath of a Ruling on China's Nine-Dash …

Jerome A. Cohen |

Chinese Censors Quash Yet Another Viral Sensation

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

Leaked Email: ABA Cancels Book for Fear of 'Upsetting the …

Isaac Stone Fish |

For Chinese Victims of Sexual Assault, 'Going Viral' Is Best…

Joanna Chiu |

It's Official: Washington Thinks Chinese Internet Censorship…

Susan Shirk |

The Surprising Reason Chinese Netizens Want Same-Sex Marriage

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian |

In China, People Aren't for Sale, but They Are for Rent

Jiayan Xie |

How to Invade Your Own Privacy So the Government Doesn’t …

Hasan Elahi |

A Head of STEAM

David Rothkopf |

Innovations: Why the Future of Search and Rescue Might Rely …

Neel V. Patel |

Supreme Court Widens FBI Hacking Powers

Elias Groll |

The Asteroid Miner’s Guide to the Galaxy

Matthew Shaer |

FBI Confirms it Won’t Reveal iPhone Exploit to Apple

Elias Groll |

Fear This Man

David Kushner |

Comey: FBI Becoming ‘Prolific Hacker’ Won’t End …

Elias Groll |

Watch: Japan’s Stealth Fighter Makes Its Maiden Flight

Elias Groll |
Reclaiming the Spoils of War

Reclaiming the Spoils of War

FP Staff |
The World in Photos This Week

The World in Photos This Week

FP Staff |
The World in Photos This Week

The World in Photos This Week

FP Staff |
The World in Photos This Week

The World in Photos This Week

FP Staff |
From Fibers to Fashion Week

From Fibers to Fashion Week

FP Staff |
The World in Photos this Week

The World in Photos this Week

FP Staff |
The World in Photos This Week

The World in Photos This Week

FP Staff |
By Land or By Sea

By Land or By Sea

FP Staff |
The World in Photos This Week

The World in Photos This Week

FP Staff |

Mapping the Spread of the ISIS Plague

Dan De Luce |

Mapped: What Each EU Country Impacted by New Quota Plan …

Siobhán O'Grady |

Workers of the World, Divided!

Benjamin Soloway |

Europe's Migrant Crisis By the Numbers

Elaine Ayo |

Follow the Roads, Railways, and Pipelines on China's New …

Reid Standish |

Mapping Boko Haram's Growing Insurgency

Reid Standish |

Another Chinese Website Bites the Dust

Alexa Olesen |

There Are as Many Refugees in the World as Justin Bieber …

FP Staff |

Did the Arab Spring Really Spark a Wave of Global Protests?

Kalev Leetaru |

Mapped: The Islamic State Is Losing Its Territory -- and Fast

Henry Johnson |

Mapping the Spread of the ISIS Plague

Dan De Luce |

Mapped: The Threat of the Zika Virus

Megan Alpert |

Mapped: Corruption Across the World

Henry Johnson |

Mapped: The Refugee Crisis in the Aegean Sea

Siobhán O'Grady |

How Global Displacement Will Reach All-Time High, in Maps …

Siobhán O'Grady |

Mapping How China’s Land Grab Is Backfiring on Beijing

Dan De Luce |

Mapped: Where Airstrikes in Syria Are Targeting Medical …

Siobhán O'Grady |

Can a New Mapping Tool Protect Indigenous Land Rights?

Siobhán O'Grady |

David Bosco

Rosa Brooks

Thanassis Cambanis

Elizabeth Dickinson

Laurie Garrett

Kim Ghattas

Julia Ioffe

Leela Jacinto

Whitney Kassel

Jeffrey Lewis

Aaron David Miller

Suzanne Nossel

Thomas E. Ricks

David Rothkopf

Kori Schake

Emile Simpson

James Stavridis

Bruce Stokes

James Traub

Stephen M. Walt

Lauren Wolfe

Michela Wrong

Micah Zenko

The (Con)Fusion of Civilizations

The (Con)Fusion of Civilizations

Stephen M. Walt |
Today’s question: Will North Korea collapse before the end of this year?

Today’s question: Will North Korea collapse before the …

Thomas E. Ricks |
Essay contest (17): We need an Information Age personnel system

Essay contest (17): We need an Information Age personnel …

Thomas E. Ricks |
‘MALES’: One may be near you right now

‘MALES’: One may be near you right now

Thomas E. Ricks |
Art Is a Window to the Arab World’s Soul

Art Is a Window to the Arab World’s Soul

Kim Ghattas |
Hey, shut up about being the best military in the world, because we might not be (B)

Hey, shut up about being the best military in the world, …

Thomas E. Ricks |
‘Plagiarism’ at the Naval War College: A response from a military professor

‘Plagiarism’ at the Naval War College: A response from a…

Thomas E. Ricks |
The decline and fall of Marine aviation

The decline and fall of Marine aviation

Thomas E. Ricks |
Should Britain Stay, or Should It Go?

Should Britain Stay, or Should It Go?

David Rothkopf |

Today’s question: Will North Korea collapse before the …

Thomas E. Ricks |

Essay contest (17): We need an Information Age personnel …

Thomas E. Ricks |

‘MALES’: One may be near you right now

Thomas E. Ricks |

Hey, shut up about being the best military in the world, …

Thomas E. Ricks |

The decline and fall of Marine aviation

Thomas E. Ricks |

‘Plagiarism’ at the Naval War College: A response from a…

Thomas E. Ricks |

Hey, shut up about being the best military in the world, …

Thomas E. Ricks |

Iraq: I’m chidin’ Biden (and Obama, too)

Thomas E. Ricks |

Vichy Republican watch

Thomas E. Ricks |

Some Hard Questions Now That Trump is the Nominee

Daniel Twining |

Measuring Change at the CIA

Stephen Slick |

U.S. Senate Can Help Ward Off Venezuela Implosion

José R. Cárdenas |

Trump Defeats Straw Man

Paul D. Miller |

It’s the Proliferation, Stupid

John Hannah |

The (Im)precise Language of the Iran Deal

Eric B. Lorber |

America’s Biggest Challenge in Africa

Lester Munson |

Palestine's Broken Leadership

Paul Bonicelli |

Obama's Disappointing Nuclear Security Legacy

Neil Joeck |

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Lester Munson served in the George W. Bush administration and is a former Staff Director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He is currently Vice President, International, at BGR Group, a Washington lobbying and consulting firm.

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