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Carsten Koall/Getty Images The Consequences of Misunderstanding the Middle East
The Obama administration is conducting a "policy review" on what to do about Syria and Iraq. But rehashing the same strategy could just make a bad situation even worse.
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AWAD AWAD/AFP/Getty Images Bashar al-Assad and the Devil’s Bargain
A new plan to stop the bleeding in Syria means agreeing to a limited truce with the regime in Damascus. It’s repugnant -- but is it wrong?
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Mark Wilson/Getty Images Is Inequality a Bigger Threat than the Islamic State?
In the Age of Fear, the sensational always overtakes the important.
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Gokhan Sahin, Getty Images News Trapped in Syria
The number of refugees fleeing Syria has dropped dramatically -- but that's not good news. In fact, it's terrible.
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Photo:www.armyrecognition.com Putin Sends His ‘Leopard’ to the Battlefield of Eastern Ukraine
Sophisticated Russian weapons have been spotted near Donetsk, signaling a dangerous new phase in the conflict may be underway.
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Feng Li/Getty Images One Cheer for the Climate Deal
The landmark deal won’t cut China’s emissions for more than a decade, and it’s going to be tough for the U.S. to meet its requirements. But it's a good start.
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THOMAS LOHNES/AFP/Getty Images This Is Not Your Father’s Stock Market
6 ways that global investing is breaking the rules.
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Win McNamee The Big Counterterrorism Counterfactual
Is the NSA actually making us worse at fighting terrorism?
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Photo by ABIR SULTAN-Pool/Getty Images Would Hillary Be Good for the Holy Land?
The 2016 Democratic prospect isn't Bill 2.0, but if anyone could work miracles on the fraught U.S.-Israeli relationship, it might be her.
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Photo credit: Pool Double or Nothing on the Islamic State
In Iraq and Syria, the president is taking the kinds of risks he usually avoids. If he can -- somehow -- get Iran on board, he could leave office with something to be proud of.
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ILMARS ZNOTINS/AFP/Getty Images The Myth of the Indispensable Nation
The world doesn’t need the United States nearly as much as we like to think it does.
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Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP #BringBackOurJournalists
The sloppy, pop-humanitarian coverage of the Boko Haram cease-fire-that-wasn't isn't just bad journalism -- it's a missed opportunity.
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MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images A President Riding Off Into the Sunset?
Three reasons why President Obama isn't about to be a second-term foreign-policy free-ranger.
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Win McNamee The Midterm’s Mantra of Fear and Loathing
Don’t kid yourselves; from the Islamic State to Ukraine to Iran, foreign policy mattered in Tuesday's elections.
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Foreign Policy This Man Is an Island
Obama stands alone, apart from his party and the world, in the wake of Tuesday’s elections.
