Editors' Picks
The Fake Taliban and Other Great Diplo-Scams
The United States was just bamboozled by a con artist purporting to be a high-ranking Taliban official. Here are five other unbelievable and embarrassing historical diplomatic frauds.
Sipping Margaritas While the Climate Burns
Why the upcoming U.N. climate summit at Cancun could be just as disappointing as Copenhagen.
Meet Michèle Alliot-Marie, France's right-wing, rugby-loving new foreign minister.
Why America should adopt the British monarchy as its own.
The case for hunting down Awlaki
BY THOMAS HEGGHAMMER
State Department braces for new WikiLeaks
BY JOSH ROGIN
Sorry Tom Friedman, texting teenagers are not a bigger threat than North Korean nukes
China's green energy push is starting to fall apart
BY JAMES BAMBINO
What to read before you deploy
BY THOMAS E. RICKS
Putin calls Leonardo DiCaprio a 'real man'
BY SUZANNE MERKELSON
The fake Taliban and history's other great diplo-scams
BY DAVID KENNER
Has North Korea Gone Too Far This Time?
BY MICHAEL GREEN
Why a Free Southern Sudan Is Bad for Darfur
BY MAGGIE FICK
DIRECTORY
Want to Know What North Koreans Think About Kim Jong Un? - By Angela Hawken and Matt Leighty
Just ask.
11/25/2010
Why a Free Southern Sudan Is Bad News for Darfur - By Maggie Fick
While the world watches the upcoming referendum between north and south, Khartoum is quietly meddling in an old war zone -- Darfur.
11/24/2010
Is This Really the End for Ahmadinejad? - By Jamsheed K. Choksy
Beset by sanctions and isolated internationally, Iran decides to test its system of checks and balances.
11/24/2010
A Glimmer of Hope in Southern Sudan - By James Traub
For now, all's quiet on the north-south front. But President Omar Hassan al-Bashir may still have a few cards to play before January's all-important referendum.
11/24/2010
The False START Debate - By Jamie M. Fly
The critics and the boosters are both wrong: Obama's nuke treaty with Russia is a huge nothingburger. But Republicans should vote to ratify it anyway.
11/24/2010
Tanks, But No Tanks - By Maj. Michael Waltz
Why heavy armor won't save Afghanistan.
11/24/2010
The Historical Blindness of Turkey's Detractors - By Aliza Marcus
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not destroying the country's democracy -- he's building it up after an era of military repression that was far worse.
11/24/2010
Russia's Not-So-Odd Couple - By Christian Caryl
Politicians and pundits won't stop telling us that Medvedev and Putin are at odds. Keep dreaming.
11/24/2010
The Fake Taliban and Other Great Diplo-Scams - By David Kenner
The United States was just bamboozled by a con artist purporting to be a high-ranking Taliban official. Here are five other unbelievable and embarrassing historical diplomatic frauds.
11/23/2010