Foreign Policy in Focus

Lebanon’s billionaire former prime minister is making hay about Hezbollah, but Saad Hariri is doing his own share of sectarian agitation.

Killing someone because they look like they’re “up to no good” doesn’t really pass legal muster.

Obama will need to recast a foreign policy that has been weak or downright contradictory in standing up for the principles he himself has espoused

Obama can stem the decline of U.S. influence in the Middle East, but only if he gives the people of the region a reason to want it.

U.S. foreign policy and a weakened CIA may have sown the seeds for disaster.

Oblivious to his status as the greatest nuclear thief in history, A.Q. Khan has started his own political party in Pakistan.

Nearly half of Pakistanis believe they should have the right to vote in U.S. elections.

Between Romney and Obama, there’s one issue that really matters: Iran.

The author interviews Aleksandar Zograf, who first gained notoriety for his political cartoons during the NATO bombing of Serbia.

The final stretch of the 2012 campaign has turned into a bipartisan exercise in imperial chest-thumping.

With the pace of Osprey operations increasing, so too is the catastrophic disparity between the U.S. military and the people of Okinawa.

A prominent Burma activist takes the Nobel laureate to task.

Set to be a regional leader just two years ago, Turkey is now beset by problems with neighbors and other regional powers. What happened?

Is barring Mitt Romney from the presidency a good enough reason to pass on voting for a dream ticket?

The Cuban missile crisis was started by imperial jockeying and resolved by genuine diplomacy.

A team of experts recommend ways to rebalance our national security budget.

Romney’s handling of the Benghazi episode capitalizes on a foundational myth of U.S. politics: that the world is America’s to lose.

How about investing in an energy future that will not bring real terror to millions around the world?

Life has improved for a great number of Venezuelans over the last decade.

Mortally threatened by climate change, Kiribati’s future will be determined by one airport runway.